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Executive Summary: They say you shouldn't meet your heroes. I think maybe they should amend that to include not reading your heroes' autobiographies. I still respect the accomplishments of Steve Wozniak, but I think I like him a little bit less now after having read this book.Audiobook:Full ReviewSteve Jobs gets too much credit for the success of Apple. He always has, and he always will. Yes Steve Jobs was an incredible salesman with a great eye for where technology was heading, but without the incredible product that was the Apple II (and later other products like the iPod and iPhone made possible largely due to Jonathan Ive among others) Apple wouldn't be the brand it is today. It took both Steves to make Apple a success in those early days.So I can understand why Steve Wozniak would want a book giving his account of things. Unfortunately he decided to write it himself why Steve Job's biography was written by the excellent [a:Walter Isaacson 7111 Walter Isaacson https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1192222433p2/7111.jpg]. The quality of the prose show to be amateur. The subject matter is sporadic and in the early parts often tedious to listen to. Did you know Steve Wozniak was smarter than other kids his age? No? Don't worry. He'll tell you that. A lot. To say Mr. Wozniak has a high opinion of himself is an understatement. To be fair to him, however he deserves it. I still own and love the hell out of my Apple II (The only apple product I own). His contributions to computers can not be ignored.I found the first part of this book, and much of the last part of this book, pretty uninteresting and made me dislike Steve Wozniak a bit more for it. Nothing like my dislike of the person Steve Jobs seems to have been, but it's hard to find your heroes aren't quite who you think they are.The best part of this book for me was all the stuff on the creation of Apple and the early designs for the Apple I and II. He gets into a bit more technical detail than I would have expected, but not so much as to turn this into a technical manual.The final chapter was pretty interesting too, where he offers his advice on how to turn your ideas into reality and success. I'm not sure I agree with all of his opinions, but then who am I to disagree? He's far more accomplished than I'll ever be.Overall I'm glad I finally picked this book up, but I wish it was either shorter/more focused or written by a professional biographer instead.