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iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It

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“‘The Woz’ built the first [personal computer]―by hand, by himself.”―USA Today

Before 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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Every engineerand certainly every engineering studentshould read this book.It is, in a nutshell, the engineer's manifesto. -- Guy Kawasaki, author of The Macintosh Way

Everyone should enjoy Woz's very personal and engaging story.What a wild ride! -- Ray Kurzweil, inventor and author of Singularity Is Near

Worth waiting foradds intriguing new information to the history of the origins of the personal computer revolution. -- Alan Deutschman, author of The Second Coming of Steve Jobs

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Steve Wozniak has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame and has received numerous awards, including the National Medal of Technology and the Heinz Award. He lives in California.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company (September 17, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 330 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393061434
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393061437
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 940L
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Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.1 x 9.6 inches

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Gina Smith, PhD is the NYT bestselling author of Apple founder Steve Wozniak's biography, iWoz: From Geek to Cult Icon (WW Norton, 2006/2014). She is also the author of The Genomics Age (Amacom, 2006), a Barron's Book of the Year. She is the co-author of The Mountain Within: Leadership Lessons for Your Climb to the Top (McGraw, 2011), 101 Computer Answers You Need To Know (Simon & Schuster, 1995) and Toolbook: Programming for Non Programmers (1992). Smith, an award-winning journalist and former ABC News correspondent, resides in San Francisco.
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scott f. welsh

Great book

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2024

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The way he intertwined his days sith Steve jobs

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Joe Wikert

Starts slow, picks up...

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2006

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I've never been one to drink the Apple Kool-Aid. I use a Windows PC and I've never owned an iPod. I almost headed down this path in 1984 though, when I was one of the first people to buy an original Macintosh. The only reason I made the $2,500(!) investment (plus an additional $500 for an ImageWriter printer) was because I was writing a book about that revolutionary computer.

Despite my limited Apple history, I've always been interested in the two icons behind the company: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Jobs gets a lot more visibility and I think the typical person knows more about him than Woz, which is why I quickly snagged a copy of iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon when I saw it was available.

The book gets off to a rather painfully slow start. In fact, I almost put it down after about 40 or 50 pages of reading. Once he gets past his childhood and into college it starts to get more interesting. Woz obviously loves playing practical jokes and his carefree attitude comes through in the writing. The guy is also nothing short of a genius, and when you read about how he used to design computers with nothing more than paper and pencil you'll quickly agree.

The most interesting aspect of the story has to do with Woz's days as an engineer at HP, prior to the launch of Apple. Here's a guy who had designed the Apple I in his free time and was pleading with HP management to let him get involved in their plans to make a personal computer. They not only turned him down, they went so far as to reject his design, giving him the freedom to develop the Apple I on his own. Oops! The rest is history, of course, but this has to go down as one of the biggest corporate screw-ups in American history.

Once you get past the first 50 pages this is very much an engaging read. It was also interesting to watch as the Apple II becomes a blockbuster, but the first corporately-designed model, the Apple III, becomes a classic case study of "too many cooks in the kitchen."

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Suzannah B. Troy

iWoz a great listen!!!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2009

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I bought the audio book online and listen on my iphone and macbook over and over. Why? I am not an engineer but at age 46 I converted to Apple and it has changed my life. Woz and Jobs wanted to make computers affordable and easy enough to use by everyone and they have succeeded. I am proof. In less than a year Apple has taught me how to make podcasts and youtubes using imovie. I filmed a homeless man playing sax, Giuseppie Logan and rocked the jazz world because people thought he was dead. [...] Here is the link and I made a typo so I redid it but left the original up because it was so meaningful and part of the learning process. The story is moving and with a video just over a minute long I was able to move people globally like a powerful film but on my laptop with a technology I did not know existed until I took one on one classes at Apple; 99 dollars for the entire year for an hour class once a week. That is a radical idea of Apple's, teaching people to actually understand and use their computer.

Why do I love iWoz? The stress levels in NYC are off the charts and when I turn on iWoz I find myself laughing!!!! The man who reads the book to you has the warmest most animated voice and he delivers some of the lines like a gifted stand up comedian. The writing and the reader's voice exude a vibe that everything is going to be alright, believing in possibilities of all kinds and I find myself comforted, educated and entertained.

Woz values humor and pranks. On defining pranks I would have to call Woz semantically challenged and being an A type personality, relieved not to have a Woz prank played on me. At one point he asks if you think he is bragging and I saw yes but he is entitled...just a little...smile. Okay, a lot. I now use the word micro- processor because I heard it over and over. I looked it up in "how stuff works" microprocessor the heart of the computer. Woz has heart. He tells you how he sold stock to loyal Apple employees before Apple went public and I gather that generous act help Apple to make more millionaires than an other public offering at the time. Semantics work for Woz because when Steve Jobs short changes him on an Atari project Woz decides Job's is just different yet Steve Job's savvy was key to get Woz's computer out of the garage. Job's is a genius with computers and making dynamic world changing things happen. Their differences worked like yin and yang to create Apple and my year anniversary to converting to Apple is coming up. I find myself turning to iWoz when ever I feel upset like when I am having way too intimate experience because subway cars in NYC are too crowded or someone is profoundly upsetting me I turn on iWoz and listen. I find myself feeling better, hopeful, optimistic and I find myself laughing. Woz values having fun and he is right. Life is too short and in NYC too aggravating and stressful. I play iWoz over and over. I recommend this book on audio. Of course I bought the book as well from Amazon!

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Emilio E Betancourt Mojica

Excelente libro

Reviewed in Mexico on January 25, 2022

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narrado en un tono muy cercano que hace la lectura amena

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Cliente Kindle

Ottimo libro che parla del genio WOZ

Reviewed in Italy on April 3, 2022

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Ottimo libro da leggere e collezionare che parla di uno dei più grandi geni informatici! WOZ

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Tiago Gouvêa

Excelente livro

Reviewed in Brazil on November 1, 2019

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Excelente livro para quem curte programação e tecnologia.

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sue banks

A very good account of his life.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 9, 2020

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This autobiography gives him a chance to put the record straight and describe his amazing ideas and huge persistence in creating Apple 2, the first popular home computer. He could be described as a genius I believe because he took technology to a new level and created something new in human achievement. However without Steve Jobs and his obsessive drive to make money, the Apple company would not have existed .

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Very good.

Reviewed in India on November 15, 2018

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It's Sad that people don't know about Woz as much as Steve jobs. But Woz is a genius, he designed first Apple pc. But more than that he is adventurous and fun loving, a little introvert. If you have read and liked Feynman's "surely you're joking Mr Feynman"you will definately like this too.

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