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by cpach 2272 days ago
Lots of good recommendations in this thread. Here’s some more:

• Turner, Fred (2006) From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism

• Slatalla, Michelle & Quittner, Joshua (1995) Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace

• Schlender, Brent & Tetzeli, Rick (2015) Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

• Isaacson, Walter (2011) Steve Jobs

This one might also be worth lookin in to:

Hertzfeld, Andy (2004) Revolution in the Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made

I haven’t read it in book form but AFAICT the contents of the book are also available over at https://www.folklore.org/

By the way, you might also want to have a look at this project someone published recently:

Meta book recommendations from Ask HN threads https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22693634