Letters to Steve - New e-book Recounts Steve Jobs e-Mails to Customers
Mon, 11/28/2011 - 11:25
Discussion for the news:
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and his concise e-mails are the subject of a new e-book.
"Letters to Steve: Inside the E-mail Inbox of Apple's Steve Jobs" is the first book by author Mark Milian, who is a consumer technology writer for CNN. The title is available for $2.99 on the Amazon Kindle platform.
Milian reviewed more than 100 e-mails allegedly sent by Jobs for the 67-page book, including some never-before-published notes. It also features interviews with some of the customers and fans that Jobs communicated with. "Over the years, people discovered the e-mail address of Jobs and took to regularly sending him messages," the official synopsis reads. "That he often responded was as unusual as his leadership style and his processes for crafting hit products."
Jobs died in October due to cancer. His tradition of responding to e-mails has been carried out by Chief Executive Tim Cook.
Mon, 11/28/2011 - 12:12
#2
Right below that one, there's
Right below that one, there's this review with the conclusion:
"In comparing the Isaacson's book with Milian's book, both gave me an insight into the man who changed our world in a big way. Isaacson explains Steve Jobs as a man and who he was. However, Milian explains Steve Jobs from a technological point of view as Milian obviously understands the technical aspects of Steve Jobs' motivations and how and why he applied them to the products and gadgets that Apple made so all us who use these products every day in our life understand the thinking that went behind to produce and market them. From reading this book it is quite apparent that Steve Jobs was aware that we never knew we needed his products until he created them and we bought them."
So... in the end it's up to you to decide whether you want the book or not, I'm just putting it out there.
Wed, 08/01/2012 - 03:51
#3
Have you read the re
Have you read the review on the book on Amazon??
"This book is not only poorly written, it's also poorly researched and more times then not - offensive. People who own Mac computers are referred to as "Mac guys"; people who buy iPads are supposedly buying it solely because of Steve Jobs and not on the iPads own merits. All in all, pretty much every Apple customer are implied to be cult members, and by extension, stupid sheep. That offends me, and it's not even subtly laid out. I am fine with people disliking the Mac; Apple or even me - but I am not fine with paying to get insulted over and over again.
In essence, the author wants to profit from the death of Steve Jobs, by gathering e-mails from various websites and blogs that's available separately for free. The title is grossly misleading in that there's no insight into Steve Jobs inbox at all; it's just a bunch of e-mails that the author used copy/paste on. Like said, that could have been great in itself, but the book tries to be something else, and fails. Buy this book if you want to find some "never before seen" e-mails, or if you just like being called an idiot."
Unless I want to see all Steve Jobs email I think I will pass.
Have you read the review on the book on Amazon??
"This book is not only poorly written, it's also poorly researched and more times then not - offensive. People who own Mac computers are referred to as "Mac guys"; people who buy iPads are supposedly buying it solely because of Steve Jobs and not on the iPads own merits. All in all, pretty much every Apple customer are implied to be cult members, and by extension, stupid sheep. That offends me, and it's not even subtly laid out. I am fine with people disliking the Mac; Apple or even me - but I am not fine with paying to get insulted over and over again.
In essence, the author wants to profit from the death of Steve Jobs, by gathering e-mails from various websites and blogs that's available separately for free. The title is grossly misleading in that there's no insight into Steve Jobs inbox at all; it's just a bunch of e-mails that the author used copy/paste on. Like said, that could have been great in itself, but the book tries to be something else, and fails. Buy this book if you want to find some "never before seen" e-mails, or if you just like being called an idiot."
Unless I want to see all Steve Jobs email I think I will pass. (＃ﾟДﾟ)