A Facebook friend linked to this article by Tom McNichol:

With the death and canonization of Steve Jobs and the emergence of the Jobs biography as a kind of sacred text for managers, the ranks of bosses who see Bad Steve's nastier traits as something to imitate is liable to swell.

Of the many, many documented things Jobs did while bringing Apple to where it is today, are there really managers out there picking the worst parts of his personality and deciding that's what to emulate? Or for that matter using Isaacson's bio as a "sacred text"? I haven't seen or heard of this management trend, but I haven't been around a lot of managers lately.

It's been pointed out that most of Apple's historic turnaround, including the iPod, iPhone, and iPad, happened while Jobs was sick. So I guess managers who want to emulate him should try to get cancer. You know, like those jazz musicians who thought if they shot heroin they'd play like Charlie Parker.

Speaking of drugs, Jobs supposedly said that Bill Gates would have been better off if he'd tried LSD in his youth. Why aren't managers following that advice? Or are they?

It's certainly possible there is a correlation between unpleasant personality traits and people who rise to the top in business. Let's just say such a correlation is not entirely implausible. That does not mean that by going out of your way to hurt people's feelings you will become a more successful manager or executive.

Here's Guy Kawasaki on the things he learned from Steve Jobs:

Notice that "be a jerk" is not on the list, which Guy has also written up in various places including Google+.

By the way, Guy gave an excellent version of this talk at MacTech Conference. MacTech will be making it available for free — soon, I hope.

My Uncle Al passed away peacefully at 11:15 Friday morning. His dear friend Karen was with him.

When I was a small child Uncle Al taught me to climb stairs foot-over-foot instead of stopping with both feet on each step. This was at the old house in Ossining.

One day he showed me how the three angles of any triangle add up to 180 degrees, by cutting corners from a piece of paper. Without being pushy, he always encouraged me to learn.

When I was in high school he got me a summer job programming the Apple II. If you know me, you know how that turned out.

We celebrated Uncle Al's 88th birthday in October with a gathering at his favorite restaurant in Chinatown.

Whenever I see something on the Web about Chinese food or history, my first reflex is to email it to Uncle Al. It will take a while for that reflex to fade. I will miss Uncle Al's infectious laugh and the running gag between us where he'd tease me about my endless appetite. I will always admire the devotion with which he cared for Aunt Kay in her final years.

I invite family and friends to share remembrances in the comments section below. If you'd like to share a photo you can email it to me at aglee@earthlink.net, and I will add it to this post along with any comment you would like to add.

Apparently the common on-stage mistakes that public speakers make — and I definitely made some — were the least of my worries.

There has been excellent food for thought on all sides.

I never intended to make anyone feel excluded or belittled. What I hoped was to entertain and inform.

For the moment at least, that is all I have to say.

I suppose I should get around to mentioning that I'll be speaking at MacTech Conference next week in LA.

The title of my talk is "The Ten Dirty Words and How to Use Them".

Friday Oct 28 (tomorrow) is the last day to get the pre-registration rate, so if you're on the fence about going, decide soon!

Come say hi if you see me there!

Tonight on the subway after CocoaHeads a friend from Taiwan asked if I'd ever been told I look like a Hong Kong movie star. I thought I knew who he meant, so I asked if this actor was in "Infernal Affairs". He said yes.

Did my friend mean:

• Edison Chen?
• Tony Leung?
• Andy Lau?
• Or Eric Tsang?