He reveals a technology pioneer more charming-and whose life is more poignant-than we expected.

Wozniak gets the stage all to himself chatty memoir full of surprises. And it's about never forgetting what makes a person happy in life and never forgetting one's dreams.Īt last, Mr. It's about growing up in Silicon Valley at a watershed time for electronics and computing. IWoz is the story about a man filled with curiosity and drive. This memoir truly reflects its author, both in its subject matter and its happy-go-lucky tone…A welcome, fresh perspective for an industry that seems so far removed from its original ideas.

Chris Hartman - Christian Science Monitor Sincerity and enthusiasm are the hallmarks of this irrepressible memoir, and Wozniak's optimism offers an example to us all. If you believe in your logic, then just relax.Budding computer-science majors, Apple aficionados and electronics buffs will find plenty to ingest here, as Wozniak recounts the inspirations and thought processes for his designs.

Compete with yourself and none outside you.

Engineering, not the glory is important.

Learn by doing.Dont just read stuff.Whatever you read, see to it that you can do something on the knowledge gained from the reading.

Engineer / Programmer is equivalent to an artist and he works best when he works alone.

Design Stuff – for great design is something key to the success of any product / service.

Set the scoping, time lines and work on these mini projects with great intensity

Apportion your life’s free time in to a set of projects.

Create games as they will teach you far more than a serious project can teach.

Test, experiment, iterate your designs / programs for you never know which one of them is going to be accepted by the people at large Most of the people think about the world in black and white.

Having Fun is so so important while working on a venture / mini project/ mega project.

You will save on cost as well as you will have a invaluable experience building one

One can experience FLOW in work – For woz it was building AppleII.

Creating things and getting recognized is the best way to socialize.

Don’t bring commercial angle in to everything you do.Just pick up activities which you are passionate about and you will automatically be able to leverage the stuff at the right time.

It could involve getting involved in small projects, reading around the subject, customers ,market, competitors, technology etc

Before building a product, Spend a lot of time getting ready to build it.

Create a group / Join a group which talks about technology.

There are so many aspects to the personality of Woz and takeaways from the book that it is hard to summarize in one post. It is the story of Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple Computers who single handedly designed Apple II. Till date, this IS the best autobiography that I have ever read.

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