Steve Jobs Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

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Publisher Description

Walter Isaacson’s “enthralling” (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.

Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.

At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in 21st century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering.

Although Jobs cooperated with the author, he asked for no control over what was written. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted.

Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple’s hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values.

Steve Jobs is the inspiration for the movie of the same name starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels, directed by Danny Boyle with a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2011
October 24
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
656
Pages
PUBLISHER
Simon & Schuster
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Canada
SIZE
31.9
MB

Customer Reviews

Kelsey Tennant ,

My first English ebook

Real person, great book!
I have been living in west for more than 10 years. But this is my first English ebook. I did this just for remember Steve Jobs. Apple changed my life somehow. I love apple and most of apple products.

Tim_Peterson ,

I'm sure it's an interesting read but...

It's astonishing to me how most (over 90%) have rated this 4-5 stars when it's been out a few hours. It is 656 pages and while I read slower than most, I doubt most of the raters have even read into chapter 2. This speaks volumes on the rating system. Now, to the book where I eagerly await how much honesty (good and bad) has been written on the life of Steve Jobs.

PS, I rated it 3 because I have no doubt it will be at least average. I'll change my rating accordingly after Ive actually read the book.

DigitalShkola ,

Steve Jobs

The simple fact that this electronic book was purchased on my iPad with the iBooks app at midnight on the day of its release is a testament to the brilliance of Steve Jobs. For this reason, I have given the book "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson five stars out of five, without doing much more than skimming through it. When I finish reading it, I will wonder how I can change my rating to give it some value greater than 5 out of 5 ... perhaps 9 out 5 :)

Thanks, Steve ... rest in peace. You have made your Maker proud.

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