Steve Jobs in His Own Words

I, Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words







Authors George Beahm

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Product Description
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.

Jobs, who passed away on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56, co-founded Apple in 1976. He stepped down from that role in August 2011, bringing an end to one of the greatest, most transformative business careers in history. Over the years, Jobs gave countless interviews to the media, explaining what he called “the vision thing”—his unmatched ability to envision, and successfully bring to the marketplace, consumer products that people find simply irresistible.

Product Details
# Paperback: 160 pages
# Publisher: Agate B2 (October 19, 2011)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1932841660
# ISBN-13: 978-1932841664
# Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.5 x 0.6 inches
# Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces

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Reviews


The quote about broad-based education, for example, at first seems a strange choice of topic until one reads the quotes about the Pixar years. Beahm's selection of quotes reveal as much about the editor as the speaker. Both have minds that range far and wide, yet find the diamonds amidst the terrain. Including the bibliography in this book is as refreshing as it is informative. I've not been a fan of Jobs, but this book made me soften my opinion. Additionally, and perhaps one of the most unique characteristics of this book compared to other quotation books, the editor provides the full citation for each quote and in many cases a link for the reader to visit online.

I was being treated that way. Steve Jobs was very brusque, and Jobs said, "Well, tell me about--", and, I told him about Datapoint Corporation's ARCnet network and how everybody could share the resources. And then Steve Jobs gave me his philosophy: "Everybody can have their own computer. It shouldn't be tied to anything else. Time sharing is a thing of the past." And I said, "No, I'm not talking about time sharing.