Abby Road (Beatles), 412

ABC, 219, 436, 438

Academy Awards, 244, 248

Adams, Ansel, 105, 277, 330

Adams, Scott, 523

Adobe, 241, 247, 381, 518

Apple and, 514–16

Adobe Director, 363

Adobe Flash, 380, 514–15, 517

Adobe Illustrator, 242

Adobe Photoshop, 380

Adobe Premiere, 380

Advertising Age, 165, 418

Advocate, The, 280, 282

A4 (microchip), 492–93, 496

Agnelli, Susanna, 126

Aguilera, Christina, 418

Agus, David, 550

Airborne Express, 359

Air Force, U.S., 23

AirPort (base station), 466

Akers, John, 219, 231, 569

Akon (performer), 479

Aladdin (film), 439

Alcorn, Al, xiii, 42–43, 45, 52, 54, 67, 72, 74, 195

Ali, Muhammad, 307

Alinsangan, Susan, 391

Allchin, Jim, 403

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 774

Allen, Gary, 376

Allen, Paul, 59, 61

Allen, Tim, 432

Allen, Woody, 429

All One Farm (commune), 39, 50, 53, 59, 63, 103

All Things Digital conference, 463

“All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” (Brautigan), 57

Alps Electronics Co., 146–47

Altair (personal computer), 59, 173

Alto (computer), 95

Amazon, 410, 531, 533

Kindle of, 503, 534

SJ on, 503–4

Amelio, Gil, xiii, 296–97, 327, 332, 335, 336, 341

Apple-NeXT deal and, 299–303

Macworld gaffe of, 307–8, 339

media and, 311–12

Newton crisis and, 309, 338

ouster of, 305–15, 324, 326

ship parable of, 310

SJ’s first meeting with, 297–98, 304, 316–17