Computers and audio books: Two things I like a lot. So why wouldn’t I enjoy listening to iWoz, the memoir of Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and inventor of the Apple I and Apple II?
I did enjoy it, mostly. iWoz is a light-hearted, sometimes overly-technical account of Woz’s life from his early fascination with technical things, his days as an HP engineer, his historic involvement with the Homebrew Computer Club, the start of Apple, and later ventures into concert promoting and other businesses.
The problem is focus. Woz (a notorious prankster) devotes almost as much time to describing a favorite college prank interfering with campus TV sets as he does to the design of the first Apple. Another thing: Woz isn’t the reader on this audiobook, which is a shame, because I’ve heard him in interviews and panel discussions and he has loads of personality to bring to a project like this.
Overall, though, I had a good time with iWoz, mostly for one reason: It’s great to listen to someone who loves life as much as Steve Wozniak.
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