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Pre-ordered it the day it could be pre-ordered. It's amazing what Steve has done for all of us. Changed everyone's life forever and will still be thought of the coming years for a long time!

Stevy, you will be loved!

And of course the best to family and all friends!
 
I wonder if the Author was preparing for the book to be released after Steve's passing. Almost like he was prepared to make this part of it. Just made me think when he said he talked to Steve a few weeks ago about him not being around much longer and now easily moving the book up a month, but still including the passing of Steve. Can't wait to read this and I also have very high hopes for this book.
 
The last line about him wanting his kids to know him is simultaneously touching and disturbing. I'm torn because I know how important I found him and the products that he helped design and bring to market, but is all of that really worth it if he felt like he needed a biography to help his kids know him? I'm not sure.

I'm sure in his eyes it was worth it, he left a legacy and his family will forever see the effects of this. Any parent feels as though they did not get to spend enough time, in the end when it's time for me to go; I will think of all the missed football games, PTA meetings, hugs and kisses that I was not there for. In the end it is worth it because you do what you do for your family, you just have to decide what you want for them.
 
It makes me happy to think he lived to see some of his greatest visions come to fruition. The iPod, iPhone and iPad all defined their market segments. Apple had wanted to do the iPad for at least a decade.

The last paragraph is touching too. By all accounts he loved his family, but he likely saw them little. To want your kids to understand you as an adult as well as a father is quite endearing. RIP Steve.
 
I sure hope Steve is looking down and realizing how much people really loved him. Even though he had a reputation in business of being harsh, he's always been a humble and very classy guy.

I can't imagine what his family must be going through. If only there was a public funeral for him we could attend.
 
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Definitely going to buy this issue of Time tomorrow.
 
The book is now #1 on Amazon's best seller ranking.
I'm waiting for the audible book. I love listening to books while traveling.
 
The last line about him wanting his kids to know him is simultaneously touching and disturbing. I'm torn because I know how important I found him and the products that he helped design and bring to market, but is all of that really worth it if he felt like he needed a biography to help his kids know him? I'm not sure.

It's sad, but it's reality. Einstein was terrible to his family, especially his wife. Would the world be better if he was more of a family man? The rules are different for the world changers and we shouldn't judge them by ordinary man standards. At least he recognized it and hoped an honest biography could put it all in perspective.
 
I already have the hardcover preordered, but will definitely need to head out and pick up that issue of Time tomorrow.

Reminds me that there will probably be plenty of magazine covers and article tributes in several magazines over the next month. Keep your eyes open for items to add to your personal libraries.
 
Pre-ordered weeks ago on my iPad...

It's so sad to think his kids have to get to know him through a book, then remembering that the reason this is the case is because Steve sacrificed a lot of his personal and family time for us. He wanted to change the world, and to do that, he gave up having his own life. Then cancer took him from us way too soon.

God damn it...I can't stop crying and I don't even know the man. I've never cried over a public figure dying, much less a CEO. But just thinking of how much one man impacted my life and the way I live it makes me miss him like he was the best friend I never met.

Goodbye Steve.:(:apple:
 
Damn, that last paragraph made me tear up. I hope his kids got to know their dad better these last few months.

Can't wait to read this and I've read every book about him and Apple published in the last 20 years.
 
It's sad, but it's reality. Einstein was terrible to his family, especially his wife. Would the world be better if he was more of a family man? The rules are different for the world changers and we shouldn't judge them by ordinary man standards. At least he recognized it and hoped an honest biography could put it all in perspective.

Very good point.

And Isaacson's book on Einstein was superb, so I've got very high expectations for this book.
 
I was thinking about buying it but know with Steve gone and these excerpts, I think I will buy it.

Still can't believe he is gone...

:(

-P
 
I'm sure in his eyes it was worth it, he left a legacy and his family will forever see the effects of this. Any parent feels as though they did not get to spend enough time, in the end when it's time for me to go; I will think of all the missed football games, PTA meetings, hugs and kisses that I was not there for. In the end it is worth it because you do what you do for your family, you just have to decide what you want for them.

I completely agree. Also, I'll add that as a son, I have never had complaints about my father not being there all the time. He did his best. But even if the case was otherwise, at the end of it all, if my father was Steve Jobs, I wouldnt be anything less than 'proud' to be his son...

Edit add: Also, 24th October happens to be my B'day.. Seems fitting, One of the greatest inspirational figure's biography, as a present to myself.
 
I think what he meant was that he wanted his children to know him as someone other than "dad." As a human being with insecurities, dreams that came true, other dreams that didn't, fears and desires... it's going to be amazing for his kids to see him that way. And amazing for us too.
 
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