- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Headline Review (25 Sep 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755314069
- ISBN-13: 978-0755314065
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.5 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 482,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘I, Woz is essential reading, not just because of the great prose or because it makes revelations…it’s real value lies in the reflections of the man who sparked the computer revolution…I, Woz offers lessons for the next generation: believe in yourself, make do, be honest and work alone. He might have added: “be generous” – it’s the way he’s led his life’
(Sydney Morning Herald )'Fascinating'
(The Times )
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After 25 years of avoiding the public eye, Steve Wozniak breaks his silence and tells the full story of the Apple computer, from its conception to his views on the iconic cult status it enjoys today.
But for Steve's dream to build himself a computer, Apple would never have happened. In June, it was just an idea. By that Christmas, he'd built something that his friend convinced him to sell, just for fun. The rest, as they say, is history. But this history is full of life lessons, critical decisions, huge triumphs and big mistakes, and all from a self-professed 'engineer's engineer'.
Steve talks about his childhood, phone hacking pranks, working at Hewlett-Packard, the life-changing plane crash and teaching. I, WOZ offers readers a unique glimpse into the offbeat and brilliant but ethical mind that conceived the Macintosh. With the help of award-winning journalist Gina Smith, Steve sets the record straight.
But for Steve's dream to build himself a computer, Apple would never have happened. In June, it was just an idea. By that Christmas, he'd built something that his friend convinced him to sell, just for fun. The rest, as they say, is history. But this history is full of life lessons, critical decisions, huge triumphs and big mistakes, and all from a self-professed 'engineer's engineer'.
Steve talks about his childhood, phone hacking pranks, working at Hewlett-Packard, the life-changing plane crash and teaching. I, WOZ offers readers a unique glimpse into the offbeat and brilliant but ethical mind that conceived the Macintosh. With the help of award-winning journalist Gina Smith, Steve sets the record straight.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and it only took a few evenings to finish it.
It is written in an entertaining way but is certainly not a linguistic master piece. He manages to get technical details into the book, which are not intimidating to non-electronic engineers. At the same time he still manages to highlight how revolutionary some of the inventions were, from a technical and visionary point of view.
What I found missing, was more about his more recent passed/achievements, but maybe it's not as entertaining as the rest.
It did get a bit repetitive in regards to him claiming to have been the first to have done this or done that. While this may well be true, there is very little credit given to those that came before him; as Newton said: "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants."
Altogether, I can highly recommend this book.
It is written in an entertaining way but is certainly not a linguistic master piece. He manages to get technical details into the book, which are not intimidating to non-electronic engineers. At the same time he still manages to highlight how revolutionary some of the inventions were, from a technical and visionary point of view.
What I found missing, was more about his more recent passed/achievements, but maybe it's not as entertaining as the rest.
It did get a bit repetitive in regards to him claiming to have been the first to have done this or done that. While this may well be true, there is very little credit given to those that came before him; as Newton said: "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants."
Altogether, I can highly recommend this book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a book I would describe as intriguing rather than interesting. Woz is undoubtably a great guy who has been responsible for some of the key aspects of our life today but reading this you would think he had solely invented just about everything. There is a complete lack of defference in his approach and comments. For me a little more humility and acknowledgement that other people on this planet did contribute something to the world in which he could flourish would not go amiss. The constant barrage of 'the invention of this was entirely down to me'. 'I was the first person to do this' and 'x y or z could only do what he did because of me' gets a bit tiresome after a while. Still, its' a great narrative!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"Iwoz" offers little insight into the worlds of electronics and business. If you're looking for a text on either, this is not the place to start.
It does, however, tell the not uninteresting story of America's answer to Sir Clive Sinclair. In summary, Wozniak had one brilliant idea (the Apple II) and thereafter went on to invent the universal TV remote. Then there is far too much information about how he organised rock concerts (is this some sort of attempt to try and show that even though he didn't invent the Ipod, he's still hip?) And then he went into teaching. Those who can...?
I'm not sure that we really get to know the real Steve Wozniak from this book. If it IS to be believed, he had a refreshing dislike of corporate culture, was good to his co-workers and was on occasion even known to give stuff away. But on the other hand, he goes through at least 3 wives and without really telling us why - is this what we expect of a nice guy? Do we really, as the cover claims, get "to the core of Apple's inventor"? If we do then fine, but I'm not entirely convinced on the evidence of this.
The big-headed writing style is at first a bit irritating: SW appears to be the perfect human being and knows it. But all that starts to crumble very subtly as the references to the Apple II (which HE obviously rates very highly) increase disproportionately. The expression "Pooterism" springs to mind.
Commendably, he doesn't hide his admiration for the Ipod (which was produced after his effective departure from Apple). In fact I think the subconscious title for this book would be something like "How I failed to invent the Ipod despite the fact I'm really very clever and I'm far too positive a person to be bitter about it".
The FT Magazine review quote ("oddly endearing...") quoted in Amazon's product info, hits the nail on the head.
It does, however, tell the not uninteresting story of America's answer to Sir Clive Sinclair. In summary, Wozniak had one brilliant idea (the Apple II) and thereafter went on to invent the universal TV remote. Then there is far too much information about how he organised rock concerts (is this some sort of attempt to try and show that even though he didn't invent the Ipod, he's still hip?) And then he went into teaching. Those who can...?
I'm not sure that we really get to know the real Steve Wozniak from this book. If it IS to be believed, he had a refreshing dislike of corporate culture, was good to his co-workers and was on occasion even known to give stuff away. But on the other hand, he goes through at least 3 wives and without really telling us why - is this what we expect of a nice guy? Do we really, as the cover claims, get "to the core of Apple's inventor"? If we do then fine, but I'm not entirely convinced on the evidence of this.
The big-headed writing style is at first a bit irritating: SW appears to be the perfect human being and knows it. But all that starts to crumble very subtly as the references to the Apple II (which HE obviously rates very highly) increase disproportionately. The expression "Pooterism" springs to mind.
Commendably, he doesn't hide his admiration for the Ipod (which was produced after his effective departure from Apple). In fact I think the subconscious title for this book would be something like "How I failed to invent the Ipod despite the fact I'm really very clever and I'm far too positive a person to be bitter about it".
The FT Magazine review quote ("oddly endearing...") quoted in Amazon's product info, hits the nail on the head.
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Great book, reveals Wozniak personality
Written by a journalist, but it does say, what Wozniak one of my heroes wanted to say.
It does not reveal some of his qualities, as wanting to remain open, feeling as of... Read more
It does not reveal some of his qualities, as wanting to remain open, feeling as of... Read more
Published 16 days ago by J. Kertesz
great presie!
i bought this for my friend at christmas and he's a computer systems architect and engineer. it didnt have much to do with that side of computers but he said the book had a great... Read more
Published 4 months ago by salsa-star
iWoz
I have been waiting to get this book for a long time. It is fascinating - even if you are not a Mac user. The tech bits add to it's charm. The honesty is an eye opener. What a guy!
Published 11 months ago by LAP
Top guy. Skip the book.
Woz is clearly one of life's decent guys. And as co-founder of Apple he gets maximum respect. But this is a bad book. A really, really bad book. Awful writing, stilted, dull. Read more
Published 12 months ago by partickular1
Interesting story - poorly written
I very much enjoyed reading about Steve Wozniak - a genius if ever there was one. However, the book is poorly written in my opinion and that's a shame has his story is so... Read more
Published on 15 May 2010 by GailD
OMG - This book is inspiring! You don't have to be an Apple fanboy.
Am doing A-Level electronics and every time i turn the page i change my mind as to what i want to do for my project. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2010 by Mr. A. W. Forward
A must read for any Apple fans.
A fantastic autobiography from the Woz himself. His happy go lucky enthusiastic personality shines through in this book. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2009 by Thurstan Johnston
Very Average
I'm not going to give this book a "rave" review. It was very average and whilst parts of it were very interesting, most of it was very dull. Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2008 by Julie Barnard
Bad, bad, bad, this book is baaaad...
This is a copy of my review of the original hardback edition of the book...
I love books about computer history and culture. Read more
I love books about computer history and culture. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2008 by T. RING
excellent book
excellent book, but majority covering his early history and early history of apple.
Not much in there about what he has done since the mid 1980s.
Not much in there about what he has done since the mid 1980s.
Published on 27 Aug 2007 by S T
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