Steve Jobs

Hardcover, 630 pages

English language

Published April 29, 2011 by Simon & Schuster.

ISBN:
978-1-4516-4853-9
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OCLC Number:
713189055

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4 stars (23 reviews)

Draws on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs, as well as interviews with family members, friends, competitors, and colleagues, to offer a look at the co-founder and leading creative force behind the Apple computer company.

This biography shares the life and personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.

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4 stars

This is a must-read to understand a man who shaped our reality, many times over. Personal computers. GUIs. Movies. Music. Tablets. Reading. Video games. The impact Steve Jobs has made on our world is inestimable.

Isaacson has dug deep and uncovered loads of information through his interviews. Even from the early years, I learned a few things I didn't know about Jobs. My major impressions from this book, though, are that:

1. Jobs walked a lot.
2. Jobs cried a lot.
3. People who change the world, who achieve greatness as measured by the world, are amazingly callous and narcissistic.

I was also surprised to learn how little of what Apple has accomplished went according to some master plan or overarching strategy. They've made it up as they've gone along, learning from their mistakes and successes, reacting to the market and to technology, and striving always to make what customers …

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