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I decided to read this immediately after I finished Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk to compare and contrast two men with very different images. Both have created monumental changes in the world of technology. Both men have very similar characteristics: unending drive, big thinking, challenging the status quo. But readers should also be paying close attention to their negative aspects, mutual fallibilities and personal failures.

Very interesting read!! It‘s crazy to think@how one man has Influenced so much of how our modern culture lives and interacts. Definitely recommend.

This pops to mind #geekday #julyjam
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Great insight into the life of Steve Jobs. His bright and dark sides laid out naked by Walter Isaacson, who is hands down the best biography-writer I‘ve ever read. Interesting to know about Steve‘s passions and his inner demons. Give it a read.

I COULDNT STAND ANOTHER BORING WORD!!! I listened to this for almost 8 hrs per day for 2 days while I was working and it was putting me to sleep. Do not bother!

Book 94

25 hrs! Lord help me!

Great read about a driven man 7/10

Still reading🍭

#biography #stevejobs #walterisaacson

QOTD- What was one of the first adult books that you read as a kid?

I read the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson when I was 13 years old, and wow did it leave a deep impact on me.

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The biography of the man behind #Apple

#WordsOfOctober

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

Amazing book. I was amazed on the things Steve helped invent and was part of. A must-read

This is a great book on how steve lived his life, ran his company and being a maniac. I recommend it a lot but it is a little long.

A very long read but also showcases the downside of steve jobs. Doesn‘t speak only high about him. A good read only if you are looking for some inspiration but with patience

Can‘t decide if I should read this (Steve Jobs) or Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela) or Eleanor Roosevelt (by Cook). Thoughts? Pick my (non-fiction) book! Headed on a cruise with whichever of these and a fiction (TBD) book! I wish we had a “pick my book” thing... hmmm. PS: always a cat. #bookcat #pickmybook

Anyone else struggling with their Apple products following the latest iOS update? /grump

I have always admired Jobs for what he achieved and the will and drive he showed in achieving it. Lets be clear, he was not a lovable person but I feel if you need to achieve something path breaking, you need to be ruthless and selfish, which he was..
The book lays down Jobs to his bones and lets you judge what to make of him.. Isaacson has held nothing back and he credits Jobs by saying he never asked to proof read the book before publishing..

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The Man and the vision and his passion!! Exemplary

Eclectic mini haul from Goodwill. Any suggestions on which I should tackle first?

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Steve Jobs: eccentric, charismatic, brilliant, and empathy deficient. Often cruel, he broke the typical CEO mold with his candor and impetuousness. He was an asshole and he knew it. Nonetheless, his intuition plus his demand for perfection helped create innovative, life-changing technology. He also had an uncanny ability to spot products in second rate markets and make them infinitely better. It‘s a damned shame he died so young.

I told myself I wouldn't drag this book into another month.

Wow, the things I learned in this book. How lucky was Steve Jobs to be adopted by parents who understood his gifts? He was difficult. In the wrong family his life could have gone horribly afoul. I was repulsed and beguiled. This is an important book about an important man.

It is a tall order to pick just one! I narrowed it down to these:
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson - the best biography I have read, and of a complicated man
Circe by Madeline Miller - mesmerizing
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene - stunning
The New Jim Crow - fundamental must read about mass incarceration and race in America
@LazyDays #2018

Coffee/Book/Apple break time

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Walter Isaacson is quickly becoming my favorite biographer. He delights with his focus on Steve Jobs. Isaacson paints a multi-faceted picture of the visionary. I‘ve long loved Jobs‘ ability to create simple and intuitive products. I come away begrudgingly admiring his obstinate focus and unwavering commitment to being an unapologetic asshole. #audiobook

"One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are."
- Steve Jobs

“When Paul Jobs was mustered out of the Coast Guard after World War II, he made a wager with his crewmates.”

#27of365 #openingline #bookcover #piratesockmonkey

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One of the best biographies I‘ve read so far! So id you want to know something more about this interesting person, I recommend to read it!
#stevejobs #walterisaacson #czechedition #aprilread #nonfiction #biography

Here's my haul.

#2018Book36
#GoodreadsAwardWinner
#2011Winner

Is it just me, or does Steve Jobs come off as a major asshole in this biography?

#TBRTuesday

1. 🍎 since 1986. (I‘ve had too many devices to count!)
2. Nope, no e-reader.
3. Hmm, I don‘t use many apps...
4. Laptop/iPad/iPhone

#ManicMonday @JoScho

Inspired by some of the reinvigoration with regards to Litsy; I finally splurged on a new iPhone with a bigger screen and tons of memory! Now I can take lots of pictures of books, and contribute more hot takes on hot titles.

#quotsyMarch18 #hunger

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The ones who see things differently. They have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. But you can‘t ignore them. Because they change things. While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
#creativity #QuotsyJan18

I think different religions are different doors to the same house. Sometimes I think the house exists, and sometimes I don‘t. It‘s the great mystery.

Day 5: "If you act like you can do something, then it will work."

Amazon has this job posting up....
Thought I'd share with this awesome bookish community
jobs/571994/curator-books-amazon-books-physical-stores

Loved!!!

Insane, brilliant, bully...whatever we think he was, he did revolutionize our world. #whattaman #90sInJuly

@Cinfhen @Robothugs

(Does it take insane people to make insanely great things?) Actually, making an insanely great product has a lot to do with the process of making the product, how you learn things and adopt new ideas and throw out old ideas. But, yeah, the people who made Mac are sort of on the edge. - Steve Jobs, 1985

#insaneinthebrain #90sinjuly

❝People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the 100 other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done.❞
#SteveJobs

These words really hit hard. It was truly epiphanic to how I perceived prioritising 🌿

also,HOLA EVERYONE ☻ I'm Violet!