賈伯斯會不會是下一種科技管理者的典型？
他憑什麼能縱橫電影、音樂、資訊三大產業？
賈伯斯靠什麼去抓住蘋果"i"字號產品迷人的流行元素？
許多書談論過蘋果。許多文章說過賈伯斯的出身與他這種第一批創業矽谷人的傳奇。
但沒有一本書像《i狂人賈伯斯》一樣，把這個「人」與「事業道路」真正地結合在一起，從這本書你會發現：賈伯斯既有運氣又有偏執狂，但當他每次向自己的頑固低頭時，總是來在最關鍵的時候。他對產業與人類生活消費的誇張想像，有些要他付出代價，有些讓他與他的公司跳躍式成長。
《i狂人賈伯斯》裡的賈伯斯，最迷人的，不是他有什麼企業家的傳奇性，而是他成功的難以預測性；這位老兄的人生實在有夠扯，或者你簡直可以說他是個科技時代以來最幸運的傢伙。本書主角不是什麼創新或管理的神，但他真的影響了你的科技娛樂生活。
名家推薦
「 與微軟創辦人比爾蓋茲相較，賈伯斯一直相信要做革命性的東西，……面對未來，台灣也需要鼓勵更多像賈伯斯這樣的人，執著投入創新。」── 宏□集團創辦人 施振榮
「賈伯斯擁有一種透視與直觀的能力，他展現先知般的預言。只要產品是被逼著依照他的寓言構想去一步一步實現，產品會被琢磨出令人驚艷的成果，不管是周邊、造型、軟體都常令人喜愛，難以忘懷，……」──華碩電腦副董事長 童子賢
iCon takes a look at the most astounding figure in a business era noted for its mavericks, oddballs, and iconoclasts. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Jeffrey Young and William Simon provide new perspectives on the legendary creation of Apple, detail Jobs's meteoric rise, and the devastating plunge that left him not only out of Apple, but out of the computer-making business entirely. This unflinching and completely unauthorized portrait reveals both sides of Jobs's role in the remarkable rise of the Pixar animation studio, also re-creates the acrimony between Jobs and Disney's Michael Eisner, and examines Jobs's dramatic his rise from the ashes with his recapture of Apple. The authors examine the takeover and Jobs's reinvention of the company with the popular iMac and his transformation of the industry with the revolutionary iPod. iCon is must reading for anyone who wants to understand how the modern digital age has been formed, shaped, and refined by the most influential figure of the age-a master of three industries: movies, music, and computers.
本書中譯版《i狂人賈伯斯：從另類人生到超酷創新的蘋果風格驅動家》由臉譜出版。
作者簡介
傑弗瑞．楊（Jeffrey S. Young）
是《麥金塔世界》雜誌（MacWorld）的創刊編輯之一，他初次遇見賈伯斯是在一九八三年。他也是著名的未經授權賈伯斯傳記－－《蘋果電腦成功之旅》（Steve Jobs: The Journey Is the Reward）的作者。
在離開《麥金塔世界雜誌》之後，傑弗瑞．楊又為《好萊塢報導》（Hollywood Reporter）撰稿，並於一九九○年代擔任《富比士》雜誌（Forbes）的矽谷特約編輯，負責撰寫人物側寫和商業報導。一九九七年，他參與創辦了Forbes.com，除了賈伯斯的傳記外，傑弗瑞．楊並著有《科技新貴》（Forbes Greatest Technology Stories）一書。他目前定居於北加州。
威廉．賽門（William L. Simon）
目前定居於加州聖塔費（Rancho Santa Fe）。合著有《入侵的藝術》（The Art of Intrusion）及暢銷書《駭客大騙局》（The Art of Deception）等二十幾本書。
JEFFREY S. YOUNG, one of the founding editors of Macworld magazine, first met Steve Jobs in 1983. He is the author of the classic unauthorized biography Steve Jobs: The Journey Is the Reward. Young worked for Forbes in the 1990s as its contributing editor from Silicon Valley, writing profiles and business pieces, and, in 1997, he cofounded Forbes.com. He is also the author of Forbes? Greatest Technology Stories (Wiley).
WILLIAM L. SIMON is the coauthor of Kevin Mitnick's The Art of Deception and The Art of Intrusion (both published by Wiley) as well as the award-winning author of more than twenty other
books.
