Quite fascinating, An in-depth biography which balanced Job's unique character, personality difficulties and quirks, his brilliant uncompromising artistic genius, and his barracuda business acumen.
I'm an Apple user, always have been. Jobs great insight was that the computer was a tool of personal liberation, and it has been for me. Ironic that the tool of liberation has a premium price tag.
He and his life are a struggle between his 60's Liberation values and his deeply competitive capitalist methods.
Like Picasso, he didn't try to justify, he was not warped by consumer culture, conventional wisdom, and pressures to conform to social norms. He had the ability to stand against norms and create something new and world-changing. An amazing individual.
Less material about his personal life than I would have liked. Curious about the intricacies of his relationship with his wife. He must have been an extremely difficult husband, in my opinion.
The book has a few repetitive spots. It narrates fairly and in detail each of Steve Job's major business innovations, and the difficulties he had bringing them to market. Lively business school case study material, but left me awed by his fierce and risky choices.
His work while he was ill is poignant. We do not hear about the bitter end; I would have liked the closure of that narrative.
His work while he was ill is poignant. We do not hear about the bitter end; I would have liked the closure of that narrative.
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