Steve Jobs Biography

[eamsie (Jessie Eames)]

I was wondering if this book was worth reading, as I prefer to read biographies. Kind of surprised that the book came out almost immediately after his passing!

Heard a lot about him being quite a ruthless guy but from looking at the products he helped create, it's not that surprising at all. A lot of top businessmen and geniuses (not comparing the two in any way, but some are!), know what they want a lot of the time and are extremely committed to get it even if it means being mean and at times selfish (heard a lot about how he missed on a lot of his children's upbringing). But like some of you have said, that's how these industries work and if you want sucess, you usually have to sacrifice a lot of things.

Just a question for those that have read it. Is this quite a techie book? Or is this more about his life/career? Wasn't too sure what aspect of his life would be focused on.

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Originally Posted by eamsie

I was wondering if this book was worth reading, as I prefer to read biographies. Kind of surprised that the book came out almost immediately after his passing!

Heard a lot about him being quite a ruthless guy but from looking at the products he helped create, it's not that surprising at all. A lot of top businessmen and geniuses (not comparing the two in any way, but some are!), know what they want a lot of the time and are extremely committed to get it even if it means being mean and at times selfish (heard a lot about how he missed on a lot of his children's upbringing). But like some of you have said, that's how these industries work and if you want sucess, you usually have to sacrifice a lot of things.

Just a question for those that have read it. Is this quite a techie book? Or is this more about his life/career? Wasn't too sure what aspect of his life would be focused on.

Hi Jesse - read in confidence. It isn't technical - it's his life story. Some product development is discussed, but only in reference to his approach to it. Read it - you'll love it. It's a great read.

[eamsie (Jessie Eames)]

Maybe I might get it on iBooks

[iceman (Mike)]

I read it on the Kindle reader on my iPad 2

[bert (Brett)]

I read the book over the last couple of days, and it is a warts and all summary of his life.

It was expensive read... I ordered an ipad after reading it.....


Brett

[stephenb (Stephen)]

I got the book for Christmas and didn't put it down for three days until I finished it. I was just as fascinated (if not more) about both the developments and the machinations of computing history throughout the 1970's and 1980's as I was about SJ's life, including the relationship with Apple and Microsoft and other important software and hardware companies during this time.

[iceman (Mike)]

Originally Posted by bert

I read the book over the last couple of days, and it is a warts and all summary of his life.

It was expensive read... I ordered an ipad after reading it.....


Brett

haha nice one

[iceman (Mike)]

Originally Posted by stephenb

I got the book for Christmas and didn't put it down for three days until I finished it. I was just as fascinated (if not more) about both the developments and the machinations of computing history throughout the 1970's and 1980's as I was about SJ's life, including the relationship with Apple and Microsoft and other important software and hardware companies during this time.

ditto, Stephen. It served my inner geek really well.

[Octane (Humayun)]

I just bought it on the iPhone.

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