Book Report Citation: Isaacson, Walter. Steve Jobs. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. Google Books. Google, 24 Oct. 2011. Web. 4 Mar. 2015. Walter Isaacson who is one of the most famous author’s when it comes to writing biographies wrote the biography about Steve Jobs. Walter Isaacson was born in Louisiana, America on the 20th May 1952. He first studied in the Harvard University, University of Oxford, Pembroke College and the Isidore Newman School. Looking at his education he has had it is easily noticeable that most of Walter’s works will be very credible and that the information he chose will be from the best sources there are available. Walter Isaacson also worked as the chairman of CNN and also the managing editor of Time magazine. That …show more content…
Of course a successful company like Apple had to create their own inventions, but Apple with the help of Steve Jobs created one of the most magnificent technologies people have ever seen. Without Steve Jobs computers would look a lot different and may have never become such a necessity to all human beings. But that was not the only thing Steve Jobs created, he also created Pixar who would make many different animated movies together with Disney and one of the first movies Steve’s new company created with the help of Disney was Toy Story, which got hugely popular and all reviews were positive. But later when he joined apple again he worked more on the Macintosh computer to perfect it and make it a lot better than the Apple II. Steve job’s also revolutionized the Music world, by creating all the iPods that would enable you to listen to music that is digitalized on the iPod. But there was a problem, pirating became popular and all the song artists singles that were sold a lot less than before. Steve Jobs then “wanted to offer iPod users a way to download songs that was simple, safe, and legal,” so then he created iTunes, which turned out to be a huge hit …show more content…
But him using words that are easy to understand doesn’t mean that he didn’t use a rich vocabulary in Steve Jobs’s life story. But in contrary, he used very descriptive words that made the whole story seem somewhat more realistic, in my perspective of the book. What Walter Isaacson also created, was a pinch of suspense that gripped me and made me want to continue reading without stopping, as I wanted to know a lot more about Steve Jobs. What Mr. Isaacson also did was that although he had a lot of chapters in the book he always had the topic of the previous chapter easily blend in with the next chapter. He also wrote the biography in chronological order and all the information that he had in the chapter was easy to remember although there was so much of it. The author also taught me a lot one thing for example was of how Steve Job’s the idol of millions of people had not only a good side to him but like most people a very selfish and an awful side too, that he portrayed very often. Overall I enjoyed this book and would recommend everyone to read it who are above 10 years old and is also very interested in technology, no matter if they’re fans of Apple or Microsoft. The only problem some
Sir Steve Jobs, the almighty co-founder of Apple started apple dreaming big. The Harvard College dropout carried through with that dream. According to Leander Kahney, author of “Inside Steve’s Brain,” “apple went public 1980 with the biggest public offering since 1958” (2008), this offer proved successful as apple soon became a super power. Apple suffered a fall out though, but Steve Jobs came back and rescued them, reviving them to their previous stature.
Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple computers, was influenced by the very same transcendental ideas expressed by Ralph Waldo Emerson, namely self-reliance and determination. Rather than conforming to the accepted path of success, Steve Jobs chose to do things his own way, with determination. He dropped out of college and began only taking classes he found interesting, then he starte...
Steve Jobs was a college dropouts with no big plans. No one would have guessed that him and two of his friends working in a garage would be the beginning of a revolution in the world of technology. The free enterprise system made it possible for Steve Jobs to revolutionize the world with Apple products.
Steve jobs changed the world by creating Apple, inc, that made products that were revolutnary for there time period. He won several awards for his inventions, he died of pancreatic cancer. Steve jobs was the co-founder of apple with Stephen Wozniak. Steve jobs got fired from apple in 1984. He then started a new business called NeXT computer that made special computers for education and businesses. NeXT computers failed so he bought Pixar in 1986. Steve jobs created the ipad that came out in 2010 it is a cross between a iMac and a Iphone.
Steve Jobs (CEO and chairman of Apple Inc.) was an American entrepreneur and inventor. He was born in February 24, 1955 and founded Apple Inc. with his high school buddy Steve Wozniak in 1976. But later in 1976, when Apple was about to bankrupt he returned to it as advisor and Interim CEO. He made Apple profitable from near bankruptcy by 1998 (Walter Isaacson, 2013). From (1996-2011), he proved himself as one of the best engineering leaders of the world and made Apple the most innovative company of the world.
Overall the speech-structure, sense of wisdom, and experience, topped by his widely recognized success, empowers his speech to be strongly convincing. Meanwhile, the fallacies and faith requiring combinations of propositions Jobs’ gives, topped by a bit of contradictory context in the eyes of the audience, deducts from the intensity of his overall persuasion. Given the circumstances, the audience, and the situation, Steve Jobs was able to deliver a notably strong, somewhat inspirational and lifting final word to the Stanford graduates that day on June 12th 2005.
Steven Paul Jobs, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. was born February 24, 1995, and died of cancer on October 5, 2011. Apple Inc., and considered a niche player for much of its history, is the most valuable company in the world by market capitalization as of this writing. Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of microcomputer revolution of the 1970s, along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Jobs made a vast amount of accomplishment in technology which has improved many people’s lives across the nation, he was an exemplary leader, and the utmost CEO ever. Steve Jobs changed several industries in so many ways. According to the article it states, “Steve Jobs was certainly a willful and driven leader,
On October 5, 2011 Steve Jobs passed away in his home in Palo Alto California; Jobs had been battling pancreatic cancer since 2003. Steve brought so much different technological advancement that most people use everyday without knowing who created them. Everything that Jobs created, he did because he understood what his customers wanted, and where the market was going. Steve Jobs believed in all of his products and innovations he sold to people, and had faith in the people he worked with was what really shaped Apple. After leaving the company and then returning, Steve Jobs’ influence made Apple one of the top computer companies in the world.
Apple is a company that has been round for many years. There are over 55 million people who use an apple product or are considered to have at least one apple product in their home. The apple products range from larger devices such as there amazingly known Mac books which are there computer based system to there much small hand held based device called the iPhone. That device allows a person to make calls all while have the convent amenities that a laptop would have. They also have the very popular iPod as well as Apple TV. They have expanded into an empire that everyone is trying to become as well as beat. As many people know there is history and hard work that has to take place in order for a business to be successful. Many people will refer to the success of apple as the underdog company that made despite the odds. Founder Steve Jobs was a regular person with a dream. He started of building an Apple computer in his parent’s living room and later moved to the garage true to lack of space. Later on in his building career a neighbor of Steve Jobs introduced him to Stephen Gary Wonzniak. Wonzniak was an engineer and Jobs was a market maven and together they have the skills to build and properly promote. The computer they were trying to promote was fairly expensive computer. Jobs was so dedicated to this idea of transforming this computer from what it was to something that is able to be sold to the public he reached out to Bill Hewlett and asked him to donate some parts for a class projects .
The text’s direct subject is Steve Jobs. In the book Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s central focus is on the life of Steve Jobs and how he grows as a businessman, entrepreneur, and most importantly, an individual. In the beginning of the book, Isaacson discusses Jobs’s childhood and his experiences with coping with his adoption and his first interactions with technology, inspiring him
During senior year in high school, Jobs signed up for an electronics class taught by John McCollum. While in the class in 1969, Jobs met a man named Steve Wozniak, a former graduate of McCollum’s class. Like Jobs, Wozniak was a huge electronics “geek” and the two instantly bonded (Romain Moisescot).
The determination and perseverance was part of Steve personality. He was in love with electronics, so he spent many evenings visiting the garage of Lary Lang the engineer who lived down the street from his house. Then he searched for training companies in the electronics industry and worked in summer in HP Company because he wanted to strengthen his knowledge o...
In 2005, Steve Jobs’ gave a commencement speech to the University of Stanford. His speech is a very motivational and inspiring to everyone that has listened to it. He talks about three stories that happened in his life and allowed him to be where he is today. Connecting the dots, love and lost, and death. He puts his life events into perspective and allows you to see how everything came together for him. Never giving up on what you believe in and doing what you love every day.
At the end of his “Stanford Commencement Speech,” Steve Jobs recited the phrase, “Stay hungry, Stay foolish.” “Stay Hungry,” meaning to want more and more and, “Stay foolish,” meaning to follow your heart no matter what people say. And both put together, could mean a variety of things, such as, to be curious and to make unconventional decisions, or to achieve the impossible. I believe this is what Steve Jobs was all about. To being different and having the guts to put his work out there in the world to which changed our lives
Jobs (2013) are an American biographical film that inspired by the life of Steve Jobs (Main Character). The opening for Jobs was starting at an Apple Town Hall meeting whereas Steve was introducing their company’s latest product which is an iPod.