Steve Jobs

Why did I pick this book?
I used to not be a big fan of Apple, and therefor also not a great fan of Steve Jobs. Heightened by the ‘artsy' appearance he has with his turtleneck shirts and typical appearance with his hand to his chin.
I'm a product designer by trade, but generally dislike overly designed products (a designer couch, for example).
However, Jobs got mentioned again and again on articles/podcasts etc I follow and my interest started to pique.

The books contents
Isaacson tells a very transparent story of Jobs' life; how he was put up for adoption, starting Apple, Pixar, etc. Isaacson starts with telling why he didn't want to write a biography of a living person, but why he did change his mind on this. For me this makes the book feel really like a description of Jobs' life, rather than an ode to him and putting him on a pedestal.
There's a lot of detail in this book and it's not only an ‘and then... and then... and then...' life story, but also features a lot of the lessons to be learned from Steve Jobs as a CEO of two very very successful companies.

My recommendation
I was surprised by how quickly I read this book. Jobs' life is highly intriguing. A lot can be learned from his story. It's a great book for creatives, anyone into product design and managers. I had expected to learn these lessons from Adrian Newey's ‘How to build a car', because Newey is also a designer, where Jobs was more of a Sales person. But this book is the more interesting one by far.

Also looking forward to other books from Walter Isaacson.