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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
Great insights about the design of products and organizations, and tells a great story about an incredible company and its historic founder.
Engrossing read. His life might not teach/inspire a lot of things. But the e 2 or 3 things that it reaffirms/teaches- it does it so well.
Not a lot of new information in this biography, but the intimate perspective that Isaacson was privileged to capture from Jobs was incredibly insightful. It reveals above all a very sad life marked by moments of true pioneering. Steve Jobs life, more than anything, is a cautionary tale for dreamers. The writing is hasty and clumsy in a number of places; not a surprise considering the mad dash that Isaacson and his publisher made to hit the streets weeks after Jobs' death. More likely a fault of slapdash editing.
Extremely thorough. Despite being written at Jobs' suggestion and with multiple interviews with Jobs, Jobs agreed to no control over the contents. I think it is only because he knew he was dying that he was willing to give up his well-known obsessive control over the book.
The book is exceedingly harsh on Jobs. I think all would agree that he was a very forceful person. However, it begs the question why people would have stayed at Apple (and as his friends) for so many years if he was always cursing them out and telling them their work was no good.
It also skates quite a bit over some people and relationships. I assume those people did not meet with Isaacson, so he had little information on which to write.
There are some great stories and looks into how some incredible Apple products were created. It is not as thorough about Pixar, and quite skimpy about the NeXT years.
It was an interesting read, and it fits the 3-star category--I liked it. Isaacson did choose the best line to finish the book--Jobs' reflection on death.
The book is exceedingly harsh on Jobs. I think all would agree that he was a very forceful person. However, it begs the question why people would have stayed at Apple (and as his friends) for so many years if he was always cursing them out and telling them their work was no good.
It also skates quite a bit over some people and relationships. I assume those people did not meet with Isaacson, so he had little information on which to write.
There are some great stories and looks into how some incredible Apple products were created. It is not as thorough about Pixar, and quite skimpy about the NeXT years.
It was an interesting read, and it fits the 3-star category--I liked it. Isaacson did choose the best line to finish the book--Jobs' reflection on death.
Very interesting. I didn't know much about him before I read it but it was easy enough to understand. It's a long book, so I would recommend reading a chapter or two per day. I only read one chapter a day so it took awhile to finish but it is worth the read.
I WAS SURPRISED, NOT UNPLEASANTLY, BY HOW MUCH CRYING THERE WAS IN THIS BOOK - INNOVATION IS EMOTIONAL WORK
Even though i knew the ending. I didnt want the story to end. I wanted for Steve to live one more page with me. Isaascon somehow managed to build this great connection between me and Steve. Until now i didn't know the impact he made on the world (i was a child when ipod, iphone and ipad where released).Now i start to realize how passionate he was and how this passion revolutionised the world.
This book commits the cardinal sin of biographies -- the biographer interjecting too much of themselves into the narrative. Yet I don't mind. Isaacson is tasked with unpacking the ever-mercurial mind of Steve Jobs and was given unprecedented access to the man himself. Considering how relatively unbiased this book comes out as, despite receiving full approval from Jobs and his family, I can forgive Isaacson's occasional reflections on his own relationship with his subject.
I’ve had this book since the day it came out but my fondness for Steve Jobs’ legacy kept me from actually opening it. Listening to it as an audiobook was a nice workaround for me. Isaacson doesn’t canonize Jobs, but you can absolutely tell that he was wowed by him.