Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (2011, Hardcover)

I highly recommend this book.
Steve Jobs had a great passion for all of his products and he made the world a better place.
I enjoyed this book immensely.

Interesting read about the development Steve Jobs the person and his development of the computer mouse point and click interface and then the iPhone.

A very interesting bio of one of the most innovative minds of our time. Well written and quite informative.

I would like to start this review by mentioning that, as a result of discovering the beyond-excellent engineering of the Apple machines, I am a big fan of the product. I have always loved computers and embrace the power the PC gave me in functioning in that realm. What the computers were able to do, and in turn allowed us to do, is just amazing. Total liberation.

The Apple took it a step further with the production abilities. Be it music, photography or Film, among others. The seamless integration of on-board components, making for unimaginable processing, make it such an impressive experience. It gave me a chance to really express myself in a manner most meaningful to me. No longer am I stuck. How all this came together is vividly described in this book.

Steve Jobs is a genius that will go down in history along with the Shakespear's and Da Vinci's. An artist with a critical eye. However, the book sheds light on the entire spectrum of the tech world. From the innovations, set backs and triumphs. All the players are done justice. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Pixar-Disney etc., and the consumer are articulated in a way that does justice to the Legacy of Apple and Steve Jobs. A copy of this Book has a permanent place on my coffee table, just like my furniture and computers have their special places in my apartment. A great book and excellent read. I loved it.

I do, though, wish there was more on the nature of the relationships between Apple and peer companies. Why some products we not compatible with Apple. For example, how Steve Job's gripe with Adobe personnel was the reason Apple did not run Flash on its mobile devices, like the iPhone and iPad. Otherwise it was a great book.

I have a digital version of the Steve Jobs book and liked the history of the development of computer technology and software as well as the Steve jobs and Bill Gates stories so well that I purchased a hardcover copy, which includes pictures, for each of my four children. They work as a network engineer, an electrical engineer, a graphic artist, and a special education teacher and all their careers are tied to technology. I have worked with most of the computers, software, and technology discussed in the book and wanted the kids (all in their 30s)to be familiar with that history.