Project 2 — Book 1— Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
The Steve Jobs Biography is a book I’d been meaning to read for a while now. If I’m honest the length of it had initially put me off. At 656 pages it demands a fair amount of consistent reading, something I often struggle to dedicate time towards.
Once I delved in and committed though I found the book to be gripping and very insightful. Steve Jobs is a character many talk and reference, and I found out that I knew some of his history before reading this. e.g. founding apple in his parents garage, being annexed from his own company and then eventually returning and transforming apple into the giant that it is today. What I enjoyed most about this book though was that it gave the extra context to understand how these snippets of history came about and weaved together with one and other.
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Walter Isaacson has done a great job with his in depth interviews and research and has created a narative that it both rich and concise.
My 3 take aways from the book are:
- Steve Jobs is a prime example of someone who sits on the boundary between Technology, Business and Creativity (3 areas I find fascinating). His companies Apple and Pixar work in exactly this area.
- A reality distortion field, whilst slightly delusional does allow for incredible things to happen
- I need to listen to more Bob Dylan.
