[Synaesthesia]

Siracusa's chief complaint is that Isaacson doesn't have enough insight into the tech world, or technology in general.

The book also just not outstandingly written. The first half is also stuff that's pretty much known from other books or sources, so if you've read a lot about Apple or Steve Jobs, there's nothing really new.

[slantyyz]

Siracusa's chief complaint is that Isaacson doesn't have enough insight into the tech world, or technology in general.

I'm just speculating, but maybe that is the reason why Jobs chose Isaacson.

In the same way Apple products are designed not for nerds, but the "rest of us", perhaps Jobs wanted the same for his biography.

[togasystems]

Brilliant reply. Most people don't want to read about technical pieces and when they are presented with them, they will most likely flip past.

[vacri]

It's not much of a complaint to say that a biography about a famous man about whom a great deal has been written contains some well-known stuff.

[armandososa]

Except that the other half, the less know, was lazy and shallow.