Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
The story of taste, product obsession, and building companies around what should feel inevitable.
What I wrote
Jobs cared about taste in a way most people treat as optional. That stuck with me. Product quality is a philosophy, not a feature list.
The book also shows how hard it is to hold a high standard without becoming impossible to work with.
Learnings
- Taste is a competitive advantage.
- Saying no is part of making great products.
- Design is not decoration — it is how something works.
Quotes
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”