Dan MorenJan 10, 2024

Eighteen years ago today, my first visit to Macworld San Francisco, just a couple months before I started my career in tech journalism, so this was the only time I ever attended on my own dime.

I think this was maybe the closest I ever got to Steve Jobs. Right after this picture, we made eye contact and he gave me a nod. (Also that's Andy Grove right to the left and in front of him—this was directly after the keynote where they announced the first shipping Intel Macs.)

Show threadJason Snell
@dmoren Does this mean we met 18 years ago?!
Jan 10, 2024 at 4:41pmWeb
Show threadDan MorenJan 10, 2024
@jsnell Yep. Seems like just...18 years ago I was accosting you as a stranger.
Show threadJayJan 10, 2024
@dmoren @jsnell Has this story ever been told on a podcast?
Show threadDan MorenJan 10, 2024
@jaytorres @jsnell Several times, I think?
Show threadJayJan 10, 2024
@dmoren @jsnell I'll have to see if I could find that 👍🏼
Show threadJason SnellJan 10, 2024
@dmoren The amazing thing is that I remember it!
Show threadDan MorenJan 10, 2024
@jsnell Probably taken just moments before that encounter.
Show threadNick FosterJan 10, 2024
@dmoren @jsnell even back then Jason was always a resident of Dongletown I see
Show threadJason SnellJan 10, 2024
@nickfoster @dmoren very few Macs ever came with VGA ports…
Show threadJason SnellJan 10, 2024
@dmoren I remember that from the other direction
Show threadMisko KranjecJan 10, 2024
@jsnell @dmoren thanks for reminding me, it was a blast. So many memories.
Show threadJason SnellJan 11, 2024
@miskolin @dmoren this might make you more prominent than @anzet !
Show threadMandarisJan 10, 2024
@dmoren @jsnell
Show threadGlenn FleishmanJan 10, 2024
@dmoren @jsnell All great partnerships come from random meetings. I just made that up.
Show threadJason SnellJan 10, 2024
@glennf @dmoren Oh it wasn't random! He sought me out to try to get into tech writing!!
Show threadGlenn FleishmanJan 10, 2024
@jsnell @dmoren Savvy! I met Dan when he and Scott interviewed for a pod…cast?
Show threadDan MorenJan 10, 2024
@glennf @jsnell That I have no memory of! I wonder if is still accessible anywhere.
Show threadGlenn FleishmanJan 10, 2024
@dmoren @jsnell I remember it distinctly, because you and Scott (you mostly doing the talking) interviewed me in the press room. The next year, I met you both again and initially couldn’t place you—then you reminded me about the podcast (or was it just an audio recording?) and I was mortified (you weren't rude about it)! I remembered you both but couldn't place you. Now, I remember you all the time and that other guy.
Show threadDan MorenJan 10, 2024
@glennf @jsnell Oh, this does ring a bell! Must have been for the MacUser podcast when Scott was writing there too? Somewhere I might still have the files for those. 😬
Show threadJason SnellJan 10, 2024
@dmoren @glennf I assume it was TUAW related
Show threadDan MorenJan 10, 2024
@jsnell @glennf Scott was writing for us for a while there! And I hosted a MacUser podcast, so I figure it was for that.
Show threadKelly GuimontJan 10, 2024
@dmoren @jsnell @glennf TUAW sounds right. I bet @MikeTRose can tell you.
Show threadMike RoseJan 11, 2024
@Verso @dmoren @jsnell @glennf before my time but sounds right. Isn’t @blankbaby on this thing?
Show threadGlenn FleishmanJan 11, 2024
@MikeTRose @Verso @dmoren @jsnell @blankbaby He uses his time better.
Show threadScott McNultyJan 11, 2024
@glennf @MikeTRose @Verso @dmoren @jsnell I don’t, really. And I'm shocked to learn I spoke the least in a conversation between Dan, Glenn, and me.
Show threadJames ThomsonJan 10, 2024
@glennf @dmoren @jsnell Just ask @imyke how many times I met him for the first time.
Show threadMichael B. JohnsonJan 12, 2024
@jamesthomson @glennf @dmoren @jsnell @imyke is that on you or on him?
Show threadJames ThomsonJan 12, 2024
@Drwave @glennf @dmoren @jsnell @imyke Realistically, it's all on me.
Show threadMichael B. JohnsonJan 13, 2024
@jamesthomson @glennf @dmoren @jsnell @imyke hey, that’s my line!
Show threadMacBalanceJan 10, 2024
@dmoren now you accost him as a trusted confidant?
Show threadOld accountJan 10, 2024
@jsnell @dmoren Your friendship is an adult!
Show threadJon_AlperJan 10, 2024
@jsnell @dmoren I remember really annoying Jason in meetings around that same timeframe.