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by Walter Isaacson, 2011
Who uses, recommends or left Steve Jobs, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
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Excellent writer.
From his “Summer Reading” essay, in the section he introduces as “my favorite startup books”.
2021-08-05·askgib.substack.com ↗
Steve Jobs is the most iconic inventor and entrepreneur of our time having brought consumer revolutions in PCs, music, phones and tablets. He is also largely misunderstood as people only know bits and pieces of his story and not the whole Steve Jobs. Isaacson does an amazing job of capturing the good, the bad and the ugly of Steve's career and how he succeeded and failed. As much as he was successful in spite of much of what he did with the Apple I & II, he was directly and deeply responsible for the successes when he had his second reign at Apple.
His continuously-updated books page (first published 2012-12-16, last updated 2020-10-28), where every book he reads gets a 1-10 rating and a "Why Read it" note. Book links carry his Amazon affiliate tag.
2020-10-28·jasonevanish.com ↗
Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.
The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
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