Brent Schlender

This book focuses on Steve Jobs' business career, but offers a few interesting insights into Jobs' personal life as well. His beginnings as founder of Apple, being fired from the company he created, and his eventual return make for a story fit for fiction. The authors in this book key into Jobs as a figure of growth, someone who learned from his own mistakes and grew in his later years into an effective visionary and leader that he wasn't when he started Apple. I particularly enjoyed learning about the history of computing and Apple in particular, as this book offered a good overview of the company's recent history. A good read for those interested in technology and leadership.… (mere)

Well, I finished this book at 6:30am on a Sunday morning. What else needs to be said?
Ok, this.
First,I enjoyed this book as a an overview history of the personal computer industry, all of which I have lived through.
But more interestingly, I appreciated the insights into this man Jobs. Given the closeness of the author to Jobs over so many years, and with good access to so many close acquaintances of Jobs, we gain an unusual opportunity to see a life develop. From a**hole to visionary to friend. The final chapters, sharing Jobs transition through his health crisis and his final months, I found particularly moving.
I owe the author Brent Schlender a vote of gratitude for his work pulling this complex picture together.… (mere)