Inside Steve's Brain
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4.0 • 81 Ratings
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Publisher Description
One of USA Today's Best Business Books of 2008-now updated with a new chapter
It's hard to believe that one man revolutionized computers in the 1970s and '80s (with the Apple II and the Mac), animated movies in the 1990s (with Pixar), and digital music in the 2000s (with the iPod and iTunes). No wonder some people worship Steve Jobs like a god. On the other hand, stories of his epic tantrums and general bad behavior are legendary.
Inside Steve's Brain cuts through the cult of personality that surrounds Jobs to unearth the secrets to his unbelievable results. So what's really inside Steve's brain? According to Leander Kahney, who has covered Jobs since the early 1990s, it's a fascinating bundle of contradictions.
This expanded edition includes a new chapter on Jobs's very public health crisis and the debate about Apple's future.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Throughout his storied Silicon Valley career, Apple CEO and Pixar Studios founder Steve Jobs has been labeled, among other things, an egomaniac, a Zen Buddhist, a business mastermind, a sociopath and a music mogul. Blogger, author and Wired News editor Kahney, who has chronicled Apple in previous books (The Cult of Mac), attempts to plumb the depths of Jobs's prodigious mind in this engrossing biography. The author devotes much time to the sensational aspects of Jobs' life, including his demeaning and ferocious interactions with employees, his relentless high-mindedness and fanatical attention to detail, clearly demonstrating how his tyrannical and perfectionist impulses have have shaped the award-winning designs and consumer-friendly products that have made Apple a juggernaut. Though it doesn't penetrate the Mac man's psyche too deeply, and sections on tangential figures like Apple design guru Jonathan Ive and Apple Store visionary Ron Johnson can meander, those searching for a telling portrait of Jobs's management style and its impact on Apple will not be left wanting.
Customer Reviews
3 Apples that changed the world.
3 times the Apple has changed the course of history.
1st time- the apple that Eve tempted Adam, 2nd- the apple that fell from the tree and woke up Newton's imagination, 3rd- the apple that gave immortality to Steve Jobs!
Armen Kaloyan
One little niggle
Great book! But the PowerBook G3 was left out. Jumping instead to the tibook. Anyway, it's a small detail.
Great Research but super repetitive.
This book did a few things that I really loved "Lesson From Steve", as well as some really well thought out research. I thoroughly enjoyed the writing however, I found myself rolling my eyes when things would be consistently repeated. This could have perfect with a slightly better order of events.