Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, 2011
The authorized life of Apple's cofounder, built from years of interviews with a man who demanded perfection and often got it.
Walter Isaacson
Isaacson conducted more than forty interviews with Jobs over two years, plus hundreds with family, friends and rivals; Jobs asked him to write the book.
Feels like curiosity, awe and solitude.
A man lists everything he did not invent about his own life.
From: Steve JobsTo: Steve JobsSubject:Date: September 2, 2010, 11:08 p.m.I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds.I do not make any of my own clothing.I speak a language I did not invent or refine.I did not discover the mathematics I use.I am protected by freedoms and laws I did not conceive of or legislate, and do not enforce or adjudicate.I am moved by music I did not create myself.When I needed medical attention, I was helpless to help myself survive.I did not invent the transistor, the microprocessor, object oriented programming, or most of the technology I work with.I love and admire my species, living and dead, and am totally dependent on them for my life and well being.Sent from my iPad Books by Walter Isaacson
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