Inside Steve's Brain by Leander Kahney
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Book Reviews of Inside Steve's Brain
Book Review: Steve's brainstorms
Summary: 4 Stars
There have been plenty of books that tell the story of Apple Computers' origins and the early days, and as correctly pointed out by some other reviewers there has been a lot of press about Steve Jobs and Apple over the years. However, I find it useful and interesting to have many of those stories collected in a single book, especially if it mostly deals with Apple's recent resurgence. Steve Jobs, somewhat predictably, does not feature too prominently in this book. This may be surprising considering that the book's title promises to deal with nothing less than Steve's brain. However, Steve Jobs is notoriously private person and his interaction with the media is very limited. There have been very few interviews that he gave over the years, and those that he did give reveal very little about his own personal life, musings or misgivings. Most of what we know about him comes from people who had closely observed him work, mostly his current and former employees. One such employee is Jonathan Ive, the designer that is the great driving forces behind recent surge of Apple success. He is the designer behind iPod, iMac and a host of other products. The book is very good at documenting how some of these products came about, but it still doesn't reveal too much as much of it remains in the realm of industrial secrets. Each chapter ends with a few bullet-pointed "lessons" that we are supposed to take away from the way that Steve Jobs approaches design and business decisions. Most of these are rather trite and are reminiscent of the self-help manuals. They also detract from the main narrative of the book, but fortunately they are very short and don't really affect the overall message.
To conclude, this is an interesting look at Steve Jobs and Apple, especially over the last ten years or so. If you are not a die-hard Mac fanatic who follows each and every Mac-related story that comes out in the press you will learn a lot about these topics. Even if you are a walking Mac encyclopedia, it might still be fun to read a book that documents much of the recent Mac lore in an accessible and self-contained form.
Book Review: If you know what is right thing to do, stick to it - and learn
Summary: 4 Stars
In short, this book was really inspiring, short and simple. I have to say it was interesting to be inside Steve's Brain and to get more understanding on the whole Apple as a company. For me, it was again nice to see and read that some ideas take tens of years to mature - like Apple's vision on do end to end their products.
Products by definition are usually seen as one unit, but modern business is more like handling end to end. In Apple and to Steve this means to managing business from iPod to iTunes to Customer.
Steve seems to be really big, charismatic and contreversial character, which makes him and Apple to be interesting as well.
I really enjoyed this experience, it was simple and easy. As are Apple's products
Book Review: Interesting Read
Summary: 4 Stars
Some really interesting observations and stories... as someone who is NOT obsessed with Mac, I think I wasn't as engaged as someone who perhaps is a fanatic. I like the idea of creating chapter takeaways, though I didn't find the takeaways from the book that useful as Job's processes seem very unique to his business.Book Review: Good but not perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
This book about Steve Jobs is a good indicator of character, however at some points, the author may cause the reader to become tired and discouraged,
but for a smart person, there are still points to learn.
Change your point of view and you shall benefit from the book.
Book Review: Great book
Summary: 4 Stars
This a great book. I had not read a book in a long time and this was a great way to start. It bounces around Jobs life a lot but it's because it showing examples of the same thing. Readers in management positions can get a great deal of knowledge from this book.
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