iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It
by:
Steve Wozniak (author)
Gina Smith (author)
“‘The Woz’ built the first [personal computer]—by hand, by himself.”—USA TodayBefore slim laptops that fit into briefcases, computers looked like strange vending machines, with cryptic switches and pages of encoded output. But in 1977 Steve Wozniak revolutionized the computer industry...
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“‘The Woz’ built the first [personal computer]—by hand, by himself.”—USA TodayBefore slim laptops that fit into briefcases, computers looked like strange vending machines, with cryptic switches and pages of encoded output. But in 1977 Steve Wozniak revolutionized the computer industry with his invention of the first personal computer. As the sole inventor of the Apple I and II computers, Wozniak has enjoyed wealth, fame, and the most coveted awards an engineer can receive, and he tells his story here for the first time.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393330434 (0393330435)
Publish date: October 17th 2007
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 313
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Computer Science,
Science,
Technology,
Computers,
Business,
Biography Memoir
Got to say it does not surprise me that it is freaks and that it is geeks that change the world for the better, and make it a much better place to live with their crazy ideas and their crazy inventions, and their crazy dreams, and how those who are not considered freaks and those who are not conside...
Got to say it does not surprise me that it is freaks and that it is geeks that change the world for the better, and make it a much better place to live with their crazy ideas and their crazy inventions, and their crazy dreams, and how those who are not considered freaks and those who are not conside...
Well, as far as a biography goes, there isn’t all that much and what there is, is only adding to the impression of a somewhat disjointed personality.The impression this book left me was an attempt to set the record straight, which is never a good thing in a biography.Writing-wise the book is awful. ...
This is book is very worthwhile to read... but perhaps for not the most obvious reasons. It is not well written. Understanding Steve Wozniak's distrust of people who tell the story of the founding of Apple and get it wrong, I think he decided to write this book himself and not trust anyone who mig...
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