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Re:Woz’s take on the Apple 1’s noisy -5 volt supply by danso on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @01:11PM (#8558043)
This is the polar opposite of how I feel about Woz's book. I started reading it after first reading the Jobs biography, in which I found the parts about Woz to be the most fun to read. I never finished the Jobs biography after getting iWoz. If the book reads like a "humblebrag", it's because it WAS a humblebrag...Woz decided to write it after apparently being frustrated with how Jobs was getting all the credit for Apple's early innovations...and in my opinion, Woz was 100% entitled to shout from the walls his amazing accomplishments.

I'm surprised you say that the book doesn't provide insight to Woz's real character. If anything, one of the book's shortcomings is that it reads as if an overexcited kid wrote it...but that seems to be Woz's actual character. You didn't find it at all interesting to read about Woz's insecurities, and how he basically created the Apple I as a means to have something to initiate small talk about with Homebrew club members?

One of the best chapters was when Woz explained getting through the trauma of his airplane crash. Other descriptions of the incident are considerably more darker, but Woz approaches it as you'd expect an engineer to.

Re:Woz’s take on the Apple 1’s noisy -5 volt supply by ics on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @03:28PM (#8558863)
(1) Agree that he has the right to brag. (2) I'm sure his character is much deeper and more interesting than what I perceived just by reading the book, without knowing him personally– that is what I mean.

As I said, I'm inclined to attribute the issues I have either with the writer, editor, or some dynamic in between. If the whole thing was presented in a 45 minute long lecture, I'd have been pretty excited. As an autobiography, I was disappointed. (Thanks for the thoughtful reply by the way– if I didn't have to run I'd try to give a more thorough exposition.)