“I've got to tell you, the Internet is a place you go when you want to turn your brain on, and television is a place you go when you want to turn your brain off. I'm not at all convinced that the twain will meet.” WantTurnsBrainTelevisionInternetConvincedPlaces You Go Author:Steve Jobs
“Steve Jobs made the case to Xerox PARC execs directly that they had great technology but that Apple knew how to make it affordable enough to change the world. This was very open. In the end, Xerox got a large block of Apple stock for sharing the technology. That's not stealing outright.” WorldMadeEndsEnoughJobsCasesTechnologyStealingBlockApplesChanging The WorldAffordableXeroxGreat Technology Author:Steve Wozniak
“Artificial intelligence is what we don't know how to do yet” KnowsKnow HowArtificial IntelligenceArtificial Author:Alan Kay
“The problem is not software 'friendliness'. It is conceptual clarity. A globe does not say, 'good morning'. It is simple and clear, not 'friendly'.” DoeProblemSimpleMorningClearClarityFriendlySoftwareGlobesFriendliness Author:Ted Nelson
“Bad User on Device is a medium that can dynamically simulate the details of any other medium, including media that cannot exist physically. It is not a tool, although it can act like many tools. It is the first metamedium, and as such it has degrees of freedom for representation and expression never before encountered and as yet barely investigated.” FirstsMediaExpressionDegreesToolsIncludingDetailsMediumsDevicesUsersRepresentationSimulate Author:Alan Kay
“What's the difference between obsolete and cutting edge? Obsolete works.” DifferencesCuttingEdgesObsoleteCutting Edge Author:Nicholas Negroponte
“Do what's good for humans, modeled on how humans already do things; ignore what's convenient for computers.” HumansComputerConvenient Author:Stewart Brand
“On the Internet, you can form a community without having to go through the trouble of meeting anyone.” FormCommunityTroubleInternetMeetings Author:Ian Jack
“What advertisers call brand loyalty is merely the consumer's defense against the need to waste energy differentiating among things that barely differ.” NeedsEnergyWasteDefenseLoyaltyBrandsConsumersAdvertisersBrand Loyalty Author:Ellen Goodman
“Everything is similar if you're willing to look far out of focus.” IfsLooksFocusWilling Author:Marvin Minsky