Steve’s Public iDisk Folder

Steve Jobs spends life living in a fish bowl, not something that most of us would choose. He does a good job of guarding his private life, better than many others in the industry, but we still manage to peer into his fish bowl now and then.

Courtesy of Apple

One of the places where we can sneak a peek is surprisingly empty. Like every other MobileMe user, Steve has a public iDisk folder for sharing files with friends and colleagues. Of course, he has access to a much more robust method of sharing information, including the entire Apple corporate IT system, the world's news agencies, and web sites like this one. (Pssst, Steve, if you ever want to make any announcements via About.com: Macs, just let me know!)

Even with his ability to command an instant press conference, I'm surprised Steve doesn't use his MobileMe public iDisk folder for sharing information, doing a little marketing, or sending a note to friends. Maybe a "Hi, how ya doing?" or "Hey, everyone, lunch at the Alpine Beer Gardens (more fondly remember as Rossotti's) is on me. See you there!"

If you're wondering why I haven't provided the URL for Steve's public iDisk folder, it's because although the intent of a MobileMe public folder is for anyone to be able to view the files and folders stored there, it's really up to the owner of the folder, in this case, Steve, to give out the access information. Yes, you can probably figure it out on your own, or with a little Internet sleuthing. But until Steve publicly gives out the information, I'm going to leave the curtain over his fish bowl.