Steve Jobs

La biografía

Hardcover, 737 pages

Spanish language

Published Nov. 3, 2011 by Random House Mondadori (Debate).

ISBN:
978-84-9992-118-1
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La muerte de Steve Jobs ha conmocionado al mundo. Tras entrevistarlo en más de cuarenta ocasiones en los últimos dos años, además de a un centenar de personas de su entorno, familiares, amigos, adversarios y colegas, Walter Isaacson nos presenta la única biografía escrita con la colaboración de Jobs, el retrato definitivo de uno de los iconos indiscutibles de nuestro tiempo, la crónica de la agitada vida y abrasiva personalidad del genio cuya creatividad, energía y afán de perfeccionismo revolucionaron seis industrias: la informática, el cine de animación, la música, la telefonía, las tabletas y la edición digital. Consciente de que la mejor manera de crear valor en el siglo XXI es conectar la creatividad con la tecnología, Jobs fundó una empresa en la que impresionantes saltos de la imaginación van de la mano de asombrosos logros tecnológicos. Aunque Jobs colaboró con el libro, no pidió ningún control sobre el …

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It isn't a page-turner, with its frequent time jumps requiring close attention to dates, but it deepened my appreciation for Apple's history, inspired me to re-watch Jobs' presentations, discover cool YouTube channels about vintage Apple hardware, and reminded me of the importance of focus—something I struggle with.

Review of 'Walter Isaacson : The Genius Biographies' on 'Goodreads'

I think this biography would have benefited from not being rushed out like it was. In some respects, it was too close to Jobs' perspective - much of the phrasing seemed to mimic a late-Apple marketing vocabulary - while simultaneously not being close enough by incorporating more of the insights and recollections of the man from his close family, associates, and rivals.

I think that there was too much focus on describing that Jobs invented X, Y & Z while ignoring the meat of the collaborations and conflicts that led to those successes and failures. We get to hear how revolutionary iCloud is (the jury's out on that) while ignoring things like the failure of the iPod HiFi (Apple's ill-fated iPod dock & speaker). In his defense, Isaacson does check off the public failures of Jobs (NeXT, his relationship with his daughter, etc.), but I came away feeling that I'd …

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