iCon : Steve Jobs, the Greatest Second ACT in the History of Business

from name99

Not at all what I was hoping for. I was hoping for a book that discussed a lot of the background to MacOS X; not the NeXT days but the story within Apple. Unfortunately this book does not do that. It gives us lots of gossip about Steve Jobs, lots of info about the early Apple days, and some info ...

from book_reader

"An unauthorized and unflinching portrait of the phenomenon behind Apple" says the back cover. Unauthorized, it definitely is, but I am not sure about the unflinching part, because the book does not reveal anything that an Apple enthusiast doesn't already know. The book sketches Steve Jobs' intri...

from themulhern

Kind of glib, narration was excitable. I had no idea of the connection of Pixar and Steve Jobs. I admit that I wasn't particularly interested in those movies either (except the Incredibles, but I figured that was due to Brad Bird). I was hoping that there was some pun contained in iCon, like "I c...

from sharpjacqui

This is an unauthorised book about one of the most influential computer superstars in our fledgling industry of digital development. What made me want to read it was when I heard Steve Jobs kicking up a fuss about the publication of the book, which of course promptly promoted more publicity. Even...