Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs, as you may know, had his many strange habits and, in general, style of life and personality. For example, Steve ate certain very strict diets, such as only eating fruit. More obvious things, too, set Steve apart from the ordinary person. Such qualities, such as not showering or using deodorant at certain times made many people look down at Steve, despite his knowledge of technology and gift or running a business. In-fact, during his work at Atari, Steve got moved to the night shift, as to prevent other workers from complaining about Steve, but also to keep Steve there (the manager liked him). Steve almost had two personalities. Sometimes, he could be very charismatic, other times he could be pushy, rude, and, every once and a while, plain brutal. Despite the obvious contrast between Steve's personality moments, the difference actually complemented each other very nicely, and gave Steve a boost that hardly anyone had. His pushy and rude personality enabled him to buy parts for cheap to help him and Wazniak build computers. His charming side worked quite well to attract and please customers.

Steve, despite his knowledge of electronics and computer parts, couldn't have made Apple come to life alone. Wazniak, similarly, couldn't have been as successful without Steve. Steve was very good at organizing a company and had the ability to obtain parts for very cheap. Wazniak, unlike Steve, had a gift for electrical engineering, as well as coding, that was essential to the creating of computers such as Apple I. With out Jobs and Wazniak together, Apple may have never been formed.

I really have enjoyed this book so far. I have learned so much about Steve's personality, as well as Wazniak's. Walter Isaacson does a terrific job describing in detail the very strange things about each of them, esp. Steve, but also shows how talented they are. It's a neat combination, such talent and yet strange personalities. Walter Isaacson really goes deep into the details about how Apple was formed, how names like "garageband" and the name itself "Apple" were formed/chosen. I would recommend this book to anyone that has interest in Steve Jobs, Wozniak, Apple computer company, or general interest in computers. This is a superbly well written book!

NOTE: Steve = Steve Jobs. Wozniak = Steve Wozniak.