The Steve Jobs interview takes place in 1985, and it is interesting to hear Jobs talk so accurately of a coming "information highway" and yet so inaccurately of the future of the computer industry - Jobs has Apple and IBM pegged as the only foreseeable players in the business; the rise of Microsoft is not yet even a blip on Jobs' radar screen.

The book's centerpiece is a 1974 interview with Hugh Hefner, followed by a second interview over 25 years later, in 2000. In the first Hefner is a relatively young man, still riding high as a trailblazer with Playboy, and loving every minute of it. In the second, Hefner is a 74-year-old man fresh off a separation with his wife and reclaiming his title as life of the party, extolling the virtues of Viagra and multiple girlfriends less than half his age. As you might expect, he was still loving every minute of it. Whether you admire or abhor Hefner, it's difficult to argue that he's lived the life of many a man's fantasy.

Movers and Shakers closes out with a 1979 interview with Malcolm Forbes. At first it seems out of place, coming directly on the heels of interviews with software kings Bill Gates and Larry Ellison. But in fact it's a great way to end a book such as this, with an unrepentant capitalist celebrating the wonderful life he's had the opportunity to lead and continuing to chase ever more interesting pursuits (including motorcycles and hot air ballooning). Forbes exemplifies what comes through in most all of these interview subjects - a zest for life and a desire to keep playing the game at the highest level.