Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs

Draws on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs, as well as interviews with family members, friends, competitors, and colleagues to offer a look at the co-founder and leading creative force behind the Apple computer company.

Jimmy Cerone

There’s only one thing for it, to quote the man himself: “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” What a complicated, beautiful human. Thanks Steve.

Azhar

Makes you realise how sh*tty Steve Jobs was as a human being. Yes he was a great visionary, but he wasn't a good person. Good book.

As many have pointed out, a very fair, yet dynamic characterization of Jobs. I found myself cringing at his crassness then quickly cheering his genius. I found the lengthy discussion of Apple's marketing strategy to be quite interesting. I really enjoyed discovering the story behind many of the company's famous ads. However, I was hoping to hear more about the humorous, "I'm a Mac. I'm a PC" ads of the late 2000s. Those definitely influenced my decision to purchase my first Mac!

Lorenzo Barretta

A very complete biography of a very special man. Sometimes it might get a bit hard to read for someone, but I really enjoyed reading this book.

Andy Sporring

A very comprehensive biography of Steve Jobs, that reaches in behind the scenes of the person not the icon/myth Steve already has become. Strongly recommended reading!

McKlayne Marshall

Ahmed Salem

الآن نقراءة بعد خمسة اعوام من موت الرجل المعجزة و انقشاع الغبار

والتر ايزاكسون مؤلف الكتاب قد يكون حاليا أفضل مؤلف للسير الذاتية في أميركا. ليس من عاداته كتابة و توثيق اي سيرة ذاتية عن اي شخصية الا بعد رحيلها عن العالم و مرور العديد من السنين ليبدأ كتابة متوازنة عن الشخصية و فق ما توفر ليديه من شهادات عن هذه الشخصية .... شهادات من كانوا "مع" و من كانوا "ضد". كرغبة صادقة لعرض الشخصية كأصدق ما يكون

الا ان الحاح ستيف جوبز الشديد على انجاز هذه السيرة الذاتية في الايام الأخيرة من حياته جعله يشترط على ستيف جوبز ان يطرح شهادات من كانوا ضده و ان ستيف جوبز لن يكون له اي سيطرة عن النسخة النهائية التي ستنشر للناس و قد كان .

الكتاب كان رحلة ممتعة لتطور ستيف جوبز و قصة البداية من رحلة هجرة ابوه ذو الأصول السورية له و تبنيه من قبل و اب و ام أميريكيين ثم كانت الرحلة الطويلة من تأسيس آبل و تطوير منتجات و خدمات مختلفة شكلت كثير من طبيعة الحياة الرقمية التي نعيشها الآن

مما لا شك فيه هو ان ستيف جوبز هو رجل الزمان و المكان في مجالات التصميم و التسويق و استراتيجيات العمل ... بالتأكيد لكل قصة نجاح، العديد من السقطات

لكن المؤكد انك يجب ان تهرب منه بالمشوار على صعيد التعاملات الانسانية
ASSHOLE كما يقول الكتاب

أخيرا : قد تكون العلاقة الشائكة الحميمية بين ستيف جوبز و بيل جيتس من أكثر ما شد انتباهي في هذا الكتاب 

التقييم : 3 نجمات و نص

linda

This book took me two months to finish because it was so long. But I really enjoyed Isaacson’s writing. Here are my three main takeaways:

1. Everything about Apple, down to why Flash doesn’t run on iOS, is a result of Jobs’ legacy. Jobs favored closed systems. Unlike the hacker culture of the Homebrew Computer Club, which encouraged hobbyists tweaking the products they used, Jobs wanted just products his products to be unmodifiable. Just like a tasting menu at a fine dining restaurant, a work of art can’t be modified or tailored. 

2. Jobs’ reality distortion field: Job had an uncanny ability to empower the people around him to achieve beyond their potential. He used his charm and manipulation to motivate them and break them down. 

3. The integration of technology and humanities: Jobs was a firm proponent for the integration of engineering and design. Divisions at Apple were run under product lines; visionaries like Jony Ive worked closely with engineers. Jobs himself was not a great engineer, but he was able to spot good ideas and create great products (good artists borrow, great artists steal). Jobs wanted Apple products to be beautiful, meticulously crafted with smooth edges and curves, like a Porsche or Bösendorfer piano; Pixar, too, was born from Jobs’s passion for artistry. This same legacy of pursuing the liberal arts in conjunction with STEM is still a core tenet of Stanford’s teaching philosophy.

I think what I liked the most about reading this book was seeing how profoundly Steve Jobs impacted the Valley - even down to Elizabeth Holmes’s unblinking gaze and black turtleneck - and this generation of entrepreneurs. I remember having a similar feeling after reading David Reynolds’ Empire of Liberty and thinking to myself, wow, this is why the East Coast is the way it is, why New York and New Jersey’s deep water harbors made them more metropolitan, why they are more open to immigrants, why there are more colleges north of the Mason-Dixon Line. I understand why so many Stanford freshmen read this book now. Next up, Zero to One.

Nelson Zagalo

A minha análise: http://virtual-illusion.blogspot.pt/2...

Amelia Lin

Fascinating book about a fascinating person, though it doesn't make me wish I were his friend.

Brian Hill

Informative, insightful, and while much of its information has been made public in other formats, I believe its narrative was very much worth reading. Made me realize that each of us, including Steve, has flaws that prevent us from reaching our potential. There's always something we can each improve about ourselves, and a way we can each find to contribute more to society. One of Steve's strengths was surrounding himself with people who were able to shine in areas of his own weakness. I hope I can become better at this.

Cams Campbell

As a user of Apple products and a follower of their fortunes, this was a must-read for me. I have listened to many pundits discussing the book, and no review was better than that of Ars Technica's John Siracusa on the 5by5 podcast, Hypercritical. He was rather scathing of the book in so much as it was written by the wrong guy. Isaacson is not a tech guy and is writing about something he does not really understand. 

That said, I still had to read the book for myself and, although I didn't enjoy it a great deal, it was still worth reading. 

Make of that what you will.

Chris Raastad

You don't know Steve Jobs until you have read this book. It's a thorough journey of all the stages of this very secluded innovator's life from the man that knows him the best, basically the only journalist he would talk to. It's an incredible story of a man who is so massively misunderstood. It's incredible that a man who was so arrogant and rash in his 20s became the father of the smartphone and tablet in his 40s before losing the battle with cancer. Apple will honestly never be the same without this man. This book does justice to this incredible human being.

Kamil M. Özkan

Aradan 9 yıl geçti. 
İlk zamanalrdaki ön yargılardan uzak, tarihin en değerli şirketin kuruluşunun yanında son 50 yılda teknoloji'nin hayatımıza nasıl girdiği, şekillerdirdiği üzere keyifli bir tarih kitabı olarak da okunabilir. 

İddia edilenin aksine Steve Jobs pazarlama adamı değil, ürün adamıydı. Hani şu son günlerde bulamadığımız kaliteli Product Owner'lardan...

André Ramos

This guy is simply of my best inspirational characters. His constant search for art and perfection led to many revolutions in so many fields. He managed to awe us with his awesome products and completely genius introductions and maketing.
Isaacson does a brilliant biography here. It is very well written and engaging. It's very clear that he has done a lot of research and put a lot of thought and emotion into this book and while he manages to keep the book's impartiality we can also see that Steve ended up being an influence to him.

Awesome book!

Denise Guimarães Bottmann

Berilo Vargas

Pedro Maia Soares

Este livro, baseado em mais de quarenta entrevistas com Steve Jobs - e entrevistas com familiares, amigos, colegas, adversários e concorrentes -, narra a vida deste empresário, cuja paixão pela perfeição e cuja energia contribuíram para seis indústrias - a computação pessoal, o cinema de animação, a música, a telefonia celular, a computação em tablet e a edição digital.

a biografia

Marcos Silva

A great book to get to know not only Steve's life, but also how the computer industry was created and also a little bit of the universe of CEOs.

Ozgur Ozer

Steve Jobs was one of the most influential, innovative, inspiring people of the 21st century. He was a perfectionist and had a good taste of art and design. If it wasn’t for him we couldn’t have beautifully designed computers and mobile phones today. I wish he was still alive that he could continue changing the industries. I just love him so much and learning what he did for humanity made me cry many times while reading the book. We need more people like him to make great products. Thank you Steve.

Jane McCullough

Enjoyed this one because it Isaacson kept a balance with his picture of Steve. I came away with both more awe and respect as well as disappointment and irritation about the man.

Hector Gerardo Sanchez Quiroga

He was not a cool guy. But he had a Motivation. A reason to do something. Maybe I just need to see what is meant to be done.

Barry Hess

It was daunting at first, such a long book about Jobs. About half way through things started rolling. I would like to read a book that is a bit more in tune with the technical achievements of Jobs's history. For instance, NeXT is kind of brushed off and minimized when it really is the basis for the operating system I use and enjoy every single day.

Some notes.

Bryan Maniotakis

Jeremy Anderberg

Tomasz

Doskonała książka do poznania Jobsa. Tylko tyle i aż tyle. Dobra ksiażka. Świetna kronika.
Cóż więcej można dodać?

b.andherbooks

Ah the "Book of Jobs" as I fondly referred to this heavy tome as I lugged it around for well over a month (all the while thinking I wish I bought this for my Kindle). It took me longer then usual to get through this dense read (so much detail and names) but I'm so glad I took my time immersing myself in the deconstruction of Mr. Jobs. Walter Isaacson did a brilliant job weaving together interviews, stories, and facts gathered over many years. While I came to dislike Steve Jobs immensley as a person, the book still made me respect him as my generation's greatest innovator. Glad I didn't work for the man, but glad so many others did. 

My favorite tidbits included finding out Steve Jobs was that he was born in Green Bay, WI and his thoughts on death (see the final chapter and his view on power switches).

Steve Jobs

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