p_reynol@oz.plymouth.edu (Patricia L. Reynolds) (11/09/90)
Help! I'm writing an paper on Steve Jobs, the man and the myth. What I want is to get some info on the man himself, but I'll take any information that anyone can give me. What would be extremely helpful would be his E-mail address, if he even has one. Just to let you know: The paper is going to be written as if it's for a magazine. The magazine I chose was Cosmpolitan. I'm planning on making this a spectacular article, with all sorts of bits and pieces from Steve Jobs' past, present, and future. Thank you for any help you can give me. Trish p_reynol@oz.plymouth.edu Mailing address: Mary Lyon Hall Box 59 Plymouth State College Plymouth, NH 03264 Phone: (603) 535-5445
alexn@xgate.austin.ibm.com (11/11/90)
In article <1990Nov9.144606.22532@oz.plymouth.edu> p_reynol@oz.plymouth.edu (Patricia L. Reynolds) writes: >Help! I'm writing an paper on Steve Jobs, the man and the myth. >What I want is to get some info on the man himself, but I'll take any >information that anyone can give me. What would be extremely helpful >would be his E-mail address, if he even has one. > >Just to let you know: The paper is going to be written as if it's for >a magazine. The magazine I chose was Cosmpolitan. I'm planning on >making this a spectacular article, with all sorts of bits and pieces >from Steve Jobs' past, present, and future. > >Thank you for any help you can give me. > >Trish >p_reynol@oz.plymouth.edu > >Mailing address: > >Mary Lyon Hall >Box 59 >Plymouth State College >Plymouth, NH 03264 >Phone: (603) 535-5445 I'm sure that a lot of people on this net can give you some information on Steve Jobs but it would be useful if you would tell us what kind of info you are looking for. On the other hand, I have read the following books (all of them many times) and have found a lot of personal information on the man. These wonderful books include: 1. The Journey Is the Reward -- the author's name escapes me at the moment since I lent the book out to a friend but this is probably the best source of information on Steve Jobs; it starts from his precocious childhood, leads up to his teens and where he went to high school, his meeting with Steve Wozniak and the founding of Apple with Woz (and of course, Mike Markula), his experiences with Eastern religions which led up to his trip to India and his disillusionment with what he found there, his visit to Xerox PARC and his obsession to create the Mac, his meeting with John Sculley and his departure from Apple to form NeXT, inc. The title from the book is from a Tao belief (which Jobs also subscribe to and tried to instill in his (ex)Mac software artists) that the journey, not the destination, is the reward. 2. Odyssey -- an autobiography by John Sculley(sp?), head honcho at Apple with a lot of information on how Steve works and what led up to Jobs leaving Apple. 3. Fire In the Valley -- a book on the computer industry with a couple of chapters on Apple and hence Steve Jobs. 4. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution -- a book on various people who were involved with the "Computer Revolution". Not that much info on Jobs but a good book overall. 5. Silicon Portraits -- I haven't read this book yet but it's a collection of profiles of various personalities in the computer industry. There's probably nothing here that you couldn't get from the other books. 6. Fortune article -- I believe the date on this article was from sometime last year but the topic of the article was on the licensing agreement of NeXTStep between IBM and NeXT. Contains an anecdote about how Jobs approached Akers and told him how to sell more computers and how Jobs sold a computer to a king (or prince). This is all I have. If you had any specific questions, please post them and I am sure that someone on the net would be happy to answer them. Incidentally, I remember reading a rumor on this net that Jobs recently got married! Don't know if it's true.... Hope this helps....with kind regards Alex
gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu (11/12/90)
------- Also check out "West of Eden" (a fascinating history of Apple) and "Accidental Millionaire", a bio of Jobs. Robert ============================================================================ = gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu * generic disclaimer: * "It's more fun to = = * all my opinions are * compute" = = * mine * -Kraftwerk = ============================================================================
knrgroup@garnet.berkeley.edu (Raymond group) (11/12/90)
West of Eden is an excellent book on the more recent years at Apple. Michael Moritz's Little Kingdom chronicles the earlier years. The Accidental Millionaire espouses the thesis that Steve Jobs rode the coattails of Wozniak to fame and riches. However, the Accidental Millionaire reads too much like it was written by a businessman with no technical expertise making technical arguments, with sometimes comical effects. John Sculley's Odyssey is very revealing, of both Sculley and Jobs. When reading any of these books though, read between the lines and realize that objectivity is nearly non-existent in biographies and histories. A good book, after all, usually argues a controversial thesis.
p_reynol@oz.plymouth.edu (Patricia L. Reynolds) (11/13/90)
I just wanted to thank everyone who sent me information on Steve Jobs. I will really come in handy. Also I would like to answer everyone's question: "Why Cosmopolitan?" Well I thought it was about time computer scientist were protrayed as sexy and smart, which they are! I'm really sick of computer scientists being geeks with pocket protectors and big, thick eyeglasses, aren't you? So I thought if I could present a man who was sexy, smart, and charismatic to the world, especially the women of the world (which I am, but no one needs to tell me computer scientist are sexy), I thought maybe we would stop being protrayed as geeks. Also, I would like to thank the people who warned me about contacting Steve Jobs personally. I am utterly prepared to be shot down, but at least that is something I can include in my article. Thanks again, everyone, for your help. Trish p_reynol@oz.plymouth.edu PS I would like to post the article to the net. Please expect it around December 4. I will definitely be looking for responses. PSS Please keep the information and the suggestions on material coming in. "Only my soul stops me cryin' Wonderin why I feel alone and Only my love keeps me from weepin so bad givin me strength to carry on" ----Whitesnake
wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) (11/16/90)
A book which is kinder to Steve Jobs than some, and provides some scathing
criticism of Apple for you Apple-haters out there :-) :-) :-) is "The
Macintosh Way" by Guy Kawasaki.
However, he says some things about NeXT which you might find offensive, so
you'd better find someone neutral to read it to you. :-)
-- Mark Wilkins
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I want to thank everyone who wrote me, again. And----I want to admit I was wrong: Steve Jobs is much too complex for the readers of Cosmopolitan to understand. The more research I did, the harder it was for me to put it into the format I was planning on. Also, I didn't mean to offend anyone when I said that I was trying to make cs people into something other than geeks. I really thought I was doing the right thing, so it appears that I'm wrong AGAIN. You have all been so much help to me, the last thing I wanted to do was to get anyone mad. Does anyone have any suggestions for a magazine that would be interested in an article about Steve Jobs? If so, please E-mail me. Trish p_reynol@oz.plymouth.edu "With only love to light the way, on the road to judgement day." ----Whitesnake "Fields of Fire"
p_reynol@oz.plymouth.edu (Patricia L. Reynolds) (12/01/90)
Hi everyone. Guess what, I did it! I talked to Steve Jobs at the BCS
meeting on November 28, 1990. He was very nice. I only got to ask
him one question, but he told me what I wanted to know, so I'm happy.
From all the books I have read I think I was expecting someone with
the kind of charisma like JFK. He was really interesting and funny,
but I don't think he was all that charismatic. He did respond to my e-mail
also.
So I just want to say HA, HA, HA, HA -- to those people who told me I
would be shot down, and thank you to everyone who encouraged me.
Sincerely,
Trish
p_reynol@oz.plymouth.edu
| Only my soul stops me cryin'
wonderin' why I feel alone.
And only my love keeps me from weepin' so bad
givin' me strength to carry on.
------Whitesnake, Only My Soul
glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) (12/04/90)
In article <1990Nov30.160441.21286@oz.plymouth.edu> p_reynol@oz.plymouth.edu (Patricia L. Reynolds) writes: >Hi everyone. Guess what, I did it! I talked to Steve Jobs at the BCS >meeting on November 28, 1990. He was very nice. I only got to ask >him one question, but he told me what I wanted to know, so I'm happy. >From all the books I have read I think I was expecting someone with >the kind of charisma like JFK. He was really interesting and funny, >but I don't think he was all that charismatic. He is a nice guy. And charismatic. Perhaps JFK wouldn't have seemed so to you, either, on a chance meeting. From my Digital Webster under "charisma" (-: 2a: a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (as a political leader or military commander) b: a special magnetic charm or appeal (the charisma of a popular actor) I think he qualifies as having personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty and enthusiasm.... Anyway, methinks you ought to post your article when you're done with it (rules permitting), now that you've gotten us all so involved in the process. After all, this newsgroup doesn't differ from Cosmo in any significant sense, other than that no one has thought to post our horoscopes weekly yet :-) Glennn -- Glenn Reid RightBrain Software glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us PostScript/NeXT developers ..{adobe,next}!heaven!glenn 415-851-1785