first car of, 18
first computer seen by, 8
first desktop computer seen by, 17
first experience with electronics, 6–7
first girlfriend of, 31
first work experience of, 17–18
40th birthday party of, 283
50th birthday party of, 457–58
hallucinogenic drugs used by, 31–32, 35
health issues of, 333–34, 452–53, 456, 476
hygiene of, 82–83
illegitimate child of, 88–90, 256
India sojourn of, 46–48, 570
intensity of, xviii, 38, 172, 223, 561, 564
legacy of, 306, 534–35, 567–70
liver transplant of, 482–84, 489
low pass filter of, 120–21
LSD used by, 10, 41, 384
management focus mantra of, 359
marijuana used by, 18–19, 32
marriage of, 272–74
in middle school, 13–14
mood swings of, 157, 195, 223, 548
music passion of, 19, 25–26
Narcissistic Personality Disorder ascribed to, 265–66
offensive behavior of, 5, 32, 43, 56, 64, 91, 101, 118, 119, 121–23, 124, 142, 146, 157, 166, 178, 195–96, 198, 223, 225, 461–62, 489, 565
Palo Alto home of, 274–77, 278
patents of, 375
perfectionism of, 74, 183, 315, 513, 561, 566
philanthropy and, 105–6, 423–24, 543
as prankster, 12–13, 16, 26
in primal scream therapy, 50
product launches and, 165–67
reality distortion field of, see reality distortion field
religion and, 14–15
resignation letters of, 215–16, 217, 557–59
Russia visit of, 209–10
selections on iPod of, 412–14
sense of abandonment of, 4–5, 12, 50–51
social awkwardness of, 13–14
stare of, 38, 106, 172, 191, 193, 201, 203, 206, 303
stock options matter and, 364–66, 448–50, 477
30th birthday celebration of, 188–90
Time profiles of, 106–7, 139–41
topography obsession of, 130–31
20th wedding anniversary of, 529–30
vegetarianism of, 35–36, 82, 96, 155, 185, 260, 312, 454
in White House visit, 192–93
whole-widget approach of, 137–38
worldview of, 119–20, 230, 315–16, 561
Wozniak’s remote device episode and, 193–94
yacht planned by, 528–29
Zen Buddhism interest of, 15, 34–36, 41, 48–50, 128, 262, 564, 570
Johnson, Ron, xiv 369–73, 377, 536
Jones, Carr, 275
Jones, Jeff, 524
Joplin, Janis, 57, 413
Joy, Bill, 236
Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, 228
Jump Back (Rolling Stones), 412
Jung, Andrea, 321, 481
Junod, Tom, 478
Justice Department, U.S., 323
Kac, Mark, 566
Kahney, Leander, 138
Kahng, Stephen “King,” 336
kanban (manufacturing principle), 225
Kapor, Mitch, 159, 188–89, 224
Kare, Susan, 131–32, 144, 152, 221, 232–33
Karen O, 500
Katzenberg, Jeffrey, xiv 248, 284–87, 288, 292, 436
ants movies rivalry and, 427–30
Kawasaki, Guy, 298
Kay, Alan, 95, 238, 474–75
Kazaa, 394, 402
Keenan, Joe, 72
Kehoe, Louise, 304, 309
Kennedy, Bobby, 331
Kenyon, Larry, 123
Kepler, Johannes, 561
Kerwin, Pam, 241–42, 244–46, 431
Kesey, Ken, 57, 58
Keys, Alicia, 413
KGB, 209
Kincaid, Bill, 383
Kindle, 503, 534
King, B. B., 413, 487
King, Martin Luther, 330
King Lear (Shakespeare), 19
Kissinger, Henry, xx, 28–29, 313
Kitchen, Steve, 196
Klein, Joel, 323, 509
Kodak, 333
Komoto, Hidetoshi, 147
Kot, Greg, 423
Kottke, Daniel, xv, 38–39, 45, 49–50, 51, 56, 67–68, 70, 86, 87, 89, 90, 140, 432, 497
Apple stock options issue and, 103
in India, 47
SJ’s friendship with, 34–36, 103
Kriegspiel (game), 35
Kumbh Mela (festival), 46
Lack, Andy, 400–401, 406, 407, 416–17, 421
Lady and the Lamp (film), 243
Land, Edward, xix, 8, 207, 567
Lang, Don, 43
Lang, Larry, 10–11, 16–17
Langer, Andy, 396
Lappé, Frances Moore, 36
lasers, 15
Lashinsky, Adam, 361, 531
Lasseter, John, xv, 238, 239, 240, 244, 284–87, 289, 290, 291, 304, 438, 446, 452, 458
animated film by, 247–48
background of, 242–43
Disney-Pixar merger and, 440–43
Pixar headquarters and, 430–32
SJ’s admiration of, 426–27
“Toy Story” idea of, 285–86
Last Tycoon, The (Fitzgerald), 189
Lauren, Ralph, 251, 370
League for Spiritual Discovery (LSD), 33
Leary, Timothy, 33, 57–58
Led Zeppelin, 402
“Lemmings” (advertisement), 187
Lennon, John, 51, 330, 331, 374, 524
Lennon, Sean, 180
Leonardo da Vinci, 80, 568
Let It Be (Beatles), 412
Levinson, Art, 321, 371, 447, 453, 454, 465, 481, 501–2, 518, 520–21, 558
Levitt, Arthur, 321
Levy, Joe, 412
Levy, Steven, 166, 355, 393, 412
Lewin, Dan’l, xv, 125, 214, 223, 231
NeXT and, 212–13, 224
Lewinsky, Monica, 278
Lewis, Jerry Lee, 487
Libya, 258
Life, 14–15
“Like a Rolling Stone” (song), 494, 570
Lin, Maya, 127
Lion King, The (film), 434, 439
Lisa Computer, 110–12, 129, 130, 144, 145, 150–51, 154, 181, 200
Atkinson and, 99–101
converted to Mac XLS, 186–87
failure of, 141, 160, 186
initial concept of, 93
launch of, 141
Macintosh’s rivalry with, 136–37
mouse of, 100–101
name of, 93
screen background of, 99–100
“Little Green” (song), 414
Little Mermaid, The (film), 242
Lockheed Missiles and Space Division, 9
Loewy, Raymond, 127
Lohr, Steve, 282
Los Angeles Times, 429
Lost (TV show), 438, 497
Lost Father, The (Simpson), 258
Lost World, The: Jurassic Park (film), 307
Lotus (software), 224
“Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word” (song), 412
“Love Lounge, The,” 432
LSD, 19, 41, 57, 107
Lucas, George, 238–40, 243
Lucasfilm, 239–41, 243
Luxo Jr. (film), 243–44, 446
Lyons, Daniel, 494–95, 496
Ma, Yo-Yo, 413, 424–25
MacBook, 347
MacBook Pro, 468
McCartney, Paul, 524
McCollum, John, 19–20, 21
Mac G4 Cube, 445, 448, 459
McGuinness, Paul, 421
Macintosh, xvii, 7, 41, 99, 207, 229, 230, 234, 239, 337, 348, 379, 396, 445, 463, 474, 513, 526, 554, 562, 563, 565, 569
Baez shown prototype of, 251
Bicycle proposed as name for, 115
bundling proposal and, 176
circuit board of, 133–34
design of, 127–28, 133–34
desktop metaphor and, 127
disk drive of, 145–47, 186, 200
engineer team of, 113–15
factory construction of, 182–84
fonts of, 130–31
Hertzfeld and, 113–14, 128–31, 161, 166–67, 190–91
hidden craftsmanship of, 133–34
icons of, 131
Intel chip in, 492
launch of, 160–61, 167–70, 353–54
licensing proposals and, 138–39
Lisa design team and, 181
Lisa’s rivalry with, 136–37
media coverage of, 165–66
Microsoft and, 173–75, 177–79
name of, 109, 142
nickname of, 186
1984 ad campaign for, 159, 160–65, 169, 187, 226, 325, 331, 516
1985 ad campaign for, 187–88
OSX system of, 366–67, 380
packaging of, 134
price debate and, 157–58, 195
QuickDraw package of, 169–70
Raskin’s vision for, 109–10, 128
research team of, 109–10
Russia sales of, 209–10
sales of, 186, 195, 295
screen of, 129–30
SJ-Gates relationship and, 173–76
SJ-Raskin clashes and, 110–14
SJ’s end-to-end concept and, 137–39
SJ’s European tour and, 184–85
team departures and, 190–92
title bar of, 131–32
McIntosh Laboratory, 109
McKenna, Regis, xv, 79, 85, 91, 93, 141, 151, 155, 162, 165, 188, 202, 215, 521–22
McLean, Don, 413
McLeod, Gordon, 508
MacPaint, 180
Macromedia, 336
Macworld, 298
Macworld conferences, 307–8, 322–26, 329, 336, 339, 366–67, 385, 415, 478, 479–80, 560
Gates and, 325–26
SJ’s keynote speech at, 322–23, 325
Macy’s, 73, 164, 196
Madonna, 402, 502
Maffei, Greg, 324–25
Magical Mystery Tour (Beatles), 412
Maharaj-ji (Neem Karoli Baba), 37, 45, 46, 91, 543
Malone, Michael S., 14, 307
Manifesto (advertising campaign), 498–500
Manock, Jerry, 73–74, 117, 128–29
Mansfield, Bob, 460
marijuana, 18–19
Markkula, Mike, xv, 63, 82, 84, 101, 102, 105, 109, 113, 116, 131, 134, 147, 148–49, 168, 192, 204, 205, 208, 213, 215, 220, 298, 301, 310, 347, 351, 355
Apple joined by, 75–76
Apple left by, 319–20
Apple II and, 80–81
iMac preview and, 353
1984 ad reaction of, 164
SJ’s relationship with, 78
Markoff, John, 57, 291, 384
Marsalis, Wynton, 402
Marshall, George, 457
Martin, Steve, 290
Maslin, Janet, 290
Mayer, John, 413
Meet the Beatles! (Beatles), 412
Mellencamp, John, 413
“Mellow Yellow” (song), 414
Merwin, Mike, 209
Michelangelo, 568
microprocessor, 10
Microsoft, 84, 136, 137, 158, 245, 289, 295, 296, 320, 334, 381, 463, 464, 467, 474, 495, 513, 518, 531, 533–34, 561, 562, 568, 569
federal lawsuit against, 323
goes public, 227
iTunes Store reaction of, 403–4
Macintosh and, 173–75, 177–79, 324–25
MSN service of, 407
NeXT and, 229, 231–32, 236–37
Sand project of, 173
Microsoft DOS, 177
Microsoft Excel, 174–76, 230, 323, 324, 326
Microsoft Media Player, 383
Microsoft Multiplan, 173
Microsoft Office, 326
Microsoft Windows, 177–79, 230, 335, 515, 528, 534, 554
1.0, 323
2.0, 323
3.0, 296
95, 291
iPod and, 404–6
iTunes and, 404–6, 463
NT, 298
Microsoft Word, 160, 174, 176, 230, 324, 326
Microsoft Zune, 406–7, 409
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 126
Milner, Duncan, 332, 391, 498–500
Minsky, Marvin, 185
Miss Spider’s Tea Party (Madonna), 502
“Mr. Tambourine Man” (song), 417
Mitchell, George, 438, 442
Mitchell, Joni, 414
Mitterrand, Danielle, 184
Mitterrand, François, 184, 185
Miyake, Issey, 128, 256, 362, 532
MobileMe, 531–33
Moby-Dick (Melville), 19
Modern Times (Dylan), 417
Mok, Clement, 183
Monkees, 413
Monsters, Inc. (film), 432–33
Moore, Fred, 59–60, 61
Moore, Gordon, 9–10
Moore, Henry, 151
Moore’s Law, 10
Morgan Stanley, 104
Morita, Akio, 361
Moritz, Michael, 90, 106–7, 139, 140
Morris, Doug, 399–401, 403, 479
Morrison, Van, 411
Mossberg, Walt, 379, 463, 491, 503, 531
MOS Technologies, 60
“Mother” (song), 51
Mother of All Demos, 58
Motorola, 335, 446–47, 465–66
6800 microprocessor of, 60
6809 microprocessor of, 109–10
68000 microprocessor of, 110
Motorola Starmax, 447
Motown, 399
Mozart’s Brain and the Fighter Pilot (Restak), 424
MP3 (music format), 383, 385–87
MTV, 166
Mucusless Diet Healing System (Ehret), 36
Müller, Marcel, 38
Mumford, Lewis, 57
Murdoch, James, 504, 508
Murdoch, Rupert, 504, 507–9
Murray, Joyce, 206
Murray, Mike, xv, 139, 152, 195–96, 197, 200, 203–4, 206
Muse (band), 498
Museum of Modern Art (New York), 445
music industry, 394–95, 398, 399–400, 503
MusicMatch, 406
MusicNet, 395, 403, 404
Myth of the Machine, The (Mumford), 57
Napster, 382, 394, 402
Narcissistic Personality Disorder, 265–66
NASDAQ, 379
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 8–9
National Medal of Technology, 192–93
National Press Club, 228
National Security Agency, 241
National Semiconductor, 75, 79, 296, 297
NBC, 400
Negroponte, Nicholas, 185
Nepal, 106
netbook concept, 494
Netflix, 545
Netscape, 291
Neville Brothers, 410
Newman, Randy, 288, 432
News Corp., 507–8
newser.com, 523
Newsweek, 165–66, 218, 236, 290, 323, 355, 393, 445, 494, 495–96
Newton (Apple), 308–9, 338, 385
Newton, Isaac, 69
New York Post, 507
New York Times, 228, 233, 281, 290, 291, 384, 408, 411, 451, 478, 494, 498, 504–5, 516
NeXT, xviii, 166, 245, 246, 259, 268, 297, 363, 374, 445, 447, 458
Apple and, 213–15, 217–18, 221–22, 298–300, 305–6
Apple’s staff “raid” on, 213–15
bundled features of, 224–25, 234
circuit board of, 222, 233–34
design of, 222–23
electronic book of, 234–35
failure of, 293–94
finances of, 226–28
Gates and, 229–30, 236–37
headquarters of, 223–24
IBM and, 231–32
idea behin
d, 211–12, 214
late release of, 234–36
launch of, 232–35
Lewin and, 212–13, 224
licensing issue and, 231–32
logo of, 219–21
matte finish of, 223
Microsoft and, 236–37
name of, 219
NextStep system of, 231–32, 294
operating system of, 366
optical disk of, 234–35
Perot and, 227–28
price of, 235
reaction to, 236
retreats of, 226
sales of, 237
unseen craftsmanship in, 223
Ng, Stan, 387
Nicks, Stevie, 479
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 119
Nine Inch Nails, 397
1984 (Orwell), 162
Nocera, Joe, 223, 451, 478
Noer, Michael, 497–98
No Line on the Horizon (U2) 424
Norton, Jeffrey, 494
Novel (parlor game), 548
Noyce, Robert, 9–10, 121, 537
Obama, Barack, 495, 497, 555
SJ’s dinner for, 545–47
SJ’s meeting with, 544–45
Obama administration, 258
Oh Mercy (Dylan), 412
Omen, The (film), 69
“One Too Many Mornings” (song), 416
Ono, Yoko, 180, 331, 374, 418
OpenMind (mental health network), 265
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 363
Oppenheimer, Peter, 460, 557
Oracle, 283, 296, 349, 372, 545
Oregon Feeling Center, 50
O’Reilly, Bill, 508
Ornish, Dean, 454
Orwell, George, 160, 162, 169
Osborne, Adam, 123, 135
Ostrovsky, Alex, 410
Otellini, Paul, xv, 447–48, 492, 493
Otogawa, Kobun Chino, see Chino, Kobun
Outkast, 418
“Outlaw Blues” (song), 417
Ovitz, Michael, 436–37
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, 225
Oxford University Press, 224
Oyama, Terry, 128–29
Ozzie, Ray, 533–34
Packard, David, xix, 9, 25, 306, 534–35, 569
Page, Larry, 275, 511–12, 552
Page, Rich, 136–37, 212, 214
Palm, 459
Palmisano, Sam, 333
Panasonic, 356–57
Pantone company, 83
Paris Review, 255
Parker, Maynard, 236
Parrish, Maxfield, 91
Pascal (computer language), 94
P.A. Semi, 492–93
Patton, George S., 2
Patton (film), 203–4, 206
Paulsen, David, 225
PayPal, 410
PBS, 227
PC World, 395–96
Pearlstine, Norman, 330
Pearson Education, 511
Peddle, Chuck, 72
Pei, I. M., 128, 180, 224
People’s Computer Company, 59
PepsiCo., 149–52
corporate headquarters of, 151–52
Perfect Thing, The (Levy), 412
Perkins, Tony, 295, 395
Perot, Ross, 227–28, 231
Personal Computer Festival, 70, 71
Pfeifer, Herbert, 194
Philips Electronics, 385, 388
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