“Go to the bookstore and look at how many bookshelves are filled with books trying to explain how to work the devices. We don't see shelves of books on how to use television sets, telephones, refrigerators or washing machines. Why should we for computer-based applications?” ShouldTryingLooksBookUseTelevisionComputerMachinesFilledDevicesApplicationShelvesTelephonesWashingBookstoresRefrigeratorsBookshelvesWashing Machines Author:Donald A. Norman
“The company I invested in is probably a leader in that area. They're a company called Second Spectrum, which happens to be based in LA but was started by two USC computer-science professors. It's filled with guys who love sports, who played sports, but really look like programmers.” LooksTwoHappensGuySportsCompanyLeaderComputerAreasFilledProfessorsSpectrumProgrammersComputer ScienceUsc Author:Steve Ballmer
“It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies.” ViewsInformationPolicyInternetComputerFilledHighwaysBipolarAsylumsBabblingLunatic Asylums Author:Mike Royko
“Limit or eliminate late-night computer and television viewing. A computer or TV screen may seem much dimmer than a light bulb, but these screens often fill your field of vision, mimicking the effects of a room filled with light.” MayLightSeemsNightRoomsVisionEffectsFieldsTelevisionTvsLimitsComputerLateFilledScreensBulbsLate NightLight BulbMimicking Author:Andrew Weil
“Living alone,' November whispered, 'is a skill, like running long distance or programming old computers. You have to know parameters, protocols. You have to learn them so well that they become like a language: to have music always so that the silence doesn't overwhelm you, to perform your work exquisitely well so that your time is filled. You have to allow yourself to open up until you are the exact size of the place you live, no more or else you get restless. No less, or else you drown. There are rules; there are ways of being and not being.” KnowsWayWellsLongRunningLanguageSilenceSkillsComputerFilledDistanceSizeProgrammingRestlessNovemberLong DistanceParametersProtocolLiving AlonePlaces You Live Author:Catherynne M. Valente