Jobs I’ve Known
An excerpt on Mike Evangelist's Writers Block Live of his new book ‘Jobs I’ve Known’ which will be written online on the site.
It begins:
"Steve Jobs, the Genuine Article
'Unreasonable perfectionist who terrorizes everyone around him' – you see that sort of comment about Steve Jobs so often it’s easy to believe it must be true. But I’m here to tell you it is not. It seems to be next-to-impossible for anyone to write about Steve without perpetuating one or more of the stereotypical images of how he works (i.e. that he always wear a black turtleneck; that no one wants to get in the elevator with him, etc.)
And nearly every article must make reference to the RDF (reality distortion field) that Steve’s deploys to great effect. I have some personal experience with Steve, so feel at least slightly qualified to comment on some of these things."

Jobs I’ve Known