“A woman gave my dad $400 so we could get an apartment. We were living in a park. That's how we got started: Four hundred bucks, and look at me. When I donate a computer to a school, I never know what's going to come out of it.” KnowsLooksSchoolFourDadComputerHundredMy DadParksApartmentLook At MeBucksDonate Author:Gilbert Arenas
“All children need a laptop. Not a computer, but a human laptop. Moms, Dads, Grannies and Grandpas, Aunts, Uncles - someone to hold them, read to them, teach them. Loved ones who will embrace them and pass on the experience, rituals and knowledge of a hundred previous generations. Loved ones who will pass to the next generation their expectations of them, their hopes, and their dreams.” LoveNeedsHumansChildrenDreamNextTeachGenerationsMomDadComputerExpectationsHundredEmbraceRitualLoved OnesUnclesAuntNext GenerationLaptopsGrandpaGrannyPrevious GenerationsMom Dad Author:Colin Powell
“Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.” DoeArtRunningKidsCreativityDesignCreationGeniusDadComputerProjectsCraftsProgrammingCategoriesMumComputer ProgrammingManuscriptsHairdresserArts And Crafts Author:Tabatha Coffey
“I didn't realize how good I was with technology until I met my parents... my dad told me "You're good; you should be a computer programmer." I said, "You're bad... you should be a caveman."” ShouldSaidHumorFunnyParentRealizingTechnologyDadMetsComputerMy DadProgrammersComputer Programmers Author:Mike Birbiglia
“I sampled a bit of stuff from my dad's collection. He has probably a bigger record collection than I do. I try to buy as much as possible, because I've never been able to keep an MP3 collection organized. I like to keep my computers as clean as possible.” TryingAbleStuffBitsRecordsDadComputerBiggerCleanMy DadOrganizedCollectionsMp3 Author:Girl Talk
“Computers tend to separate us from each other - Mum's on the laptop, Dad's on the iPad, teenagers are on Facebook, toddlers are on the DS, and so on.” DadComputerTeenagerMumLaptopsIpadsToddler Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“Back in high school I told my dad, "I'm going to have a computer someday." And he said that it cost as much as a house-the downpayment on a house. And I said, "Well, I'll live in an apartment."” WellsSaidSchoolHouseDadCostComputerHigh SchoolMy DadSomedayApartment Author:Steve Wozniak
“I considered law and math. My Dad was a lawyer. I think though I would have ended up in physics if I didn't end up in computer science.” IfsThinkingEndsLawDadComputerMy DadMathLawyerPhysicsComputer Science Author:Bill Gates
“I first learnt to program a computer when I was nine, when my dad got a ZX80, but I think I would have had to be a particularly perspicacious child to have foreseen the iPad or Twitter!” ThinkingFirstsChildrenDadComputerProgramMy DadNineIpadsForeseen Author:Suw Charman-Anderson
“Every new thing upsets people. We all know someone that has a teenage kid who sits in the room and the television is on, their iPod is on, they have the computer on and at least three other electronic devices going while they're doing their homework. It drives the dad nuts, but he can't complain because the kid's a 4.1 (GPA) student.” PeopleKnowsKidsThreeRoomsStudentsTelevisionDadComputerComplainingUpsetDevicesNutsNew ThingsTeenageHomeworkIpodsElectronic DevicesGpa Author:Paul Saffo
“I got an email from my dad after the Super Bowl, and he was like, "Will you send me all of the Beyoncé Knowles songs that you have on your computer?" I'm like, "You never listen to Beyoncé. I'm so excited right now." It's good to embrace new things. I like when I can show people that it's not all one genre, and everything is very much inspired by everything else.” PeopleSongLike YouDadComputerEmbraceInspiredMy DadExcited Author:Caitlin Rose