“When I use a direct manipulation system whether for text editing, drawing pictures, or creating and playing games I do think of myself not as using a computer but as doing the particular task. The computer is, in effect, invisible. The point cannot be overstressed: make the computer system invisible.” ThinkingUseGamesEffectsParticularComputerCreatingTasksDirectDrawingInvisibleManipulationEditingPlaying GamesComputer SystemsDrawing Pictures Author:Donald A. Norman
“When I started editing on my home computer, I said to myself, 'Well, I could be at home studying for a class or I could be at home editing a video.'” WellsSaidHomeClassStudyComputerVideoEditing Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I chose to go to Arizona, because it was an opportunity to make something that I've never done. To work with different people and to have a good time when you're recording and to not have the whole thing be some sort of editing process in front of a computer, but to actually try and capture some sort of spirit.” PeopleTryingDifferentDoneWholeSpiritOpportunityProcessFrontsComputerGood TimesCaptureEditingDifferent PeoplesHaving A Good TimeArizona Author:Joel Plaskett
“Pro Tools is an incredible resource. I think it's enabled me to do things that I wouldn't have been able to do without this kind of computer editing.” ThinkingKindHas BeensAbleComputerResourcesToolsIncrediblesEditing Author:Sufjan Stevens
“If you're into writing and making people laugh, or just want to video blog something, you should get a simple digital video camera. And all computers now come with an easy video editing software program. Just mess around with that for a little bit, try to figure it out, then just put stuff online and have fun. Never give up!” PeopleIfsWantGivingShouldWritingTryingLittlesFunEasyStuffBitsSimpleLaughingFiguresGiving UpComputerLittle BitProgramCamerasVideoMessHaving FunDigitalOnlineSoftwareEditingNever Giving UpBlogsMaking People LaughVideo CamerasEditing SoftwareVideo Editing Author:Lucas Cruikshank
“The computer brings out the uptight perfectionist in us - we start editing ideas before we have them.” IdeasComputerEditingPerfectionistUptight Book:Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative Source: Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
“I am somebody who usually writes out the rough draft in longhand. Then I type it into the computer, and that is where I do my editing. I find that if I write it on the computer, I go too quick. So I like getting that first draft out and then typing it in; you are less self-conscious about it.” IfsWritingFirstsSelfTypeComputerConsciousRoughEditingSelf ConsciousTypingRough Drafts Author:Barack Obama
“This notion of changing technology interests me. I work on a computer now, and it's not been easy to adjust. I still prefer to have my hands on film when I'm editing.” StillsHandsFilmEasyInterestTechnologyComputerNotionEditing Author:Hal Hartley