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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. The first couple of chapters make you want to beat up the Woz in the playground. I found these chapters as annoying as parts of Forest Gump - so much insight, so little humility and consideration for anyone else. I read on and learned a few real things about the person and some things about computer hardware and software. I finally understand what machine code is - and I think I am more enlightened by it? This guy has done a lot of charity for the Bay Area - the Tech Museum, the Children's Museum, Shoreline Amphitheater and a bunch of other donations. I came away from this book with a different outlook on the Woz and would love to have coffee with him - a true Renaissance man. Kind of an odd duck, but then people probably say the same about me.  RavRita | Oct 13, 2009 |  The writing in this book is very disappointing and Steve Wozniak demonstrates rather considerable ego throughout; nevertheless it is a fascinating first-person account of true genius at the center of the technological revolution. Reading of his remarkable thinking, approaches and accomplishments made it worth wading through. (  ) LaurelMildred | Jul 1, 2009 | Steve Wozniak is the forgotten “Steve” that founded Apple. Much like the lessons of Paul Allen at Microsoft the Apple example shows how people forget that major computer companies were often team efforts at the start. Wozniak's story is essentially that of a shy committed engineer who wanted to design and build good hardware – the results of which, the Apple I and Apple II, were fantastic results of a single-minded commitment to elegant engineering. His is in many ways an inspiring story of how a dedicated inventor can deliver successful product, and there are many pointers to fruitful labour, not least the admonishment that working alone is often the best way of doing things, and that marketing led organisations, conscious to customer voices and the profit motive, can often deliver appalling product (such as the dismal failure of the Apple III). For the full review please see http://southlondonbook.blogspot.com/2... ( ) isynge | Mar 15, 2009 | This is a great, quick read by one of the founders of the computer industry. While Wozniak is overshadowed today by his more flamboyant co-founder Steve Jobs, at the start, Wozniak did most of the technical heavy-lifting. While he's not a particularly modest man, Wozniak has much to be proud of, and can probably be excused for being a bit proud of himself. He has a quirky sense of humor, and the book is full of great stories. It's not War and Peace, or even The Soul of a New Machine, but this is a wonderful book that was well worth my time. weloytty | Aug 29, 2008 | Explanation about how he had an extraordinary aptitude from childhood with engineering and how that led to the creation the Apple computers. More technical than I thought it would be, but that was enjoyable. A little light on the dirt... doesn't go into the behind the scenes stuff at Apple. Pretends "ignorance" about how decisions were made at Apple and how Steve Jobs did his part. I don't know how believeable that is since Wozniak is a co-founder. (  ) Cauterize | Aug 27, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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