“What I proposed was a computer that would be easy to use, mix text and graphics, and sell for about $1,000. Steve Jobs said that it was a crazy idea, that it would never sell, and we didn't want anything like it. He tried to shoot the project down.” WantSaidIdeasUseWould BeJobsEasyCrazyComputerProjectsSellsCrazy Ideas Author:Jef Raskin
“The computer seems easy because Apple makes the products so easy to use at home. It's the simple things, like getting the TV set up or getting the speakers to work. That drives me crazy.” UseHomeSeemsEasySimpleCrazyTvsProductsComputerApplesSpeakersSimple ThingsDrive Me Crazy Author:Chris O'Donnell
“I write early in the morning at the computer, and people think Im crazy, but I still use my Mac-Classic even though we have a state-of-the-art PC. There are just less distractions with the simpler machine.” PeopleThinkingWritingArtStillsStatesUseMorningCrazyComputerMachinesClassicDistractionMacs Author:Wendelin Van Draanen
“Men are nuts. Young men are crazy. We all love toys. I'm toy oriented. I write about toys. I've got a lot of toys. Hundreds of things. But computers are toys, and men like to mess around with smart dumb things. They feel creative.” MenFeelsWritingYoungCreativeCrazyComputerSmartMessDumbYoung ManNutsToysDumb Things Author:Ray Bradbury
“I liked interacting with students. I liked having coworkers. For a long time, I was really worried that sitting at home by myself in front of a computer was going to make me crazy.” LongHomeCrazyFrontsStudentsComputerLong TimeSittingWorriedInteractingCoworker Author:Gene Luen Yang
“Whatever job I had, I was always writing like crazy. All I ever liked about offices was being able to type up stories on the computer when no one was looking. I was never paying much attention in meetings because I was usually scribbling bits of my latest stories in the margins of the pad or thinking up names for my characters. This is a problem when you're supposed to be taking minutes of the meeting.” ThinkingWritingCharacterStoriesProblemAbleJobsNamesBitsAttentionCrazyMinutesTypeOfficeComputerMeetingsSupposed To BeMarginsPads Author:J. K. Rowling
“There was a period there where I was like, "No, no, no, this is crazy. I don't want to take any more drawing classes and talk about what looks best. I want to study math and psychology and physics and all these nerdy things with computers." That was fun and great, but that didn't work out. At the end of high school, I was like, "Uhh, what's easier? Drawing is easier, I'll do that".” WantLooksEndsSchoolFunClassStudyPsychologyCrazyPeriodsEasierComputerHigh SchoolWork OutMathDrawingPhysicsNerdyHigh School Ending Author:James Pearse Connelly
“One of the things that always drives any practitioner of journalism crazy is you'll run it people who say why doesn't the media cover this or that? Well of course the media covered it. Why didn't you read about it? And, you know, it's, you know, there you are, it's not the journalist's job to knock down your door, you know, punch the URL into your computer and force you to stop watching the Kardashians and to read, you know, a report on integrity in government instead, it's your job.” PeopleKnowsWellsGovernmentRunningJobsCoursesForceDoorsCrazyMediaIntegrityComputerJournalismJournalistReportsCovered Author:David Frum
“The criminal justice system - although this applies less to the U.S., where rehabilitation is not seen as a valuable contribution to criminal justice - in Europe where rehab is supposed to be integral, we have no way of rehabilitating skilled hackers. On the contrary what we do is we demonize them and continue to do so after they come out of jail because we restrict their access to computers by law. Crazy world, crazy people.” PeopleWorldJusticeCrazyComputerValuableJustice SystemCriminal JusticeHackersCrazy PeopleCrazy World Author:Misha Glenny
“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.” WisdomScienceReligionNatureInspiringEducationKnowledgeCrazyIgnoranceComputerIllusionDiscoveryIntelligenceObstaclesOptimisticProgrammingExplorationDiscoveringFavouriteSkepticismExploringComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesKnowledgeableComputer LanguageKnowledge WisdomKnowledge Of GodTrue KnowledgeKnowledge And WisdomSoftware DesignKnowledge EducationMore KnowledgeEducation And KnowledgeWillful IgnoranceKnowing NothingKnowledge And LearningKnowledge LearningReal KnowledgeStupidity And IgnoranceGreatest ObstaclesSimplicity In DesignKnowledge And IgnoranceLearning KnowledgeDiscovery In LifeSharing KnowledgeObstacle In LifeIgnorance And FearGreat KnowledgeIgnorance Is Not BlissDiscovering The TruthTruth And KnowledgeKnowledge Is DangerousTheory Of KnowledgeGrowing Knowledge Author:Daniel J. Boorstin
“Imagine the earth’s population of six billion people reduced to just one hundred representatives. Statistically, that makes 30 white, 70 non-white. It means 6 people own 59% of the wealth and they all live in North America. 80 are in substandard housing. One has an education. One owns a computer. Don’t blame me if it all sounds crazy.” PeopleIfsMeanEarthAmericaSoundWealthWhiteImagineCrazySixComputerHundredBlamePopulationBillionsJust OneRepresentativesHousingNorth AmericaBlame MeDon't Blame Me Author:Grant Morrison