《蘋果世界》雜誌的創刊編輯之一，在20世紀90年代擔任《福布斯》雜誌的矽榖特約編輯，負責撰寫人物特寫和商業報道。1997年，他參與創辦瞭福布斯網站，並著有《福布斯電腦革命史》一書。

暢銷書作傢，曾獲“環球工商管理圖書奬”提名。他創作的電影和電視劇本也曾多次獲奬。

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iCon《偶像喬布斯》深入剖析瞭這個以行為不閤常規者、行為古怪者以及偶像破壞者而著稱的商業時代中最令人驚奇的人物。利用各種各樣的信息來源，Jeffrey Young和William Simon以全新的視角來審視蘋果公司的傳奇創立過程，詳細記述喬布斯的飛黃騰達以及曾令他不僅離開蘋果公司，還徹底離開計算機製造行業的那次毀滅性失敗經曆。這一毫不退縮、完全未經授權的形象不僅揭示瞭喬布斯在皮剋斯動畫工作室的非凡崛起過程中所發揮的兩麵作用，還再現瞭喬布斯與迪斯尼公司的 Michael Eisner之間不可調和的矛盾，並審視瞭喬布斯重新奪迴蘋果公司的東山再起。作者介紹瞭蘋果公司被他人接管的過程、喬布斯通過倍受歡迎的iMac電腦對蘋果公司的重塑以及利用革命性的iPod對這一行業所進行的變革。對於那些希望瞭解這一時代最具影響力的人物，橫跨電影、音樂和計算機三個行業的教主喬布斯開創、發展並革新現代數字化時代的曆程的人士來說，iCon《偶像喬布斯》是一部必讀書目。 Book Description

iCon takes a look at the most astounding figure in a business era noted for its mavericks, oddballs, and iconoclasts. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Jeffrey Young and William Simon provide new perspectives on the legendary creation of Apple, detail Jobs’s meteoric rise, and the devastating plunge that left him not only out of Apple, but out of the computer-making business entirely. This unflinching and completely unauthorized portrait reveals both sides of Jobs’s role in the remarkable rise of the Pixar animation studio, also re-creates the acrimony between Jobs and Disney’s Michael Eisner, and examines Jobs’s dramatic his rise from the ashes with his recapture of Apple. The authors examine the takeover and Jobs’s reinvention of the company with the popular iMac and his transformation of the industry with the revolutionary iPod. iCon is must reading for anyone who wants to understand how the modern digital age has been formed, shaped, and refined by the most influential figure of the age–a master of three industries: movies, music, and computers.

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Alan Sklar's skills as an actor and professional narrator rescue Young and Simon's glossy tribute to Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computers. Sklar's polished delivery and familiar voice keep the listener interested in the recording. Without a trace of sarcasm, he is able to deliver the fawning prose sculpted by the authors. While the doting praise heaped on the entrepreneur is excessive, the book is an entertaining, nostalgic review of the pre-Internet computer industry. Sklar gives a performance superior to the quality of the text. R.F.

Book Dimension

length: (cm)23.5 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)15.3

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