Walter Isaacson’s biography on Steve Jobs comes out on Monday and the Internet is already swimming with juicy quotes from people with early copies. The book, Steve Jobs, contains loads of great stories and insights, including Jobs going ballistic on Google over Android and telling President Obama that he’s headed for a one-term presidency.
As most of you know, I’m fascinated by Jobs and admire his work. I’m looking forward to reading lots of behind-the-scenes dirt and learning more about the (extremely private) man. How about you? Are you going to pick up the Steve Jobs bio? Kindly take today’s poll and let me know!
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I would like to read it, it is not a must buy, but a must read for me.
I'd be lying if I said I was not interested. I'll think I'll treat this book like a game and wait until it goes on sale to buy it. Maybe I should just ask for it as a Chrismas present.
I may sound like an ass for saying this, but from a marketing standpoint, the death of Jobs will be a boon to the publishers because of the timing. No doubt this book would have sold well anyway, but because of Steve's death, they will sell a lot more books.
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Its true, dead people sell better.
Well if they were alive, that would be slavery.
Duh!
Excuse me but we prefer the term indentured servant thank you very much.
I'm buying it. I purchased iWoz and loved it. I expect this to be good.
Honestly, I don't know what I could draw from it that I don't already know.
Jobs was a pretty open guy in public. That one commencement speech is probably the bulk of the book. If it was his journals or even an autobiography, it would be different.
His life/death doesn't interest me at all. He is just another person and I have a hard thinking that ANYONE's life would be or is remarkable enough for me to care about.
I never understand why people get caught up in or emotional about someone they have never met.
Wow… that's pretty cold blooded, dude.
If it's any consolation… I care about YOUR life and everyone's life too. You can learn something from everybody, even if it's learning what not to do.
But seriously bro… that comment sounds pretty sociopathic. Keep your chin up, bro. This like all things shall pass.
Yeah I think that came off the wrong way. I care about whether people live or die, just not how they lived their life.
These sorts of books really aren't my thing.