This is a painful read, at least until NeXT pivots to WebObjects and revenue starts coming in. Yes, this book chronicles Steve Jobs’s time in the wilderness, in between his two stints at Apple. And it hasn’t been documented to this degree before, not really ever. We know NeXT failed and was ultimately rescued by […]

There’s very little new information in this book, but that does not mean it’s not worth reading. Unlike that new Stones book you see reviewed positively everywhere. The publisher asked me if I wanted a copy, I was intrigued from the very first page, but as I’m reading I’m wondering…HOW DOES HE KNOW THAT! Mick […]

It was hard getting into another book after “London Falling.” We’re searching for excellence in a world of me-too. And even though we all use the same language, the same alphabet, certain artists rise above. Then again, how many people creating deserve the term “artist”? That’s one thing that struck me in “So Old, So […]

This is one of the two best-reviewed books of the year. As for the other, “Transcription”…forget about it. Now “London Falling” is nonfiction whereas “Transcription” is fiction, and I vastly prefer fiction, but… There was an interesting article in the “Wall Street Journal”… “Dad Books Are a Dying Breed – Sales have been sliding for […]