Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson

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for the longest time.” He found an outlet by playing juvenile pranks. In twelfth grade he built an electronic metronome—one of those tick-tick-tick devices that

them. Getting shocked was a badge of honor

roulette game where four people put their thumbs in a slot; when the ball landed, one would get shocked. “Hardware guys will play this game, but software guys are too chicken,” he noted. During his senior year he got a part-time job at Sylvania and had the chance to work on a computer for the first time. He

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clips because Hanna-Barbera had not given permission to use them. “Keep it in,” Jobs barked at him. The assistant explained that there were rules against that. “I don’t care,” Jobs said. “We’re using it.” The clip stayed in. Lee Clow was preparing a series of colorful

insight Jobs had was that as many functions as possible should be performed using iTunes on your computer

nondisposable

In August 2011, when Jobs was very ill, we sat in his room and went through wedding and vacation pictures for me to use in this book.

Interviews (conducted 2009–2011) Al Alcorn, Roger Ames, Fred Anderson, Bill Atkinson, Joan Baez, Marjorie Powell Barden, Jeff Bewkes, Bono, Ann Bowers, Stewart Brand, Chrisann Brennan, Larry Brilliant, John Seeley Brown, Tim Brown,