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Can you imagine any other CEO of a company doing this? His behavior is bizarre and confusing. Imagine Tim Cook's email to his employees: From: Tim Cook, Apple'

Can you imagine any other CEO of a company doing this? His behavior is bizarre and confusing. Imagine Tim Cook's email to his employees: From: Tim Cook, Apple's CEO To: Apple Employees Re: Maps and... stuff.. Hi everyone, As you know, I haven't been at work the past few months. What have I been doing? Well, "What haven't I been doing?" is the better question! I've taken the jet to Fiji, hiked Kilimanjaro, and eaten just the best crème brûlée at this little place off of the Champs-Élysées. This is what I do when I know a project is a complete disaster, which happens often. I do this all the time. I just travel around. Drink a lot of beer, smoke a lot of pot. It's no big deal; nothing new or exciting. You'd think the board would've fired my ass a long time ago, but nah - I've made sure to stack the deck with my buddies and we've got enough cash to flounder around for a while. The CEO checks keep coming, and I keep cashing them, so I'll keep the title warm. Since iOS6 release, the Maps app has gotten a lot of criticism. In response, I've decided to go to Hawaii. To recharge my batteries. Yeah, they were pretty well charged from my last two months' off but you have no idea how draining it was to write this letter. Heavy is the head that wears the crown and all that. I think I need another couple of months to recover. If some of you quit because of my irresponsible and downright bizarre behavior, I totally understand. To the rest of you, though, expect a pivot. Or something. Aloha, Tim

evan_ 14y ago
> Since iOS6 release, the Maps app has gotten a lot of criticism. In response, I've decided to go to Hawaii. "Unfortunately, I used Apple Maps, and ended up in West Virginia."
- smoyer 14y ago
  Best HN comment all week! Thanks for giving me a smile.
jasonkolb 14y ago
Awesome. Please make a Twitter account and write more of these, you have a gift :)
wheels 14y ago
Please leave the asinine BS out of this forum. One of the things that sets the conversations here apart from run of the mill news sites is the civil tone. Note that it's very possible that the guy you're making fun of is reading what you write, and one of the guidelines is, "Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation." Projects fail. I would be exceedingly surprised if Bill takes the current state of affairs lightly and would even expect that his absence is only nominally his choice. Do you really want people lining up to mock you the next time you invest a chunk of your life into a project and it goes south? The guy is already rich from previous massive successes; the CEO checks that you mention won't contribute significantly to his net worth.
- raganwald 14y ago
  I empathize with your concern about the tone. Without trying to dispute your feelings (which are yours and I respect that), I'd just like to point out some considerations that may or may not make any particular comment an exception to the rule: 1. There is a difference between being uncivil to a fellow HNer in a comment thread and being uncivil to a third party that is the subject of a post. 2. There is a difference between kicking a dog when it is down and kicking a giant that topples.
  - wheels 14y ago
    1. http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=billnguyen http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=billnguyen 2. I don't really mind poking fun at projects, but poking fun at people, especially when they're probably feeling shitty about things, in a place that they're likely to read it, just seems nasty to me and exactly the sort of thing that doesn't belong on HN.
    - amirmc 14y ago
      The account you link to was created 21 days ago and has 3 karma. Granted, anyone can read without needing an account but it doesn't really lend weight to what (I think) you're trying to point out. Also, the post you've taken issue with is simply a parody (or satire). There very little in there that seems like a personal attack (at least to me).
trotsky 14y ago
I'm not sure if you didn't read to the end, but he's clearly been removed, despite lukewarm protests to the contrary. "I'm not sure what they're doing [...] but if I was there I'd [...]". I'm reading between the lines here, but he's not showing up at his next board meeting because they told him not to - he probably expects to be formally ousted and for whatever reason isn't planning on fighting it.

evan_ 14y ago

> Since iOS6 release, the Maps app has gotten a lot of criticism. In response, I've decided to go to Hawaii. "Unfortunately, I used Apple Maps, and ended up in West Virginia."

smoyer 14y ago
Best HN comment all week! Thanks for giving me a smile.

jasonkolb 14y ago

Awesome. Please make a Twitter account and write more of these, you have a gift :)

wheels 14y ago

Please leave the asinine BS out of this forum. One of the things that sets the conversations here apart from run of the mill news sites is the civil tone. Note that it's very possible that the guy you're making fun of is reading what you write, and one of the guidelines is, "Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation." Projects fail. I would be exceedingly surprised if Bill takes the current state of affairs lightly and would even expect that his absence is only nominally his choice. Do you really want people lining up to mock you the next time you invest a chunk of your life into a project and it goes south? The guy is already rich from previous massive successes; the CEO checks that you mention won't contribute significantly to his net worth.

raganwald 14y ago
I empathize with your concern about the tone. Without trying to dispute your feelings (which are yours and I respect that), I'd just like to point out some considerations that may or may not make any particular comment an exception to the rule: 1. There is a difference between being uncivil to a fellow HNer in a comment thread and being uncivil to a third party that is the subject of a post. 2. There is a difference between kicking a dog when it is down and kicking a giant that topples.
- wheels 14y ago
  1. http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=billnguyen http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=billnguyen 2. I don't really mind poking fun at projects, but poking fun at people, especially when they're probably feeling shitty about things, in a place that they're likely to read it, just seems nasty to me and exactly the sort of thing that doesn't belong on HN.
  - amirmc 14y ago
    The account you link to was created 21 days ago and has 3 karma. Granted, anyone can read without needing an account but it doesn't really lend weight to what (I think) you're trying to point out. Also, the post you've taken issue with is simply a parody (or satire). There very little in there that seems like a personal attack (at least to me).

trotsky 14y ago

I'm not sure if you didn't read to the end, but he's clearly been removed, despite lukewarm protests to the contrary. "I'm not sure what they're doing [...] but if I was there I'd [...]". I'm reading between the lines here, but he's not showing up at his next board meeting because they told him not to - he probably expects to be formally ousted and for whatever reason isn't planning on fighting it.