Steve Jobs

The Exclusive Biography

By: Walter Isaacson

Narrated by: Dylan Baker, Walter Isaacson (introduction)

Length: 25 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

From best-selling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

In Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography, Isaacson provides an extraordinary account of Jobs' professional and personal life. Drawn from three years of exclusive and unprecedented interviews Isaacson has conducted with Jobs as well as extensive interviews with Jobs' family members and key colleagues from Apple and its competitors, Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography is the definitive portrait of the greatest innovator of his generation.

With an introduction read by the author.

©2011 Walter Isaacson (P)2011 Simon & Schuster Inc

Hate or love apple and steve but it's a must read

Hate or love apple and steve but it's a must read, so inspiring and amazing journey

a good story about a great persona

What made the experience of listening to Steve Jobs the most enjoyable?

the uniqueness of his personality

What other book might you compare Steve Jobs to and why?

Einstein. both biographies

What does Dylan Baker and Walter Isaacson (introduction) bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

not much

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

not really

Any additional comments?

it is interesting to every business savvy reader

I liked it.

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

It is very interesting to read because Steve Jobs is famous.

What about Dylan Baker and Walter Isaacson (introduction) ’s performance did you like?

Narration is excellent.

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

I really liked it.

Spectacular

Crazy guy, but one of the most amazing minds of our times!

Made me question a lot of concepts of my own. Thanks Steve and Walter Isaacson for this great work.

A must listen

Any additional comments?

The mark that Steve Jobs has put on the world is difficult to grasp. It's not just the revolutions he has created in so many fields, but perhaps more importantly, he has become the inspiration and the symbol for a new culture. A new culture that will create a different world.

Understanding this transformation of society demands an understanding of whom Steve Jobs was, and how he became whom he was. This book is both entertaining and at the same time answers those questions.

Fim da visão idealizada de Jobs

Would you listen to Steve Jobs again? Why?

Não acho que faz sentido ouvir de novo. Talvez apenas algumas partes com bookmarks

What did you like best about this story?

Mostrar como Jobs era um cara perturbado, apesar do investimento que fez em seus estudos budistas. O pouco que sei dessa filosofia mostra que aceitar as pessoas como elas são é um dos primeiros passos. Jobs estava longe disso.

Era uma personalidade complexa, como diz o livro.

Também me mostrou que boa parte do sucesso da Apple e da Pixar tem a ver com o talento da equipe. não dele. Sim, ele era um bom negociador. Agressivo, sem dúvida.

Ele também aprendeu muito com os anos. O primeiro Mac, apesar de apresentar muitas inovações, também tinha muitos problemas, fruto de sua cabeça dura à época. Ao longo do tempo ele passou a ouvir mais sua equipe. Mas não muito.

This books is great!!! although it's just too long

What made the experience of listening to Steve Jobs the most enjoyable?

I like the narrator. It can relay well the story to a non native english speaker like me.

Who was your favorite character and why?

My favorite character is Steve Jobs. I got very interested on how did he made Apple to be a very successful company.

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

No, impossible for me. It's too long. :D

Incredible story of a mad genius.

Distills the essence of Jobs, laying out for us the astonishing breadth of his accomplishments, and the flawed and contradicting elements of his make up that made it all possible.

Great, really enjoyable

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

I've only listened to George R.R. Martin's

Did Dylan Baker and Walter Isaacson (introduction) do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

This is where the book falls down, Walter was good, but Dylan Baker needs more voices, Steve's quotes were a little differentiated from Baker's own voice, but the other characters, Woz, Hertzfield, Gates, etc... were the same as Baker's own voice.

Great Narrator and better story

I'm surprised it wasn't an ovation to Steve, it actually picture him as a human with many flaws and tough character but with an impressive live story and view of the world.

I really liked this one and It's well suited for the audio book format.