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Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson
Steve Jobs was a complicated person. He can be described as a mercurial, selfish, whiny, a**hole by people that worked with or for him. On the flip side of that coin, he can also be described as an inventive, unique, artistic genius who tied technology and the humanities together.
Walter Isaacson does not pull punches in this fascinating biography of Jobs, and I absolutely loved every minute of this book. Jobs is portrayed as the flawed human that he was and this bio and the way it is written provides a 20/20 hindsight view of Jobs.
Isaacson also supplies a wonderful chronology of the development of Apple, and told the story of the company’s ups and downs. It is amazing to me the news this past week that Apple’s market capitalization topped $1 trillion. In 1997, when Steve Jobs was brought back to the company, Apple was in serious danger of going out of business. The value of Apple today is a testament to Jobs’ ability and business acumen that may never be matched again in history.
A thing that I had forgotten about Jobs was his involvement in Pixar. Through his life’s work, he left us all a wondrous legacy of some really amazing products.
I’m 41 years old so personal computers and I are practically the same age. I grew up on Windows and MS Office, and believe it is superior to Apple’s OS and software. I can’t stand Safari. Also, I just never have liked Apple’s computer hardware after having to click an icon for it to eject a floppy disk when I was in college 20 years ago - give me a button on the cpu! I say all this while writing this review on my iPhone 7 Plus, so I shoot myself in the foot. The iPhone is the best piece of technology that has ever been made, in my opinion, so you win Steve! : )
Walter Isaacson does not pull punches in this fascinating biography of Jobs, and I absolutely loved every minute of this book. Jobs is portrayed as the flawed human that he was and this bio and the way it is written provides a 20/20 hindsight view of Jobs.
Isaacson also supplies a wonderful chronology of the development of Apple, and told the story of the company’s ups and downs. It is amazing to me the news this past week that Apple’s market capitalization topped $1 trillion. In 1997, when Steve Jobs was brought back to the company, Apple was in serious danger of going out of business. The value of Apple today is a testament to Jobs’ ability and business acumen that may never be matched again in history.
A thing that I had forgotten about Jobs was his involvement in Pixar. Through his life’s work, he left us all a wondrous legacy of some really amazing products.
I’m 41 years old so personal computers and I are practically the same age. I grew up on Windows and MS Office, and believe it is superior to Apple’s OS and software. I can’t stand Safari. Also, I just never have liked Apple’s computer hardware after having to click an icon for it to eject a floppy disk when I was in college 20 years ago - give me a button on the cpu! I say all this while writing this review on my iPhone 7 Plus, so I shoot myself in the foot. The iPhone is the best piece of technology that has ever been made, in my opinion, so you win Steve! : )