Steve
Jobs
‘If not for “Teddy”
I would have definitely been in jail.
(Part Two)
It was an eventful life that Steve Jobs lived. He was the charismatic
pioneer of revolution in 6 key industries; personal computers, cartoon
movies, music, phones, tablets and digital publishing in addition to the
revolution he made in the digital content market of applications. Hence, we
can consider his Apple (Apple Corporation’s logo) the third apple to change the
world after Adam’s and Isaac Newton’s apples.
It is the tumultuous life led by Steve
Jobs that has enabled him to spark
revolutions in six different industries
around the world such as personal
computers, animation movies, mu-
sic, phones, tablet computers, digital
publishing, as well as the revolution
he caused in the application-based
digital content market. Therefore,
we may consider his apple, the logo
of Apple Inc, to be the third apple to
change the world after Adam’s and
that which led Newton to gravity law.
In a 626 page book, Walter Isaacson,
the managing editor of Time Maga-
zine and the former chairman and
CEO of CNN, writes Steve Jobs’ bi-
ography, which we will summarize in
a number of consecutive parts.
Jobs’ Tricks
Steve Jobs learnt to read pre-school
as his mother really cared about this,
which caused him several problems.
Boredom through the first few years
at school was one of such problems
as he did not feel that he was learn-
ing anything new, which enticed him
to make trouble. He used to face
boredom by tricks. Jobs once re-
called, “I used to have a friend called
Rick Ferrentino. Together we created
all kinds of trouble, for instance we
once made small posters that said
(bring your pet to school). It was in-
sane with all these dogs chasing the
cats all around the school while the
teachers stepped aside!”
In another situation, they talked a
number of boys into telling them their
bike lock serial numbers. Then they
changed them, and none of the boys
could take his bike. It took them long
hours to unlock the bikes. However,
it didn’t stop at this point, and rather
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