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Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson
A great read for any lover of Steve Jobs. Or Apple. Or biographies. Or technology. Or even a little bit of Pixar.
Biographies can be either really great, or really boring. I would classify [a:Walter Isaacson|7111|Walter Isaacson|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1192222433p2/7111.jpg] as the former. He writes in a prose that is engaging and narrative, rather than simply giving out facts about Jobs' life. That was what allowed me to continue reading at the speed that I did…I really wanted to know what happened next! Not being privy to the background and intimacies of Steve Jobs' life, this book read like any other piece of fiction, with its ups and downs, moments of glory and moments of sadness. I was able to put myself in the time frames that events occurred, remembering back to such times as when the iMac or the iPod came out.
Isaacson gives a balanced account of Steve Jobs' life, and I appreciate the multiple accounts that one story could be told from. He gets perspectives from the different folks involved in a particular scene, garnering what their thought processes were at the time, and bringing the reader up to date on any conspicuous facts. You're never once feeling that the writing is too one-sided.
Definitely worth a read, especially for anyone that uses a single Apple product…or any other piece of technology, for that matter.
Biographies can be either really great, or really boring. I would classify [a:Walter Isaacson|7111|Walter Isaacson|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1192222433p2/7111.jpg] as the former. He writes in a prose that is engaging and narrative, rather than simply giving out facts about Jobs' life. That was what allowed me to continue reading at the speed that I did…I really wanted to know what happened next! Not being privy to the background and intimacies of Steve Jobs' life, this book read like any other piece of fiction, with its ups and downs, moments of glory and moments of sadness. I was able to put myself in the time frames that events occurred, remembering back to such times as when the iMac or the iPod came out.
Isaacson gives a balanced account of Steve Jobs' life, and I appreciate the multiple accounts that one story could be told from. He gets perspectives from the different folks involved in a particular scene, garnering what their thought processes were at the time, and bringing the reader up to date on any conspicuous facts. You're never once feeling that the writing is too one-sided.
Definitely worth a read, especially for anyone that uses a single Apple product…or any other piece of technology, for that matter.