Steve Jobs

By: Walter Isaacson

Narrated by: Dylan Baker

Length: 25 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

Featuring a new epilogue read by the author.

From the author of the best-selling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, this is the exclusive biography of Steve Jobs.

Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.

At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the 21st century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering.

Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted.

Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple's hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values.

©2011 Walter Isaacson (P)2011 Simon & Schuster

Exceptionally great but lacks one thing

I love the way how each and aspect of his life is explained. I would like to read it again someday for sure. The only thing i expected that how reading books played a role in his life? Which books? How did they change him? There is very very little mentioned about this.

Great story for those that think different

This book will inspire everyone who reads it to take their profession further. To come up with new products in their business. To change their outlook on life. Great story with out sounding like it just praises Steve Jobs!

walter isaacson

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

hey walter, this message is for you.

i can't help but notice your negative tone of voice every time you mention steves veganism or fruterianism. also when you spoke of the pepsi exec your mouth filled with

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

everything about steve jobs, his life style etc.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

not at all

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

yes things that steve did just to get his point across

Any additional comments?

narrator sucks

Business negotiation as world-changing drama

Would you listen to Steve Jobs again? Why?

Not for awhile. At this point I feel I know the man better than most people I'm actually acquainted with. Should probably focus on them after disappearing into this book with the consuming obsessiveness as Steve Jobs with a next-generation iPod.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

<3

Walter did an amazing job! I finally got to know a little more about Steve, and not just rumors - but truth. RIP to one of the greatest minds that we have ever came to know.

If you use Apple products, give this book a listen

Where does Steve Jobs rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This was my first audiobook, I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Steve Jobs?

Anytime he said "This is sh*t"

Which character – as performed by Dylan Baker – was your favorite?

Steve Jobs

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

How one man's drive changed the world.

Fantastic!

One of the best biographies that I've read. Candid, well written, insightful, and honest. Great performance too - I'd have given it 10 stars!

Excellent and Accurate

The story was very detailed and we'll put together. I feel like I've meet the guy and will never get the chance to.

Fascinating guy

Great easy to listen to reading. A fascinating story about the origins of some very familiar things. Kind of like... And now for the REST of the story! Did not necessarily, convince me to like Steve Jobs....but really made me respect Apple...and want an iPhone!

Counter culture meets mega business success

Great story - even though Steve Jobs is a cultural icon I really did not know the details, and found his story fascinating. His hand was in everything Apple and I wonder if Apple will continue to be the media leader it has been without his vision.
The narration sometimes seemed mechanical, however I recommend this book; the story keeps one's interest.