The perfect thing : how the iPod shuffles commerce, culture, and coolness / Steven Levy.
| Author/creator | Levy, Steven |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, ©2006. |
| Description | xv, 284 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | iPod timeline -- Perfect -- Origin -- Personal -- Apple -- Cool -- Download -- Shuffle -- Identity -- Podcast -- Coda. |
| Abstract | Steven Levy has had rare access to everyone at Apple who was involved in creating the iPod--including Steve Jobs, Apple's charismatic cofounder and CEO, whom he has known for over twenty years. In telling the story behind the iPod, Levy explains how it went from the drawing board to global sensation. He also examines how this deceptively diminutive gadget raises a host of new technical, legal, social, and musical questions (including the all-important use of one's playlist as an indicator of coolness), and writes about where the iPhenomenon might go next in his new Afterword. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-269) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006050270 |
| ISBN | 0743285220 |
| ISBN | 9780743285223 |