Steve Jobs By Walter Isaacson

A presentation by Johnathon Frey

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see

things differently…they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see

genius”- Steve Jobs

Technical Aspects of Steve Jobs

•Walter Isaacson began writing Steve Jobs at Job’s request

•Based on 120 interviews with Steve Jobs‘s friends, family, and enemies

•Isaacson also conducted over 40 interviews with Jobs

Al Alcorn, Roger Ames, Fred Anderson, Bill Arkinson, Joan Baez, Marjorie Powell Barden, Jeff Bewkes, Bono, Ann Bowers, Steward Brand, Chrisann Brennan, Larry Brilliant, John Seeley Brown, Tim Brown, Nolan Bushnell, Greg Calhoun, Bill Campbell, Berry Cash, Ed Catmull, Ray Cave, Lee Clow, Debi Coleman, Tim Cook, Katie Cotton, Eddy Cue, Andrea Cunningham, Jon Doerr, Millard Drexler, Jennifer Egan, Al Eisenstat, Michael Eisner, Larry Ellison, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Gerard Errera, Tony Fadell, Jean-Louis Gasée, Bill Gates, Adele Goldberg, Craig Good, Austan Goolsbee, Al Gore, Andy Grove, Bill Hambrecht, Michael Hawley, Andy Hertzfeld, Joanna Hoffman, Elizabeth Holmes, Bruce Horn, John Huey, Jimmy Iovine, Jony Ive, Oren Jacob, Erin Jobs, Reed Jobs, Steve Jobs, Ron Johnson, Mitch Kapor, Susan Kare, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Pam Kerwin, Kristina Kiehl, Joel Klein, Daniel Kottke, Andy Lack, John Lasseter, Art Levinson, Steven Levy, Dan’l Lewin, Maya Lin, Yo-Yo Ma, Mike Markkula, John Markoff, Wynton Marsalis, Regis McKenna, Mike Merin, Bob Metcalfe, Doug Morris, Walt Mossberg, Rupert Murdoch, Mike Murray, Nicholas Negroponte, Dean Ornish, Paul Otellini, Norman Pearlstine, Laurene Powell, Josh Quittner, Tina Redse, George Riley, Brian Roberts, Arthur Rock, Jeff Rosen, Alain Rossmann, Jon Rubinstein, Phil Schiller, Eric Schmidt, Barry Schuler, Mike Scott, John Schulley, Andy Serwer, Mona Simpson, Mike Slade, Alvy Ray Smith, Gina Smith, Kathryn Smith, Rick Stengel, Larry Tesler, Avie Tevanian, Guy “Bud” Tribble, Don Valentine, Paul Vidich, James Vincent, Alice Waters, Ron Wayne, Wendell Weeks, Ed Woolard, Stephen Wozniak, Del Yocam, Jerry York

Life of Steve Jobs • Born February 24,1955

• Adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs

• Jobs often helped father fix cars

• Attended Reed College for 6 months, but dropped out

Major accomplishments: The Macintosh • First Mac was released

in January 24, 1984

Major accomplishments: The iPod• First iPod was

released in October 2011

• Advertised as “1000 songs in your pocket”

Major accomplishments: iTunes Store• Opened April 2003

• First online application that allowed you to purchase music legally and safely

• Contains more than 28 million songs worldwide

• On February 6, 2013 iTunes had sold more than 25 billion songs worldwide

Major accomplishments: the iPhone• Released June 2009

• Jobs realized the need for a multi-touch device

• At Jobs keynote he said it’s a music player, a phone, and it’s a internet device

Major accomplishments at Pixar

• Steve Jobs originally joined Pixar in the late 1980’s• Supported Pixar out-of-pocket for several years• Was responsible for the release of Toy Story