“The real tight interface is between the book and the reader-the world of the book is plugged right into your brain, never mind the [virtual reality] bodysuit.” WorldMindBookRealRealityBrainDesignReaderSoftwareVirtual RealityInterfacesSoftware Design Author:Bill McKibben
“When we use a language, we should commit ourselves to knowing it, being able to read it, and writing it idiomatically.” ShouldWritingUseAbleLanguageKnowingDesignCommitSoftwareSoftware Design Author:Ron Jeffries
“Learning research tells us that the time lag from experiment to feedback is critical.” DesignResearchCriticalExperimentsSoftwareFeedbackSoftware DesignLag Author:Kent Beck
“We don't think of ourselves as being perfectionists, really. To us it's more about desperately trying to have it sound more or less OK.” ThinkingTryingSoundDesignSoftwarePerfectionistSoftware Design Author:Donald Fagen
“Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.” ThinkingMenWellsMayPlansDesignOriginalsSoftwareInfantCradleProgressionGrown ManSoftware Design Author:Edmund Burke
“Inspiration comes from the act of writing.” WritingInspirationDesignSoftwareSoftware Design Author:Steve Doll
“... as a slow-witted human being I have a very small head and I had better learn to live with it and to respect my limitations and give them full credit, rather than to try to ignore them, for the latter vain effort will be punished by failure.” GivingTryingHumansHuman BeingsEffortDesignCreditLimitationVainLatterSoftwareSoftware Design Author:Edsger Dijkstra
“To a database person, every nail looks like a thumb. Or something like that.” LooksPersonsDesignSoftwareNailsThumbsSoftware DesignDatabases Author:Jamie Zawinski
“Java development without a little heresy would be a dull place, and a dangerous one.” LittlesWould BeDangerousDesignDevelopmentDullSoftwareHeresySoftware DesignJava Book:Better, Faster, Lighter Java Source: Better, Faster, Lighter Java
“The hardest part of design ... is keeping features out.” DesignHardestFeaturesSoftwareSoftware Design Author:Donald A. Norman