Steve Jobs needs to take a page from Fidel Castro’s book and give a speech. A big long one. At Macworld. When Fidel was running Cuba and rumors put him at death’s door, he’d give a two-hour talk to reassure his subjects. Fidel had the May Day parade. Jobs has Macworld. But Jobs’ people say there will be no Jobs at Macworld 2009.

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Sure, the kids looked sharp presenting their business plans to the jury of Silicon Valley investors. And yes, the investors looked impressed sitting in the conference room at Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus. But me? All I could think was: It’s summer. Shouldn’t these middle-schoolers be out bouncing a ball? Or counting the clouds? Or rowing a boat across a lake?

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