Steve Jobs brainstorms with the NeXT team

Re:Steve Jobs brainstorms with the NeXT team by niels_olson on Sunday November 20, 2011 @11:46PM (#3260018)

The author's assertion that this is better than Isaacson's coverage of the same topic rings hollow. Isaacson definitely addresses the hallucinatory '87 deadline, Joanna's resistance, the "honeymoon is over" intro to the second Pebble Beach meeting. I wouldn't be surprised if Isaacson had access to this video as a source.

That said, it's a different perspective, which is nice. I just disagree with Panzarino's implicit assertion that a) Isaacson's biography missed this, and b) this gem of a video fills that purported void.

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Re:Steve Jobs brainstorms with the NeXT team by mpanzarino on Monday November 21, 2011 @12:03AM (#3260065)

Niels, it definitely wasn't my intention to imply that Isaacson don't touch on these matters at all, because he did. However, I must stick by my assertion that the discussions of Jobs' motives and methods during this era is very, very light. This video adds a significant amount of color to the conversation about NeXT and the way that he interacts with the staff is fascinating.

So yes, he may have pulled some quotes from the players involved, but I feel that this short video tells you more about Jobs' operational methods at the time than the entire section on NeXT in the bio.

Thank you very much for your thoughts though, it is definitely a possibility that this was part of the material used by Isaacson, good point.

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