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loonyboi 's review for:
Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson
This was a great biography of a very strange and brilliant man. There are better books about some of the things in here (for a great look at the creation of the Mac, I recommend Stephen Levy's [b:Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything|56825|Insanely Great The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything|Steven Levy|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1309284067s/56825.jpg|55364]) and there are better looks back at the live of the key players here. But this is easily the most complete picture of the life and times of Steve Jobs, and on those merits alone, it's worth reading.
Jobs was a complicated and frankly unpleasant person. He achieved greatness, and did indeed change the world, but he was utterly obsessed with the notion of his legacy. He desired above all else to build a company that would survive beyond him, and whether or not that is the case remains to be seen. What this book does show, however, is that it won't be easy for Apple to achieve anything without him. Even though others did the "real" work, most of the incredible feats in Apple's history can be tied to thoughts from Jobs' own head.
I did like that the book doesn't shy away from showing the dark side of Jobs. He was a lousy father, which is sad, because of all of his legacies, the one that should have mattered the most to him didn't.
But anyway, if you have any interest in the life of Jobs, I'd recommend this book. Any biography can be a little dry, but Jobs' life was filled with such dizzying highs that this one rarely gets dull.
Jobs was a complicated and frankly unpleasant person. He achieved greatness, and did indeed change the world, but he was utterly obsessed with the notion of his legacy. He desired above all else to build a company that would survive beyond him, and whether or not that is the case remains to be seen. What this book does show, however, is that it won't be easy for Apple to achieve anything without him. Even though others did the "real" work, most of the incredible feats in Apple's history can be tied to thoughts from Jobs' own head.
I did like that the book doesn't shy away from showing the dark side of Jobs. He was a lousy father, which is sad, because of all of his legacies, the one that should have mattered the most to him didn't.
But anyway, if you have any interest in the life of Jobs, I'd recommend this book. Any biography can be a little dry, but Jobs' life was filled with such dizzying highs that this one rarely gets dull.