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    Walter Isaacson Great Innovators e-book boxed set

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      Picasso, Pablo, 330, 332

      Pileggi, Nick, 256

      Pininfarina, Sergio, 126

      Pinter, Harold, 204

      Pixar, xviii, 166, 242, 248, 304, 311, 314, 322, 363, 450

      ant movies rivalry and, 427–30

      CAPS system of, 242

      digital animation business of, 242–44

      Disney’s merger with, 432–43

      Disney’s Toy Story deal with, 284–88, 290–91

      financial losses of, 245–48

      headquarters of, 430–32

      IPO of, 291

      mass market debate and, 241–42, 247

      name of, 240

      Reyes program of, 241

      Showplace computer program of, 247

      SJ’s investment in, 248–49

      Toy Story premiere and, 289–90

      Pixar Image Computer, 240–41, 242, 245

      Plastic Ono Band, 51

      Plato, 19

      Playboy, 189

      Plimpton, George, 255

      Pocahontas (film), 289

      Podolny, Joel, 461

      Polaroid, xix, 8, 207, 567

      Pollack, Andrew, 233

      Polo Shop, 251–52

      Pong (video game), 43, 52–54

      Popular Mechanics, 59

      Popular Science, 170

      PortalPlayer, 387

      Portola Institute, 59

      Powell, Laurene, xv, xviii, 267–83, 267, 302, 365, 402, 452, 467, 476, 482, 497, 541–42, 554, 559

      background of, 269–70

      children of, 282–83

      College Track program and, 543

      marriage of, 272–74

      organic food company of, 274

      Palo Alto home of, 274–77, 278

      pregnancy of, 271–72

      SJ assessed by, 543–44

      SJ’s cancer ordeal and, 453–55, 483–86, 548–50, 555

      SJ’s first meeting with, 268–69

      SJ’s marriage proposal to, 270–72

      20th wedding anniversary of, 529–30

      PowerBook G3, 338, 373, 470

      PowerBook G4, 470

      Power Computing, 335–36

      Power Macintosh G3, 338, 349, 373

      PowerPC (microprocessor), 446–47

      President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, 544

      Presley, Elvis, 487

      Press, Tony, 429

      Pressplay, 395, 403, 404

      primal scream therapy, 50, 51, 57

      Prince of Egypt (film), 428–29

      Processor Technology Corporation, 70

      Prodigy, 502

      Product Red campaign, 423–24

      publishing industry, 504–6

      QuickDraw, 169–70, 180

      Quittner, Josh, 506

      Radio Shack, 28, 139

      Radius company, 335

      Raduchel, Bill, 394

      Ram Dass, Baba (Richard Alpert), 34, 37

      Rams, Dieter, 127, 132, 343

      Rand, Paul, 219–21, 222

      Raskin, Jef, 94, 95–96, 108–13, 122, 140, 170

      Macintosh computer and, 109–13, 128

      ouster of, 113

      SJ’s clash with, 110–13

      Ratatouille (film), 441

      RAZR (cell phone), 465–66

      Reagan, Ronald, 192–93, 231, 547

      reality distortion field, 38, 52, 117–20, 140, 145, 161, 175–76, 179, 185, 186, 191, 226, 229, 235, 240, 454, 471–72

      Wozniak on, 118–19

      Real Jukebox, 383

      RealNetworks, 385–86, 395

      Red Herring, 295, 311, 395

      Redse, Tina, 187, 207, 209, 268, 269, 272, 529, 555

      SJ’s relationship with, 263–66

      Reed College, 33–36, 130, 432, 457

      SJ drops out of, 40–41

      Regular Guy, A (Simpson), 255, 272, 281–82

      Remnick, David, 228

      RenderMan (computer language), 241–42

      Revelation, Book of, 69

      Reyes rendering program, 241

      Reznor, Trent, 397

      Rice, Garrett, 298–99

      Richie, Lionel, 479

      Riley, George, 208, 466, 483–84, 485, 487, 557, 559

      Riney, Hal, 547

      Rio (music player), 383, 384, 389, 409

      “Road Not Taken, The” (Frost), 329

      Robbin, Jeff, 383, 387, 405, 409

      Roberts, Brian, 489

      Roche, Gerry, 149

      Rock, Arthur, xv, 78, 84, 90, 145, 182, 195, 198, 208, 215

      Rock, Toni, 208

      Rodin, Auguste, 151

      ROKR, 466

      Rolling Stone, 166, 397

      Rolling Stones, 412, 415

      Rolling Thunder Revue, 251

      Rosen, Ben, 84, 143

      Rosen, Jeff, 416–18

      Rosenbaum, Ron, 27

      Rossmann, Alain, 134, 184

      Rotten Tomatoes, 290

      Royal Society of the Arts, 341

      Rubin, Andy, 512

      Rubinstein, Jonathan “Ruby,” xv, 308–9, 342, 362, 405, 409, 410, 468, 470

      Apple left by, 458–59

      iMac and, 349, 351–52, 356

      iPod and, 384–87

      Samit, Jay, 408

      Samsung, 493

      Sam the Sham, 413

      Sanders, Jessica, 500

      “Sand” project, 173

      San Francisco Chronicle, 218, 333

      San Francisco Zen Center, 49

      San Jose Mercury, 42

      San Jose Mercury News, 311

      San Jose swap meet, 18

      Sapper, Richard, 127, 342

      Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band (Beatles), 412

      Satoshi, Mizushima, 81

      Schieble, Arthur, 2–3

      Schieble, Joanne, see Simpson, Joanne Schieble Jandali

      Schiller, Phil, 336–37, 344, 348–49, 352, 362, 384, 387, 388, 405, 458, 460, 468, 491, 494, 501, 533, 558

      Schlein, Philip, 164, 196, 198

      Schlender, Brent, 311, 479, 495

      Schmidt, Eric, 321, 450, 511, 512–14, 545, 552

      Schneider, Peter, 287

      Schuler, Barry, 398

      Scott, Mike, xv, 82–84, 101, 113, 354

      badge number controversy and, 83

      ouster of, 115–16, 148

      Scott, Ridley, 163, 165, 187

      Scott, Tony, 187

      Scrabble, 497

      Sculley, John, xv, 148, 167, 170, 180, 187, 213, 214, 222, 227, 228, 238, 263, 299, 301, 302, 309, 319, 320, 323, 338, 353, 355, 569

      and decline of Apple company, 295–96

      1984 ad and, 163–64

      pricing debate and, 157–58

      reorganization plan of, 205–7

      SJ and ouster of, 200–204, 207

      SJ’s clashes with, 194–99, 216–17

      SJ’s courtship of, 150–54

      at SJ’s 30th birthday party, 189

      SJ’s working relationship with, 155–57, 168, 181–82, 195, 199, 215

      Sculley, Leezy, 155, 187, 203

      Seal, 329

      SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission), 313, 321, 481

      backdated stock options issue and, 450–51

      Secret Service, 278

      “Secrets of the Little Blue Box” (Rosenbaum), 27

      Segal, George, 140

      Segall, Ken, 329, 351

      semiconductors, 9–10

      Senate, U.S., 432–33

      Sequoia Capital, 75, 139

      Serwer, Andy, 478, 506

      Seva Foundation, 106

      Sex (Madonna), 502

      Shakespeare, William, xxi, 19, 224, 234

      “She Drives Me Crazy” (song), 271

      Sheff, David, 189

      “Shelter from the Storm” (song), 397

      Shockley, William, 9

      Showplace computer program, 247

      Shrek (film), 430

      Shriver, Eunice, 330–31

      SIGGRAPH, 243–44

      “Silicon Valley USA,” 10

      Simon and Garfunkel, 413

      Simpson, George, 253


      Simpson, Joanne Schieble Jandali, xv, 2–4, 89

      SJ’s finding of, 253–55, 258

      Simpson, Mona, xv, xix, 4, 250, 254–58, 272, 273–74, 281, 455, 485, 494, 547–48

      Jandali and, 256–58

      Lisa Brennan and, 282

      SJ’s reconnection with, 255–56

      Simpsons (TV show), 274

      Skoll Foundation, 47

      Slade, Mike, 458, 553

      Smalltalk (computer language), 95, 96–97

      Smith, Alvy Ray, xv, 239–41, 243, 285

      SJ’s clash with, 244–45

      Smith, Burrell, xv, 109–10, 113–15, 117, 134, 136–37, 141–42, 165, 189, 191, 277

      Smith, Gina, 310

      Smith, Kathryn (Kat), 268–71, 476, 486

      Smith, Wes, 233

      Snow White (film), 187, 290

      Snow White project, 132–33

      Solaris operating system, 298, 308

      SOL-20 (computer), 70

      “Someday Baby” (song), 417–18

      Some Girls (Rolling Stones), 412

      Sonnenfeldt, Helmut, 313

      Sonsini, Larry, 303

      Sony, 125–26, 146–47, 361–62, 381, 385, 394–95, 404, 406, 408, 565

      music industry and, 394–95, 400–401

      Trinitron products of, 132, 155

      Sony Connect, 408

      Sony Walkman, 407

      Sorkin, Aaron, 456

      SoundJam, 383

      Soviet Union, 8, 209

      Spectra-Physics company, 15

      Spielberg, Steven, 291, 427, 442

      Spindler, Michael, 296, 335

      “Spiritus Domini” (Gregorian chant), 413

      Stalin, Joseph, 209

      Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), 28, 61

      Stanford University, 9, 33, 57

      SJ’s 2005 commencement address at, 456–57

      Star Trek (TV show), 117–18, 494

      Star Trek (video game), 44

      Stengel, Rick, 506

      Stewart, Jon, 508, 518

      Sticky Fingers (Rolling Stones), 412

      Stone, Edward Durell, 151

      Stoppard, Tom, 570

      “Strange Things” (song), 288

      “Strawberry Fields Forever” (song), 418–19

      Stringer, Howard, 395, 407

      StyleWriter, 338

      Sulzberger, Arthur, Jr., 504–5

      Summers, Larry, 497

      Sun Microsystems, 236, 294, 296, 308, 333

      Sunnyvale Electronics, 28

      Suzuki, Shunryu, 35, 49

      Swisher, Kara, 463

      Sylvania, 24

      “Sympathy for the Devil” (song), 397

      Syria, 3, 258

      tablet computers, 467, 490–91

      “Talkin’ bout a Revolution” (song), 280

      Talking Heads, 413

      Tandy company, 135, 138

      Tangerine (design company), 341

      Tanimoto, Craig, 329

      Target, 369

      Tate, Ryan, 516–17

      Tattoo You (Rolling Stones), 412

      TBWAChiatDay, 328, 351, 391

      technology boom:

      counterculture and, 57

      hacker subculture and, 56–57

      microprocessor and, 10

      Moore’s Law and, 10

      semiconductors and, 9–10

      10,000 Maniacs, 413

      Terman, Frederick, 9

      Terravera company, 274

      Terrell, Paul, 66–67, 68

      Tesler, Larry, 96–97, 99, 114, 120, 136, 301

      Tevanian, Avadis “Avie,” xv, 259, 268, 273–74, 300–301, 303, 308–9, 362, 366, 458–59, 461

      textbook industry, 509–10, 555

      “There Goes My Love” (song), 498

      “Things Have Changed” (song), 412

      “Think Different” advertising campaign, vii, xviii, 328–32, 358

      Thomas, Brent, 162

      Thomas, Dylan, 19

      Through the Looking Glass (Carroll), 235

      Thurman, Mrs., 12

      Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Nietzsche), 119

      Tiffany, Louis, 123

      Time, xvii, xviii, 90, 166, 218, 290, 323, 381, 383, 429, 473, 495, 504, 506

      SJ profiled by, 106–7, 139–41

      Time Inc., 330, 473, 478, 504, 506–7

      Time-Life Pictures, 330

      “Times They Are A-Changing, The” (Dylan), 168, 207

      Time Warner, 506

      Tin Toy (film), 248

      Toshiba, 385, 386

      touchscreens, 93

      Toy Story (film), 285–91, 305, 311, 372, 373–74, 427, 428, 430, 434, 437, 472, 565

      basic idea for, 285–86

      blockbuster success of, 290–91

      budgeting of, 288

      premieres of, 289–90

      reviews of, 290

      revision of, 287–88

      SJ’s investment in, 287

      television premiere of, 331

      Toy Story 2 (film), 430

      Toy Story 3 (film), 527, 540

      Toy Story Musical, 437

      Treasure Planet (film), 437

      Tribble, Bud, 117–18, 120, 123, 140, 212, 225

      Trips Festival, 58

      Trotsky, Leon, 209

      “Trouble with Steve Jobs, The” (Fortune), 477–78

      Trungpa, Chögyam, 35

      Turing, Alan, xviii

      TV Guide, 165

      Twain, Mark, 479

      Twiggy, 145

      Twitter, 495

      “Uncle John’s Band” (song), 414

      United Network for Organ Sharing, 483

      Universal Music Group, 395, 399, 479

      UNIX operating system, 212, 297, 298

      Up (film), 494

      UPS, 219

      U2, 399, 413, 537

      iPod deal and, 420–22

      U-2 spy plane, 8

      United Way, 104

      USA Today, 507

      Valentine, Don, 75–76, 139, 189

      Valleywag (website), 516–17, 518

      Vanity Fair, 497

      Varian Associates, 8, 9

      Vatican, 28–29

      “Vertigo” (song), 420

      Vidich, Paul, 394–95, 398

      Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 127

      Vietnam War, 34

      “View from the Top” lectures, 268

      Vincent, James, xv, 332, 364, 391, 392, 398, 413, 417, 421–23, 498–500, 521–22, 524

      Visa, 410

      VisiCalc (finance program), 84

      VLSI Technology, 359

      “Wade in the Water” (song), 417

      Wall-E (film), 441

      Wall Street Journal, 135, 187–88, 192, 193, 215, 226, 236, 307, 379, 450, 463, 482, 493, 504, 507, 531

      Wall Street Journal Digital Network, 508

      Walt Disney Company, see Disney Co.

      Warhol, Andy, 180

      Warner Music, 394, 398, 403

      Warnock, John, 515

      Warren, Jim, 80

      Washington Post, 228, 230, 231

      Waters, Alice, 458, 477

      Watson, James, 330

      Wavy Gravy, 106

      Wayne, Ron, xvi, 44, 52, 54, 63–64, 68–69, 73, 79–80

      Weeks, Wendell, 471–72

      Weitzen, Jeff, 379

      Welch, Jack, 401

      Wells, Frank, 436–37

      Well-Tempered Clavier, The (Bach), 413

      Wenner, Jann, 166

      West Coast Computer Faire, 80, 123, 189

      Westerman, Wayne, 469

      Westgate Shopping Center, 32

      Westinghouse, 9, 219

      West Wing, The (TV show), 456

      What the Dormouse Said (Markoff), 57

      “When the Night Comes Falling From the Sky” (song), 207–8

      Whitman, Meg, 321

      Whole Earth Catalog, 57–59, 494

      Whole Earth Truck Store, 58

      Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV show), 458

      “Why I Won’t Buy an iPad” (Doctorow), 563

      Wigginton, Randy, 81–82, 92–93, 104, 161

    &nb
    sp; Wikipedia, 386

      Wilkes Bashford (store), 91

      Williams, Robert, 329–30

      Wired, 276, 295, 311–12, 317, 408, 466

      Wolf, Gary, 295

      Wolfe, Tom, 58

      Wolff, Michael, 523

      Wonder Boys (film), 412

      Woodside Design, 196

      Woolard, Ed, 310, 313, 314, 318–20, 336, 338, 359, 371

      options compensation issue and, 364–66, 448

      “Wooly Bully” (song), 413

      Wordsworth, William, 69

      “Working for/with Steve Jobs” (Raskin), 112

      Worldwide Developers Conference, 532–33, 536

      Wozniak, Francis, 22

      Wozniak, Jerry, 77

      Wozniak, Stephen, xvi, 21, 29, 32, 33, 59, 62, 69, 79, 93, 94, 102, 110, 124, 132, 163, 168, 170, 217, 305, 308, 317, 319, 334–35, 354, 363, 379, 393, 412, 464, 474, 524, 560, 565

      in air crash, 115

      Apple I design and, 61, 67–68, 534

      Apple II design and, 72–75, 80–81, 84–85, 92, 534, 562

      Apple left by, 192–93

      Apple partnership and, 63–65

      Apple’s IPO and, 103–4

      background of, 21–22

      Blue Box designed by, 27–30, 81

      music passion of, 25–26

      personal computer vision of, 60–61

      Pong design and, 52–54

      as prankster, 23–29

      remote control device of, 193–94, 218, 221

      SJ contrasted with, 21–22, 40, 64

      on SJ’s distortion of reality, 118–19

      SJ’s first meeting with, 25

      SJ’s friendship with, 21–23

      at SJ’s 30th birthday party, 189

      in White House visit, 192–93

      Wright, Frank Lloyd, 7, 330

      Xerox, 95–96, 98, 119, 169, 195, 565, 566

      Alto GUI of, 177

      Star computer of, 99, 175–76

      Xerox PARC, 94–96, 98–99, 100, 111, 114, 120, 177, 179, 474

      Yahoo, 502, 545

      Yeah Yeah Yeah (music group), 500

      Yocam, Del, 4–5, 198, 202

      Yogananda, Paramahansa, 35

      York, Jerry, 321, 450, 482

      “You Say You Want a Revolution” (song), 526

      Zaltair hoax, 81, 189

      Zander, Ed, 333, 465

      Zap, 53

      ZDNet, 137

      Zen Buddhism, 15, 34–35, 41, 57

      Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind (Suzuki), 35, 49

      Ziegler, Bart, 293

      Zittrain, Jonathan, 563

      Zuckerberg, Mark, 275, 545–46, 552

      ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

      Numbers in roman type refer to illustrations in the insert; numbers in italics refer to book pages.

      Diana Walker—Contour by Getty Images: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 23, endpapers

      Courtesy of Steve Jobs: 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, facing p. 1 (top left and bottom right), 108, 250, 267, 293

      Courtesy of Kathryn Smith: 16

      DPA/Landov: 21

      Courtesy of Daniel Kottke: 56

      Mark Richards: 71, 348

      Ted Thai/Polaris: 102

      Norman Seeff: 117, 148

      ©Apple Inc. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Apple® and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.: 159

     


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