Never the advocate of subtle promotion,
New York magazine’s cover story this week bears a simple headline over a psychedelic picture of
Steve Jobs: iGod.
John Heilemann’s story takes a humorous and surprisingly intimate look at the
nigh-mythological arc of Jobs’ career, including the most common epithet applied to him by colleagues and friends alike (hint: it’s anatomical), and quotes like this one from Jean-Louis Gassée describing Jobs’
RDF as almost a physical force: “[Jobs is] the most powerful person I’ve ever met. The word
charisma-in the true, Greek sense-applies. He has the power to open up your chest and put his fingers inside you.” Um, okay, Jean-Louis, does ‘blech’ translate to French?
