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A Mystery Solved: "Fake Steve" Blogger Comes Clean - New York Times
- rms 19y agoGo go New York Times "The book, in part, led to Mr. Lyons's unmasking. Last year, his agent showed the manuscript to several book publishers and told them the anonymous author was a published novelist and writer for a major business magazine. The New York Times found Mr. Lyons by looking for writers who fit those two criteria, and then by comparing the writing of "Fake Steve" to a blog Mr. Lyons writes in his own name, called Floating Point (floatingpoint.wordpress.com)." The NYT also gets to IM the man himself. "[Steve Jobs] said in an instant message conversation that he had no interest in reading Mr. Lyons's novel. "
- far33d 19y agoThis was so much more fun when it could still possibly be the man himself....
- ivankirigin 19y agoindeed. The blog was really a good read sometimes. That fake steve got up in rankings on most important tech people is proof of that :)
- sabat 19y agoHere's the crazy thing for me: I know Dan Lyons. Or, I knew him a few years ago. Here I am, a huge FSJ fan. I have the t-shirts. The RSS feed is on my google home. And not for a moment did I suspect it was Dan.