The enormity of a creative
process or a life led in a near absolute manner can be deemed success or failure
depending on what is generated by that life or that process. Steve Jobs’ is
that life and the process he followed. Vedas would say that when you have
absolute clarity about the choices you are making, you are a God or a Demigod
at least. A fan of Bob Dylan and self-proclaimed ambassador of counter culture,
Steve Jobs was difficult to live with, toughest to work with, seemingly mean
most of the times, charming occasionally and a visionary for all times. He
believed in poetry and defined computer experience for us, redefined music
industry along with our lifestyles. A Mac book air is a statement not because
one possesses it, it’s because Steve Jobs thought of it as a modern cultural
statement. Walter Isaacson’s book ‘Steve Jobs’ is not an in house publication
of Apple. He doesn’t glorify the man and his achievements. Isaacson looks at
Jobs as he must have been. For the reader sometimes it’s like watching a mean
character in a drama whose moves you like because he is not around you to push
you or to tell you that your life sucks. It's marvelous to realize the impact
he has on our daily lives via so many features of android and iphones. Steve
Wozniak was a genius with empathy but he says he could never have done it
without Steve who lacked empathy. It raises the question if a brutal focus is
really required to do great things and define the times you live in.
