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Hundreds of millions of people use Apple products every day; a few thousand work on Apple's campus in California; but only a handful sit at the drawing board. Creative Selection recounts the life of one of the few behind the scenes, a highly-respected software engineer who worked in the final…
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Apple is the most secretive commercial company I know. Most books that have been written about them are about their colorful co-founder Steve Jobs, and much less about the inner workings. My favorite book on how the actual work of product is done at Apple is Creative Selection by former engineering lead Ken Kocienda. Ken worked on some of the company’s most important products and technologies, during what I’d consider the peak innovation period for the company (so far). Because Ken is an engineer, this book provides the engineering perspective, but the book is loaded with useful observations, learnings and…
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