{"id":132042,"date":"2010-01-03T14:05:51","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T19:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/03\/palms-jon-rubinstein-named-a-geek-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2010-01-03T14:05:51","modified_gmt":"2010-01-03T19:05:51","slug":"palm%e2%80%99s-jon-rubinstein-named-a-%e2%80%98geek-of-the-year%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/132042","title":{"rendered":"Palm\u2019s Jon Rubinstein named a \u2018Geek of the Year\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>Just to clarify right out of the gate, the “year” Fast Company<\/i> is referring to is 2009, but nonetheless, it’s an award we’re sure Jon is happy to have. 11 geeks were found worthy of the “Geek of the Year” award in ‘09, with the likes of Evan Williams and Biz Stone (Twitter), David S. Goyer (the creator of Flash Forward<\/i> on ABC), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Neill Blomkamp (the writer of District 9<\/i>) joining him. The justification for Jon making the cut?<\/p>\n

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“He came on board as the new chairman of Palm and brought about the Web OS and the Palm Pre, the start of a line of products that is the best hope for reintroducing the geek masses to Palm.”<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

After speaking with him on our first-ever Engadget Show<\/a> and falling head over heels in love with webOS<\/a>, we can’t help but agree. And yes, after last year’s introduction at CES<\/a>, it’s all we can do to contain our excitement for this Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Palm’s Jon Rubinstein named a ‘Geek of the Year’<\/a> originally appeared on Engadget<\/a> on Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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