Free Steve Jobs Archive Book 'Make Something Wonderful' Now Available

[MacRumors]

The Steve Jobs Archive today released a free e-book containing a curated selection of the former Apple CEO's quotes, emails, transcripts, interviews, and more.

The book, titled Make Something Wonderful, chronicles Steve Jobs' life in his own words. It is structured as a timeline of significant moments in the former Apple CEO's life, including a range of materials that have never previously been available to the public. Of particular note are the transcripts of internal Apple meetings and various emails that he sent to himself.

A curated collection of Steve's speeches, interviews and correspondence, Make Something Wonderful offers an unparalleled window into how one of the world's most creative entrepreneurs approached his life and work. In these pages, Steve shares his perspective on his childhood, on launching and being pushed out of Apple, on his time with Pixar and NeXT, and on his ultimate return to the company that started it all.

Featuring an introduction by Laurene Powell Jobs and edited by Leslie Berlin, this beautiful handbook is designed to inspire readers to make their own "wonderful somethings" that move the world forward.

The book is available to read online on the Steve Jobs Archive's website, where it can also be downloaded as an ePub. In addition, it is available on Apple Books and participating libraries via the Libby app.

Article Link: Free Steve Jobs Archive Book 'Make Something Wonderful' Now Available

 

[BollywooD]

nice!

just grabbed it

thanks

 

[Eso]

I can't wait for 30-60 years to start hearing about all the miracles Steve performed.

 

[madmin]

His butterfly tie in that photo is a reminder of the wonky keyboard

 

[oofio2461]

I got it, I hope this book doesn't disappoint.

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

How will it fair up to the goat?

I still got my copy

 

[c84216]

I got it and perused it between meetings. A lot of the quotes and sayings are familiar to us. The photos are neat. The design is exceptional (considering it came from LoveFrom I'm not surprised). I think anyone who finds inspiration from Steve will love this. Naturally it doesn't go anywhere near the complications of the man, nor is that the point. But its also worth remembering Steve wasn't Steve without his very big pros and his very big cons; being a man of extremes was the essence of Steve.

I think people will love this. And the price is right. I'd definitely pay for a coffee table version.

 

[Ion-X]

Just picked this up on Apple Books. From my reading so far it’s a thoughtful and deeply personal recollection of his philosophy and life path. I don’t remember reading at least some of these quotes so they’re new to me at the very least.

What a great way to remember Steve, and with a book that’s free for everyone.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Very nice! Love the fact it has personal photos and emails. Touche!

 

[orbital~debris]

The website is really nice too, worth checking out.

 

[ggx12]

Familiar content but very cool finish. Glad to see stuff coming from Lovefrom. A bit jelly not to be an employee getting a physical copy!

 

[imnotthewalrus]

Love this.

 

[bmustaf]

I have a hard time understanding the appeal of books that are, basically, advertisements of someone who did not exist that people pay for.

Don't get me wrong: Steve Jobs was real and everyone has every right to worship whatever selective-reality version of him they want by buying a book written, basically, by the publicist for his estate. No discussion of Jobs (or any other public figure) is going to be a fully complete one, either.

But, really, "Make Something Wonderful" is the title? Surely it won't dig into his personality, the way he treated those around him, or his limitless ability to be a complete entitled prick in general?

He led a company that did incredible things, without a doubt (and, I'll add that without his maniacal focus and vision has largely decayed in product and quality since his departure, and the rate at which it is falling apart continues to accelerate). The cult worship of him does not make any sense beyond "wow, his estate and publicity juggernaut that lives on sure is making a nice living by white washing the guy and selling an image that is woefully unlike the actual man".

 

[WWPD]

Ok, my OCD kicked in. Straighten that bowtie Steve.

 

[nwcs]

I need to do a Steve Jobs NLP generator. It alternates between calling you a dumb %%^* and praising you as an amazing genius.

 

[flybynight]

Funny the MacRumors didn't mention that this was designed by LoveFrom (Jony Ive's company). Cool stuff.

 

[phenste]

How will it fair up to the goat?

I still got my copy

now see…I was given this as a birthday gift, it may be one of the best gifts I’ve ever gotten. (especially with who it came from.)

and now for the embarrassment…Spaceboi, I’ve still never read it!

wasn’t there controversy around this particular biography? I know I could answer this with a Google search—but, it’s always fun to hear what MR has to say.

all this being said—warms my heart to see SJA put this out for free. was Steve an a—hole? for sure. did he do amazing things? for sure. excited to give this a read.

 

[phenste]

Funny the MacRumors didn't mention that this was designed by LoveFrom (Jony Ive's company). Cool stuff.

awesome to see Jony doing what he loved the most—using his design instincts to work (in spirit, now) with Steve.

design instincts that aren’t reeled in nearly as well as Tim…oh well. he can hear Steve’s voice in his head still. 😆

 

[npmacuser5]

Nice gesture! 👍

 

[blazerunner]

What's with the cringe cult worship of a guy that was a massive prick? Employees and coworkers hated him, he denied having a daughter, treated her like garbage, tried to cut the line for a transplant after refusing chemo, screwed Steve Wozniak out of money when they worked on Atari... the list goes on.

This guy gets way too much praise.

 

[JosephAW]

What? No printed edition?

 

[Unity451]

...starring Ashton Kutcher.

 

[tonywalker23]

Set a reminder when the book was first announced to download it, and happened to be up late last night and downloaded it a little before 1 am. Skimmed through each page quickly to gander at the pics (several of them are already in Dana Walker's collection that are in the middle of Isaacson's biography), but still interesting to see some of the other pictures. Will read in full when I have time.

Few comments: several above mentioned the Isaacson work… and not having read it!
I would recommend reading it. If you're on these forums, it'll keep your interest. As a pastor and someone adopted, the story of why he quit going to church had a strong impression on me, and as someone adopted who does not know their father, his thoughts on being thankful he was not an abortion hit me as well when he met his biological family. I saw last night in the new book a reference to Jesus in regards to fasting; it wish I could read more on his thoughts there.

Yet, as someone has said above with much more blunt language than myself, he--like all of us-- was a complex individual. How can someone 'visionize' with such insight (check out his 1985 video in Sweden and think about chatGPT today) and at the same time deny their daughter and push people at work perhaps past a healthy point?

Easy. He was human. And a willingness to admit that profound people can have very different and profound lives and compartmentalize what's in their closets will allow us to learn what to do and what not to do from others.

A healthy dose of reflective introspection will probably reveal that we (I know for sure me) can excel in one area and be completely worthless in another. I for one am thankful for works that present things honestly, and my beliefs allow me to be thankful for people's lives and contributions even if I might not agree with everything they have done… just like I would want someone to treat me.

 

[kingtj1971]

How will it fair up to the goat?

I still got my copy

Hey.... just realized I don't even know where my copy of this book went! I was gifted this one for Xmas one year, and after doing a couple of moves, I don't think I have it anymore.

Honestly, I felt like it was "biased" a bit when I read it - though I don't think I read every page of it from cover to cover, so much as skipping through and reading various chapters.

It always felt to me that when you want to read anything about the late Steve Jobs, the author can approach it two ways. Either A, you get these "curated" collections of great quotes, speeches or moments of his life (or maybe even some famously bad ones) that they think amount to some of the most noteworthy and memorable things you can take away from it. Or B, you get the author's attempt to document his life chronologically, with their opinion of his code of ethics and personality baked into it.

At this point, I think I've read and watched enough about the guy to have a pretty good handle on who he was and how he tended to act or react over the years. So I wouldn't mind a really solid collection of the former. I'll definitely download this e-book and see what I think.

 

[kingtj1971]

What's with the cringe cult worship of a guy that was a massive prick? Employees and coworkers hated him, he denied having a daughter, treated her like garbage, tried to cut the line for a transplant after refusing chemo, screwed Steve Wozniak out of money when they worked on Atari... the list goes on.

This guy gets way too much praise.

Why do you assume it's all "cult worship"? I've read first-hand accounts of people who DID work for him and said they were rather indifferent about him. They didn't hate him at all. They'd typically express the belief he was a very smart man, who was very good at both marketing his products and at pushing a vision to get a finely honed product that came as close to it as possible. They'd also admit that you didn't really want to get called to speak with him personally in the workplace, because that *usually* meant something bad. But they understood the goals at Apple and liked being a part of what was being done there.

I'd say the majority of people remembered for running a great company were jerks in their personal lives. The people who get really involved in the invention of their products, their production, and their marketing have their hands full. They don't tend to be people with lots of time and energy to spend with families. You can respect what they accomplished while still agreeing you don't want to try to emulate their personality or moral code. I still think the phonograph and the light bulb were great inventions while not liking a number of things about Thomas Edison.