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observations and thoughts on culture, society, and software development by david kopec. -- book review: small fry | published sunday, september 9, 2018 lisa brennan-jobs is a good writer: quick-witted, poignant, and observational. her style reminds me of her aunt’s ( mona simpson ) novels. this is no surprise, since she mentions her in small fry as an inspiration. also of note, is that her aunt has written a fictionalized account of the same period in lisa’s life as is largely covered by small fry . i read that novel, a regular guy , when i was a teenager. in fact, i’ve been reading books about steve jobs for about two decades now. like many readers, steve jobs is the reason i picked up small fry , but lisa’s journey resonated with me almost as much as the moments about her father. when you become interested in a historical figure and start watching and reading about them, there’s a cast of characters—their family, their friends—that you’re introduced to along the way. my first exposure to lisa came through the 1999 film pirates of silicon valley , in which the story of her relationship with her father plays prominently. by the time i had read the second coming of steve jobs by alan deutschman the following year, to me she was an important sidenote—his initial denial of paternity of her following her birth, a significant blemish, for an otherwise heroic figure. the deeper you go in a canon (and there is a steve jobs canon—at least fifteen books), the more you become interested in those peripheral characters. and somewhere along the way i became interested in lisa’s story. lisa’s story is intertwined with that of her mother, chrisann brennan , jobs’s high school girlfriend, first love, and financial dependent for a large portion of lisa’s life. she wrote a memoir a few years ago, the bite in the apple . so, in actuality we have three books— a regular guy , the bite in the apple , and little fry —which overlap very significantly in the period and relationships that they capture. each comes from a different perspective, and i think it was likely important to lisa that she recapture her own narrative through this memoir. it’s not only a chance to correct the record, but also can provide some kind of closure. ostensibly this is more than a memoir about her relationship with her father. it’s a memoir about growing up with that as a backdrop, but i frankly found the first half of the book pretty slow. that’s probably because there’s less of her father in the first half, and the parts with her father were the parts that interested me the most. lisa has a tendency to write about events that occurred to her 30 years+ ago in great levels of detail. levels of detail so great (exact words, imagery, and small happenings) that one has to conclude she either has a photographic memory, or is remembering things in the most dramatic way to suit her narrative. the bite in the apple also suffers from this flaw—overly exact ancient memories that cause the reader to question the veracity of their content. it is of course possible that both mother and daughter have incredible memories, but it’s also possible that there’s a little bit of dramatic license in their accounts. small fry is emotionally powerful. the story is dramatic enough that even readers more interested in lisa’s emotional journey than steve jobs will get something out of it. ultimately, as most memoirs by definition tend to be, it’s also one-sided. the low points with her father seem awful, and the high points seem agreeable and fascinating but dulled. mona simpson and laurene powell jobs (steve jobs’s widow) have put out a statement questioning lisa’s harsh treatment of her father . i think, in wanting to recapture her narrative, lisa did have something of an agenda in writing this book, even if she’s not willing to admit it to herself in its pages. however, that doesn’t mean it’s not a good book, that doesn’t take you on a meaningful emotional journey, and further develop your understanding of steve jobs. email this blogthis! share to twitter share to facebook share to pinterest posted in book review , small fry , steve jobs | leave a comment book review: grant by ron chernow | published tuesday, august 21, 2018 at nearly one thousand pages in length, grant by ron chernow, is a true commitment for a casual reader. chernow ably navigates the events of grant’s life as well as the complex history and politics that surround them. one comes away from the book with a firm understanding of the civil war, mid-late 19th century american politics, and the characters that influenced grant’s life. however, grant himself remains an enigma for much of the book. chernow is one of the ablest biographers of our time. his masterful, award-winning biographies of alexander hamilton and george washington are different from his treatment of grant. of the three, grant, with his everyman persona and significant personal failings, is the most relatable to the average reader. and this comes across in chernow’s work, but there is also a distinct difference in writing style. almost emulating his subject, chernow uses less of the grandiose language and vocabulary ever-present in his earlier books. that does not mean the writing is any less refined. if anything, it is just more approachable. chernow chooses the right level of detail with regards to discussing grant’s family, friends, and rivals. we learn enough about them to understand how they affected grant, and chernow does not shy from interesting anecdotes. but the book, despite its length, never gets bogged down in unnecessarily long side stories about minor characters. what was missing in most of the book was an understanding of grant’s personality and what it would be like to sit in a room with him. there are constant references to his laconic manner in public, drinking issues, and also mentions that he was a good story-teller in private. however, unlike with washington , chernow does not paint the kind of personality portrait that makes you feel like you know what it would be like to talk to ulysses s. grant. chernow tries to express grant’s personality through his actions, but it’s not enough. perhaps this is an over-correction for chernow, who was criticized by some for playing pseudo-psychologist in washington . one does get a better sense of grant’s personality in the final couple of hundred pages. the story stays compelling right through to the end. perhaps this is because chernow knows what to include and what to leave out, or perhaps this is because grant’s life was just so compelling. either way, grant is worth reading through to the end. not only is it a superb history lesson, it’s also a comprehensive portrait of a human enigma that deserves dissecting. email this blogthis! share to twitter share to facebook share to pinterest posted in book review , ron chernow , ulysses s. grant | leave a comment announcing classic computer science problems in python | published thursday, july 26, 2018 i am pleased to announce the availability of my third book, classic computer science problems in python . starting today, you can purchase early access to the book from manning . use promo code mlkopec2 for 50% off through august 3rd, 2018. i have completed drafts of the first four of nine chapters, three of which are available today from manning, with the next three to follow over the summer. the final version of the book will arrive in fall 2018. the book requires python 3.7 and makes extensive use of type hints. classic computer science problems in python is a great “second book on python.” it is aimed at those with some basic knowledge of python’s syntax who want to delve deeper into the covered problem solving techniques, brush up on core algorithms, or learn more python using problems familiar to them from other languages. it is suitable for professionals looking to deepen their understanding of the covered topics, students with some programming background looking to expand t
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