The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs (Dude, I invented the friggin iPod. Have you heard of it?) has been one of the funniest tech things on the web recently, but it may be under attack. In his latest -- and possible last -- post, the anonymous Fake Steve says:
Well my friggin lawyers are advising me that I will have to shut down this scandalous old blog. Details not worth going into here. Someday I'll be able to explain. Maybe I'll write a book or something. Maybe a really beautiful e-Book that you can carry in your pocket and which will be sleek and elegant and shiny, with rounded corners and an extremely hi-res touch screen and only one button.
FSJ has already linked to The Secret Diary of Hillary Clinton, which is done in a very similar style, but he disclaims credit:
Namaste to the dude who sent us the comment post informing us about this copycat site. Yes, we have trademarked and patented the "secret diary" blog format, and our lawyers are trying to track this down. Meanwhile, I gotta admit, it ain't half bad. As with the fake Arnold site, well, I kinda wish I'd thought of it myself.
There has been lots of speculation about the real identity of Fake Steve, and some suspect he's British -- how many Americans know about Quad and Harbeth hi-fi products, for example?
So is this "In memorium, NOT!" or not? It would be sad to see it go.
