Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

good read.

steve jobs, another 1955-born wunderkind, the most kick-ass asshole with taste and intense willpower who did change the world.

the first time i saw someone reading this book, i remember thinking "there's no way i'm reading this obese book about someone's life".

prior to this book, i didn't know steve jobs or his well-known traits at all. the first thing that came to mind when i thought of jobs was his iconic, uniform-like fashion style. i was just not interested in him. when this book was first published in 2011, i hadn't owned any apple products.

there were many imacs in my uni back in 2010. being accustomed to the then-world-dominating windows, i dismissed macs as unusable: where is the start button, why is the menu bar on the top, why does the scroll go the other way around, why are window control buttons on the left.

looking back, i think i favored open system with a hacker's mindset preferring customisable flexibility over closed ones with a dead-end when done shoddy.

as i became a user of apple products, and you almost need to fight not to be, i got to experience beautifully integrated products. over time, and very much so in recent years, i've come to appreciate a simplicity in life. analysis paralysis is real. i just want good choices made for me as the default to start with.

too bad jobs was gullible enough to embrace 1866-born arnold ehret's fruit regimen as a teenager. his early departure is such a big loss to the universe.