“My biggest mistake: not wanting to help myself into thinking I am happy, that change would come about without really trying to change, or wanting to change. Procrastinating about changing. I do want to change.” ThinkingWantTryingHelpingMistakeProcrastinatingTrying To ChangeBiggest Mistake Author:Beatrice Sparks
“I pretend I've got lots of confidence and I'm a big jock and like that but deep inside I'm a frightened, insecure, can't-make-it failure.” BigsFrightenedInsecureDeep InsideJocks Book:Jay's Journal Source: Jay's Journal
“When Private Bradley [aka Chelsea] Manning put his conscience ahead of his personal well-being by allegedly releasing important information to the world's public via WikiLeaks, he was put into an inhumane solitary confinement and is now facing charges that carry the possibility of him spending the rest of his life in prison.” WorldWellsImportantInformationPossibilityConsciencePrisonSpendingWell BeingSolitaryChelseaConfinementWikileaksInhumaneSolitary ConfinementAka Author:Ray McGovern
“People don't want novelty - they want the reassurance of familiarity. No-one wants to be challenged, no-one wants to have their minds blown. There is an insatiable appetite for affirmation.” PeopleWantMindAppetiteAffirmationNoveltyFamiliarityInsatiableReassurance Author:Lauren Beukes
“There is a huge set of consequences that start stacking up as you approach the end-game. And even in terms of the ending itself, it continues to break down to some very large decisions. So it's not like a ****c game ending where everything is linear and you make a choice between a few things - it really does layer in many, many different choices, up to the final moments, where it's going to be different for everyone who plays it.” DoeDifferentEndsPlayMomentsChoicesGamesTermDecisionBreakHugeApproachConsequenceFinalsLayersBreaking DownLinearDifferent ChoicesStacking Author:Ray Muzyka
“Even better than good error messages is a careful design which prevents a problem from occurring in the first place. Either eliminate error-prone conditions or check for them and present users with a confirmation option before they commit to the action.” FirstsProblemActionConditionsDesignMessagesErrorsCarefulChecksCommitUsersConfirmation Author:Jakob Nielsen
“The system should always keep users informed about what is going on, through appropriate feedback within reasonable time.” ShouldReasonableAppropriateUsersFeedback Book:Usability Engineering Source: Usability Engineering
“Progressive disclosure defers advanced or rarely used features to a secondary screen, making applications easier to learn and less error-prone.” UsedEasierErrorsScreensFeaturesProgressiveApplicationDisclosure Author:Jakob Nielsen