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The 60 Minutes Interview with Walter Isaacson... New Steve Jobs Biography Just a few short weeks after the death of Steve Jobs comes a 627 page biography by Walter Isaacson, the former Managing Editor of TIME and CEO of CNN. Isaacson first discussed writing the book with Jobs seven years ago and has since interviewed the Apple CEO more than 40 times. Now, appearing on 60 Minutes, he talks publicly about the new book simply called Steve Jobs. It hit bookshelves yesterday and already stands atop the Amazon Bestseller list. The 29 minute interview (Part 1 here, and 2 here gives you a feel for the book that’s willing to tell the good, the bad and the sometimes ugly of Jobs’ life. If you’re looking to get your hands on the biography, give this some thought
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The Oxford English Dictionary has chosen its its (two-word) word of the year Squeezed Middle. Last year’s word of the year was big society, and the word of 2009 was unfriend
Those who spend time on Twitter might have guessed that OWS, occupy or 99% would have come out on top this year. They didn’t come out on top, but they did make the shortlist, alongside some notable tech buzzwords. Gamification, clicktivism and crowdfunding made the U.S. shortlist, while hacktivism, sodcasting (playing music on your phone’s speaker in a public place) and — not surprisingly — phone hacking made the UK list. Above is the full U.S. shortlist for 2011′s word of the year, along with OED definitions: |
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