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Steve Jobs Writing an Autobiography?
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What... you think he's gonna give it away in charity... of course not!
It'll come in the iAge Classic: Instantly add 10 years and the iAge Nano: Just 3 Years but you gate a 20KG weight loss program free (thats what Jobs was testing last year)
The nano will cost $20,000,000,000 and the classic will cost $200,000,000,000!
WOOHOO!!! Only 1/3 of the "I never read books" crowd is a Stupid American©!
The (Looney-carrying) Canucks and Red Coats got nothing on us!
The (Looney-carrying) Canucks and Red Coats got nothing on us!
*hiss* *snarl* As an Aussie myself, I'm sure none of us appreciate being called "silly!"
Okay okay... Joke over. I'll forgive you.
I'll tell you what, "Silly" people are people like myself who for some reason continue to live in the northwestern United States. Compared to that, anyone in BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY Melbourne is a genius.
I couldn't have said it better myself, Steve illness/recovery is Steve's personal matter. Everyone has right to private life celebrity or not, just my opinion.
Have you seen Steve Jobs writing anything? Has anybody? (Not that he would write this himself, it is much easier and much better to hire a professional writer). It is completely pointless to add speculation about why someone might do something when nobody has any evidence at all that they are doing it in the first place.
Much more likely that Steve Jobs is practicing hard to beat his kids at Wii Sports
To be honest, I don't think Steve Jobs cares much at all what people think of him.
That's probably true, but he is naturally competitive, and not a little vindictive. Those personality traits can lead to a desire settle up with people who may have crossed you.
Yea, if Steve had a beef with somebody, he would be just as likely tell it off to them publicly in some way. I have a hard time believing that Jobs is going to release a book about himself when it is already well known that he does not like to talk about himself in the first place. Exactly what is he going to talk about? The origins of Apple have already been told numerous times by other people ad museum. He certainly won't talk about his family - he has never done that at all. Anything in depth about Apple would never fly either.
I just don't see anything there.
He could retell a lot of stories, from his point of view. Remember, we've already seen at least one unauthorized biography, and we know that it really ticked him off. He even lashed out at the publisher, if memory serves. I wouldn't say this book is going to happen, but I wouldn't dismiss the possibility entirely either.
I think his biggest gripe was that it was not him telling it - it was the fact that he could not control it in the ways that he wanted to. Of course thats a completely separate point to make about him wanting to do it anyway.
I find this possibly to be nothing more than wishful thinking. I don't believe I have ever heard Jobs interested in talking about the past.
What's the driving force behind writing an autobiography? Ego, correct? Tell me Steve hasn't got ego enough for 100 normal people. His health isn't good, he's been forced to take off at least a few months, a time to recuperate and reflect... it could happen. One other thing I can report is that major health episodes have a way of changing something inside a person's head. It's different for everyone, but hardly anyone comes out the other side quite the same person they were before.
I'd probably recommend it as "a must read" for all incoming college freshman...
When I was a b-school grad student in the mid-90s, Steve Jobs was the example of what not to do in business. But just a few years later, he came in and re-tooled and became quite a businessman. It's almost as if was two completely different people.
I would LOVE to read Steve Job's autobiography, we've heard so much about him, but none of them seemed to do justice to his character. He is always right to the point when he writes and his sense of humor is way beyond the "nerdy" type we indulge ourselves with these days. I wouldn't say he is the authority for computers, but this book that he certainly CAN write, and it doesn't even have to be to thick, would be authoritative at least in defining the modern sense of simplicity and design.
We all know this would easily be a Best Seller... But let's be honest, does he really need any more money?
Secondly, I really don't think he's a man to talk about his whole life. It just doesn't seem right. I'd feel awfully weird reading his autobiography.
Even if I was him, I wouldn't do it. Even after I die to be let it released. Reason why, cause it doesn't matter to the world who I was but to the people I met along the way. Cause let's face it, you aren't gonna change the world, you're not that important.
EDIT: Oh btw, I bet he's actually really trying to get healthy then stress about an autobiography. And let's be double honest, the only reason the board is letting him stay on is because not only is he a smart man but he's a symbol.
Secondly, I really don't think he's a man to talk about his whole life. It just doesn't seem right. I'd feel awfully weird reading his autobiography.
Even if I was him, I wouldn't do it. Even after I die to be let it released. Reason why, cause it doesn't matter to the world who I was but to the people I met along the way. Cause let's face it, you aren't gonna change the world, you're not that important.
EDIT: Oh btw, I bet he's actually really trying to get healthy then stress about an autobiography. And let's be double honest, the only reason the board is letting him stay on is because not only is he a smart man but he's a symbol.
That's exactly what we need. Hopefully enough of him has rubbed off onto Tim Cook and others.
And no, he's not dying.