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    Who is the Steve Jobs impersonator?

    Question Mark-2So, we have a pretty good idea about the identity of the writer who's been writing a spoof diary, sometimes achingly funny, of Apple's narcissistic founder. But let's first throw this to the wisdom of the crowd. The author's blog, Fake Steve Jobs, has been around since last autumn; I know from email correspondence that he's pitching a book deal; and timestamps on the blog show posts in the middle of the night, Pacific Time; and the Britticisms, like "chav" and "friggin", might point to a Brit. So who is it? Here are some of the candidates, plucked from conversations I've had, and a thread on Rich Karlgaard's blog. David Morgenstern of Eweek; Harry Shearer, the actor and writer; Owen Thomas of Business 2.0, who used to write the snide Ditherati, Mark Stephens (aka Robert Cringely); Charles Jade, the Mac writer; Andy Ihnatko; Steve Jobs himself; Dylan Tweney of Wired; Sarah Lacy, the former Business Week writer. One rumor going around was that a Valleywag writer was moonlighting. Like I say, we have our suspicions, which we'll share. First, your guesses, with reasons why, in email or in the comments. Fire away!
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