Holy crap. I figured that since Apple and its products are pretty cool, surely the company’s founder would be just as cool… No.<br/><br/><a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak” target=”_blank”>Steve Wozniak</a>, in his autobiography <a href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FiWoz-Computer-Invented-Personal-Co-Founded%2Fdp%2F0393061434%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1201017448%26sr%3D8-2&amp;tag=mikeylikesit-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325″ target=”_blank”>iWoz</a>, does nothing more than further the whole “Apple users are pricks” mindset that a good portion of the world already knows to be fact.<br/><br/><div style=”text-align: center;”><img align=”none” alt=”” border=”0″ src=”http://www.iammike.org/cutenews/data/upimages/0328_Iwoz_D.jpg” style=”width: 136px; height: 180px;”/></div><br/>The book itself steps through his life, dispel the many rumors and myths surrounding him and Apple, and finally has a weak attempt at outlining some basic rules that people should live by.<br/><br/>The following are what bugged me most about the book:<br/><br/>1. Wozniak is incredibly full of himself. I was about to put the book down after about 50 pages of hearing how intelligent he was, how he was an amazing athlete, and how he was the first to do this or that.<br/><br/>2. There are a couple parts where he bashes Jobs. He does a very weak attempt at trying to disguise that that is what he’s doing, but to anyone with an IQ of &gt;100, it’s quite clear. To him, Jobs in sort of the evil, money-hungry corporate dictator… I don’t know much about Jobs, but based on how this book read, I’m going to side on the side of Jobs.<br/><br/>3. Since this part occurred approximately 90% of the way through the book, I kept on going, but damn, this one really got me. He explains how he was in a plane accident (he was flying) with his girlfriend and her brother. He describes how his girlfriend needed plastic surgery, but he got the worst of all… 5 weeks of amnesia! I’m sorry, but I’d rather have amnesia for a few weeks than having to get surgery to fix my body. Due to his amnesia, he wasn’t sure exactly what happened during the flight, but he’s mighty quick to assume that she leaned on the controls; no way it could have been his fault!<br/><br/>Unless you’re an Applehead, steer clear of this one. The only worthwhile tidbits I got from it were the myths. I’ll save you the time and share them with you:<br/><br/>1. Steve Jobs did not create computers at all. The first couple machines (Apple I and Apple II) were 100% Wozniak’s doing.<br/><br/>2. Wozniak did not quit from Apple. He left because he wanted to try other things (namely, <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CL_9″ target=”_blank”>CL 9</a> and <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Festival” target=”_blank”>US Festival</a>). In fact, he’s always been an employee; he receives the lowest salary possible just so he can still represent Apple and such. Why he needs a salary for that? I don’t know.<br/><br/>Final thought: When you’ve been divorced three times, you’d think you’d finally get your head out of your ass Mr. “I’m not the divorce type, I think everybody should marry one person.” Yeah, he is that hypocritical and annoying. Damnit! Wozniak is definitely not someone to put on your “want to meet” list.<br/><br/><span style=”font-weight: bold;”>5.2/10</span> – Couldn’t wait to finish this; it was painful<br/>