Here is my selection of the best books for learning about and being inspired by the late Steve Jobs! I have read or thumbed all (except two, not yet published) of these, and can recommend them for your own, personal benefit — or as a superb gift for anyone on your gift list this year!
Here is my selection of the best books for learning about and being inspired by the late Steve Jobs! I have read or thumbed all (except two, not yet published) of these, and can recommend them for your own, personal benefit — or as a superb gift for anyone on your gift list this year!
* Steve Jobs
* Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs
* I, Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words
* The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great
* Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple
* iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business
* Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
* All About Steve: The Story of Steve Jobs and Apple from the Pages of Fortune
* Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World’s Most Colorful Company
…. go get’em!
Steve Jobs
Based on more than forty 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.
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.
Full story : Steve Jobs | by Walter Isaacson
I, Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words
Jobs made an indelible mark in multiple industries, and played an enormous role in creating others. Consider how Jobs and Apple shaped the following fields: personal computers (laptop and desktop), apps (for multiple electronic devices), computer animation (Pixar), music (iTunes), telecommunications (iPhone), personal digital devices (iPod), books (iBook), and, most recently, tablets (iPad). Jobs was the greatest business visionary of our era.I, Steve is the perfect gift or reference item for everyone interested in this great American original.
All About Steve: The Story of Steve Jobs and Apple from the Pages of Fortune
Writes managing editor Andy Serwer in the book’s foreward: “In the end he was proved right a billion times over, and his company Apple became one of the most successful enterprises on the planet.” All these stories are the product of deep reporting. In many cases FORTUNE’s writers spent hours interviewing Jobs and delving into his mind. The result is a singular journalistic collection, which will leave you with a comprehensive picture of Steve Jobs and Apple, a picture that is complex in the making yet simple in its triumph.
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs is as close as you’ll ever get to having the master presenter himself speak directly in your ear. Communications expert Carmine Gallo has studied and analyzed the very best of Jobs’s performances, offering point-by-point examples, tried-and-true techniques, and proven presentation secrets that work every time.
With this revolutionary approach, you’ll be surprised at how easy it is to sell your ideas, share your enthusiasm, and wow your audience the Steve Jobs way.
Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple
“A fascinating story.” -The New York Times
“Superb reporting. Written at a crackling pace.” -Business Week
Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World’s Most Colorful Company
Apple Confidential is rife with gems that will appeal to Apple fanatics and followers of the computer industry. Especially enjoyable are the revelation of “Easter eggs” that are hidden in several versions of the Mac operating system; the many screen shots, timelines, and telling quotes from Jobs, Gates, Wozniak and others that populate the margins and concluding sections of each chapter; the “Code Names Uncovered” section that makes public the monikers of several secret Apple projects; and Bill Gates’s 1985 letter to John Sculley and Jean Louis Gassee pleading for Apple to license Mac technology and develop a “standard personal computer.” –Patrick O’Kelley
The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs: Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough Success
An enhanced ebook is now available with 10 demonstration videos of Jobs’ sure-fire innovation secrets. Select the Kindle Edition with Audio/Video from the available formats.
Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs (AUDIO)
By following Steve Jobs’ visionary example, you’ll discover exciting new ways to unlock your creative potential and to foster an environment that encourages innovation and allows it to flourish. You’ll learn how to match – and beat – the most powerful competitors, develop the most revolutionary products, attract the most loyal customers, and thrive in the most challenging times.
©2011 Carmine Gallo
Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
Through lavish illustrations, period photos, and Hertzfeld’s vivid first-hand accounts, Revolution in the Valley reveals what it was like to be there at the birth of the personal computer revolution. The story comes to life through the book’s portrait of the talented and often eccentric characters who made up the Macintosh team. Now, over 20 years later, millions of people are benefiting from the technical achievements of this determined and brilliant group of people.
iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business
This biography of Apple’s co-founder is fairly well balanced. The authors keenly admire Jobs despite the many personal shortcomings they catalog, gleefully referring to sundry over-the-top idiosyncrasies as examples of Jobs’ ”Stevian” hubris.
** Hardcover or Paperback — coming in January of 2012
Any of these will make great reading, or a wonderful gift for the Apple fan on your gift list. All are jam-packed with wisdom, innovation and the spark of inspiration to thrill anyone in today’s technology driven world.
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