“My boyfriend got me a computer three years ago. I'll admit it does make things a lot easier. When I was working on a typewriter and I whited out a line, often I would choose a word to go in the space just because it fit. Now I don't have to do that.” YearsDoeThreeLinesSpaceFitEasierComputerYears AgoThree YearsTypewritersMy Boyfriend Author:David Sedaris
“Much of my work has come from being lazy. I didn't like writing programs, and so, when I was working on the IBM 701 (an early computer), writing programs for computing missile trajectories, I started work on a programming system to make it easier to write programs.” WritingEasierComputerProgramProgrammingLazyMissilesComputingTrajectoryIbmBeing Lazy Author:John Backus
“It is a real service to humanity and the world to be a good programmer, particularly if you design great products. You make is easier for everybody, everybody has less headaches.” IfsWorldRealScienceHumanityDesignProductsEasierComputerProgrammersComputer ScienceHeadacheService To Humanity Author:Frederick Lenz
“It's a lot easier to teach someone how to use a computer than it is to teach someone how to be an artist, so we figured if they can animate with a pencil, we can teach them how to animate with a computer.” IfsUseArtistTeachEasierComputerPencils Author:Victor Navone
“It's miraculous how much easier the computer has made my sort of work.” MadeEasierComputerMiraculous Author:Max Hastings
“Why is computer science a good field for women? For one thing, thats where the jobs are, and for another, the pay is better than for many jobs, and finally, its easier to combine career and family.” JobsPayCareersOne ThingFieldsEasierComputerComputer Science Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“There's a theory, and I think the theory is right, that in order to make a change you've got to make the whole language of the page harmonious. Well, that's a lot easier with a computer.” ThinkingWellsWholeOrderLanguageTheoryEasierComputerPagesMaking ChangesHarmonious Author:Robert Caro
“A big book is a hard thing to manage - I find the computer makes it easier to keep it in order, and to keep the old drafts (which I sometimes go back to) without drowning in paper.” BookSometimesHardBigsOrderEasierPaperComputerManageDrowningHard ThingsBig Book Author:Kate Grenville
“When I have a first draft, I have a floor under my feet that I can walk on. And then, especially with the help of the computer, rewriting is so easy to do with the computer, much easier than it used to be with the typewriter. So the books go through numerous drafts.” FirstsI CanBookHelpingUsedEasyWalksFeetEasierComputerUsed To BeTypewritersRewriting Author:Philip Roth
“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
“The key is to let computers do what they are good at, which is trawling these massive data sets for something that is mathematically odd. And that makes it easier for humans to do what they are good at - explaining those anomalies.” HumansKeysEasierComputerDataOddMassiveExplainingAnomalies Author:Daniel Bruhl
“I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.” YearsSometimesEasierComputerYears AgoHacks Author:Kevin Mitnick
“Regardless of how it's done, transaction costs will continue to plummet as computers get more powerful. Low transaction costs are a wonderful thing if you're in the transaction business. They're wonderful for consumers too, making it cheaper and easier to buy things and creating new things to buy.” IfsDonePowerfulWonderfulEasierCostComputerCreatingLowsConsumersNew ThingsWonderful ThingsCheaperTransactionsCreating New Things Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.” ChangeFitEasierComputerProgramVicesProgrammingVice VersaComputer ProgrammingComputer SoftwareSpecifications Author:Alan Perlis
“Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.” NeedsDoneWorkTechnologyEasierComputerWittyProgrammingProgrammersInformation TechnologyHardwareComputer ProgrammersComputer TechnologyComputer SoftwareFunny ComputerComputer SystemsComputer Hacking Author:Andy Rooney