Neil Pomerleau

I Have Met Steve Jobs

I’m sitting here in Microsoft’s blogger lounge, which seems to have the only available internet connection, and although I don’t want to sit still for long, there is something I absolutely have to tell you about.

Right after the keynote, most of the people rushed out of the keynote hall to head over to Moscone South and look at the new products, specifically the new MacBook Air. I’ll be posting about this and everything else later, but for now there is something more significant that happened at exactly 10:50 am…

I SHOOK HANDS WITH STEVE JOBS.

That’s right. As everyone else was emptying out of the keynote hall, I stayed around and waited for Steve to come back out and meet with people. Surely enough, he came back out, but he stayed mostly out of reach.

Then all of a sudden, Steve actually turned toward me and started walking toward me. I desperately reached out my hand to touch him, but he had a hug and conversation with one of the Apple VIPs who was standing in front of me.

As his conversation ended, I yelled out, “Steve!” He turns toward me and makes direct eye contact. I reach out my hand, and he grabs it. I remember the scene exactly…

ME: Steve (shakes hand), it’s an honor to meet you.

STEVE: Ok, thanks.

I’ll never forget it. He left the stage almost immediately after he shook my hand.

He wasn’t the only geek celebrity I met, but I’ll write about the others tonight.

January 15, 2008 at 5:32 pm

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