Steve Jobs: Misfit, Rebel, Troublemaker, Artist, Revolutionary, Visionary, Pirate and Madman

Without any doubt Steve Jobs made a dent in the universe. It is easy to agree on that. The trouble arises when we try to unpack our fascination with him and figure out what kind of person he was.

For me Steve was: “A crazy one. A misfit. A rebel. A troublemaker. A round peg in a square hole. The one who saw things differently. Who was not fond of rules, and had no respect for the status quo. You can quote him, disagree with him, glorify and vilify him. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore him because he changed things. He pushed the human race forward. And while some may see him as crazy, I see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Rest in peace Steve!

A short collection of clips, films, interviews and books illuminating Steve Job’s character as a misfit, rebel, troublemaker, artist, revolutionary, visionary, pirate and madman.

Steve Jobs: One Last Thing 

Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

PBS NewsHour Interview of Walter Isaacson: Jobs Broke the Rules, but Linked ‘Artistry to Engineering’

Author Walter Isaacson, longtime journalist and author, tells the story of Apple co-founder and inventor Steve Jobs in a new biography titled “Steve Jobs.” Jeffrey Brown and Isaacson discuss the life and work of the technology giant. (9min 28sec)

Steve Jobs: the biography by Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs – the biography written by Walter Isaacson is based on more than forty interviews with Apple’s founder conducted over two years, as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues. Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.

At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering.

Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted.

Steve Jobs: A Billion Dollar Hippie (BBC Documentary)