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While I think the book was worth the read, I think Isaacson was wrong on so many small and big things and failed to go into others, and he really did a poor job
by gnaffle 13y ago
While I think the book was worth the read, I think Isaacson was wrong on so many small and big things and failed to go into others, and he really did a poor job with the book. I recommend the two Hypercritical podcasts about the book, which really goes into some depth about the problems with the book:
http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/42 http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/42 (starts 18 minutes in)
http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/43 http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/43
- TillE 13y agoThe short version is that Siracusa recommends "Infinite Loop" by Michael Malone as the best single source for Apple history prior to the return of Jobs, and he says that the post-return material in the Isaacson book (ie, everything unique that it offers) is poor and/or limited.
- lostlogin 13y agoSiracusa and short version are not things that go together and long may this last. The only tolerable thing about my daily commute is listening to him discuss his pet peeves. File systems, TVs, programming languages, the Minecraft install process (great episode) ebook formatting etc. He must be interesting to know as there are very few things he appears just accept and use without pondering improvements.
- username223 13y agoI never get tired of listening to his Incomparable episodes on "Star Wars." And, of course, the final Hypercritical episode, in which he dissected his own podcast.
- barsky 13y agoThe Minecraft install process was on his new podcast. Here's the episode: http://atp.fm/episodes/25-thrustmaster-joystick http://atp.fm/episodes/25-thrustmaster-joystick But yes, John Siracusa is a national treasure.
- billyhoffman 13y ago"Who the hell is Casey?" :-)
- barsky 13y agoCasey's quickly become one of my favorite hosts. He seems like such a nice and entertaining person.
- billyhoffman 13y agoIndeed. Until John and Marco talk about the Mac Pro for an entire episode. That's when the dam. finally. breaks. :-)
- freshyill 13y agoThe Minecraft install episode of ATP spoke to my soul.
- selimthegrim 13y agoFor some reason I never heard much about this screed by Maureen Tkacik (formerly of the Atlantic). http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/02/22/the-book-of-steve-jobs-apple/ http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/02/22/the-book-of...
- MaxGabriel 13y agoThis episode was fantastic, thanks for reminding me how much I love listening to John Siracusa.