Becoming Steve Jobs

This was far superior to the Isaacson book. It seems like a much more honest accounting of Steve's personality – his flaws and his strengths. Product stories also have much more depth. I understand with much more depth the crescendos that gave us consumer products that revolutionized the world.

As the book concludes with his memorial services, you might find yourself grieving with those who lost a mentor, a friend, a husband, and a dad. And with a world that lost a brilliant innovator too soon.

Once I found out there was another biography of Steve Jobs (yet “unauthorized”), I quickly got my hands on an audio copy. “Becoming” is more nuanced in describing Jobs' temper and irate behavior (and its softening over time) than Walter Isaacson's book. A well told story, especially since Jobs' genius and impact on Apple never bores.

This is an excellent biography by a journalist and author who became personal friends with Steve Jobs and had close access to Steve when he was alive and most of the key figures in the history of Apple. Unvarnished and honest but largely sympathetic to his subject, Schlender has richly researched and interviewed Steve Jobs and his inner circle and other industry figures for many years, so he knew Steve Jobs and Apple over most of the period he covers. He writes well and the book is a pleasant read.