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

First three hours were rough..

The first three hours I almost turned it off and deleted it several times. Steve was a major jerk. Then him and Wozniak made their first Apple computer and the magic happened. After that I didn’t want to stop. Dylan Baker did a wonderful job reading, he has the perfect pitch and rhythm.

Legend

Loved it, Gave me true insight
into the Steve Jobs world and into the stories I read growing up. Well done, glad to have experienced his story.

Play speed controlable

×0.9, ×0.8, ..., it is what i want very much. I like it very much.

Great Book

All I can say is if you have not listened to or read this book yet, then you are missing out. Fantastic in all aspects. Walter Isaacson did a fantastic job putting this together not letting anything fall by the wayside. Dylan Baker is fantastic narrating.

loved it would recommend to my frands

What did you love best about Steve Jobs?

Coming from noting to is power is a example for all

What did you like best about this story?

How he was with people

What about Dylan Baker’s performance did you like?

Nice

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

Yes whare he came from

Any additional comments?

Non

Much richer than expected, even with the hype

Ever go to a movie because everyone else said how great it was? Then when you go you are disappointed because your expectations were so high? That's what I thought was going to happen with this book. Several people told me to read this and there is so much business news about Apple all the time that I thought that my high expectations would lead me to be to be disappointed. Instead this book far surpassed my expectations even with high expectations going in.

It really explains why Steve Jobs was and is so highly regarded in the business world for his genius. There are all sorts of lessons on what it takes to create a great product and to be innovative. On the other hand, a clear example that business success and success in other aspects of life don't always go hand in hand.

I also really enjoyed getting a overview of birth of the tech industry in the U.S. The research done for this biography is outstanding.

I thought the narration was excellent and enjoyed listening to the narrator.

A great view of a very influential man

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

Is a very interesting story about a very influential man. It allows you to form your own opinion about his way of conducting bussiness and life. I think there are interesting lessons about what and how to do things, and about how NOT to do them.

I really enjoyed this program.

pretty good but not too deep

overall enjoyed it. It was a very interesting story. Didn't go very deep below the surface though.

Think different indeed.

An amazing look at a complicated man who changed the world. Absolutely worth the read/listen.

amazing

Best book I've ever bought. Steve would be proud of this book. Great narration. Must read.