CHM Revolutionaries: Steve Jobs The Authorized Biography with Author Walter Isaacson
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Published 2011-12-20
From the best-selling biographer of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin comes the authorized story of Steve Jobs, one of the most celebrated global business figures in history. Award-winning author and journalist Walter Isaacson enjoyed unprecedented access to Jobs and conducted more than 40 personal interviews with him over two years. In addition, he talked to more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues. The result is a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and intense personality of a creator, entrepreneur and executive whose fierce drive and passion for perfection revolutionized personal computers, animated movies, music, mobile phones, tablet computing digital publishing and "apps."
We are proud to welcome Isaacson for a conversation about Jobs' life, inspiration and legacy with Museum CEO John Hollar.
All Comments (21)
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now i see why Walter Isaacson is a great biographer. he is a great story teller, makes any story sound so simple and familier.
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Got the book last night and found this video this morning. I'm 48 years old, and probably in 1985 was my first computer class in college, and I was able to work on the Macintosh. I loved it back then, but I've never bought an Apple computer. My first experience with an Apple products was an iphone 4 and my new ipad mini just bought in the last 2 years. . . and I must say . . . I LOVE them. The mystery and awe of owning an Apple product is still there - I even love the box they came in!! I just wish now that I would have owned more Apple products and would have been a follower all these years, instead of not having them. But I'm an Apple enthusiast now!!
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OMGosh! This is a great interview! Thank you so much for making this public! SBF
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Not only did the first iMac look very different and interesting but it had the best sound system of any out of the box computer then. Came with a copy of Toy Story to show the computer's capabilities.
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Great host. Great speaker. Most importantly, great content about a great person! Five start!
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Thanks for sharing this video - it's a great resource! Brilliant!
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Excellent interview. Thank you for uploading!
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One of the best biographies!
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In 2003/04, I had a cell phone and a PDA. I believe the phone was a Motorola StarTac and the PDA was an HP/Compaq iPaq. I was constantly carrying these devices back and forth from home and my office thinking ... “Why aren’t these 2 devices the same gadget?!?” It was obvious that they should be the same gadget. In the 1970s, lots of hobbyists were building home / personal computers from kits like the Altair 8800. It was obvious then that personal computers would probably sell like hotcakes if you didn’t have to solder them together and program them by flipping switches on the front panel. I remember someone mentioning around 2000-2002 that Adobe was working on electronic paper (i.e. the idea of the iPad); and thinking, how will that be even remotely possible? Yet, a decade later the iPad is introduced to the market by Apple. Sometimes, the next step is painfully obvious and all you need is the courage/audacity to be bold enough to take it.
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I hereby speak Steve Jobs back into life again
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As anyone who is summing up a decade of computing development - you can star-trek nerd nitpick someone to death. The only one that I wish more historians noticed was the Xerox PARC meeting with Apple wasn't a mere 'visit' - it was a conditional for a major block of stock from Apple prior to going public. PARC essentially granted a license for a foundation share buy-in. The ROI for Xerox was 10X (at 9 figures on a 8 figure buy) so it wasn't a bad deal overall since Star flopped. (it could also be noted that if they hadn't sold early Xerox could have made several billion on the shares)
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Great interview on both sides (john and walter)
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No one left behind. Locks brooches bridges waters dizzyness
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The journalist Walter Isaacson mis-wrote that Apple-II was made by Steve Jobs in 1977. Please correct it. The real fact is that Steve Wozniak developed Apple -II. Steve Jobs was a sales manager. This fact triggered him to make Macintosh in 1984.
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31:55 — So... in other words you're saying that Aaron Sorkin's script simplified and embellished certain things for dramatic purposes? 🤔
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The hallmark of a brilliant IJTJ, he doesn't tell the truth so much as "tell you what he needs to in order to get you to believe his truth." It's entirely genuine, but still incredibly manipulative... he's telling you what to do, but he's so charming you hardly notice: amazing to watch. :D
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58:25 Obviously Steve said take the million come to me next year. :)
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What will remain after our life? This was Steve Jobs' last question!
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The Next machine may have been a market failure, but its the very computer, that Tim Berners Lee, used to start the internet..
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Mr Steve Jobs wanted people to have user friendly computers, cellphones and great teams to produce these things at a affordable price.
