“In software, we rarely have meaningful requirements. Even if we do, the only measure of success that matters is whether our solution solves the customer's shifting idea of what their problem is.” IfsIdeasMatterProblemTechnologyComputerSolutionsSolveCustomersMeaningfulProgrammingSoftwareRequirementsShiftingComputer ProgrammingMeasure Of SuccessComputer Software Author:Jeff Atwood
“I use a computer, but before I begin each new book I keep a notebook. I write down everything that comes to mind during that period before I actually begin. It might take months or weeks. That notebook is my security blanket so that I never have to face a blank screen (or blank page). But I print out often and my best ideas usually come with a pencil in my hand.” WritingMindBookIdeasUseHandsMightFacesWeekSecurityMonthsPeriodsComputerPagesScreensPrintBlankPencilsBlanketNotebookNew BooksBlank Pages Author:Judy Blume
“Ever since I first used a computer in the early '80s, I've thought of it as a fundamentally new medium for the dissemination of ideas which can transform people's lives and the society we live in.” PeopleFirstsIdeasUsedComputerMediums80sDissemination Author:Mike McCue
“If I have an idea in my head, within no time it's into the computer, it may take more time to make it sound right, but that's the only issue.” IfsMayIdeasSoundIssuesComputerMore Time Author:Martin Garrix
“When Paul [Greengrass] was writing, he'd send me story ideas that he had. He was particularly interested in social movements and revolutions that had been happening all over the world, and how computers and the internet had helped those movements. He encouraged me to read a book about Anonymous, the hacker group called "white hat" hackers, meaning they're driven by ideology and social disruption as opposed to just greed.” WorldWritingBookIdeasStoriesSocialWhiteGroupsMovementRevolutionInternetComputerHappeningsGreedDrivenIdeologyHatsDisruptionHackersSocial Movements Author:Julia Stiles
“I spend a lot of time going over old conversation summaries. A lot of the old ones are about ideas that ended in failure, the project didn't work. But hey, you know what? That was five years ago, and now computers are faster, or some new information has come along, the world is different. So we're able to reboot the project.” KnowsWorldYearsIdeasDifferentAbleFiveInformationConversationComputerProjectsYears AgoHeyFasterFive YearsHey YouSummaryNew Information Author:Edward Boyden
“I start my process hand written, and then I dump it in. It's like you're getting a second draft 'cause when I put it in the computer, I fix it and change stuff. That's my process. I picked that up from speaking to Neil Gaiman and Joe Hill. I was messing around with the idea of starting to write more, writing a book and doing things like this, and I reached out for advice. They were like, "Oh, we hand write, and then we dump it all in." I was like, "Great! There's no more blank pages."” WritingBookIdeasHandsCausesStuffProcessWrittenAdviceLike YouComputerPagesStartingHillsBlankWriting A BookDumpBlank PagesGaimanStarting To Write Author:Gerard Way
“You have to think back to the '90s. The computer was this terrible-looking thing that was trying to compete with the television. And it was this idea of email and chat rooms and this kind of stuff that first people - got people there.” PeopleThinkingTryingFirstsKindIdeasStuffRoomsTelevisionTerribleComputerEmail Author:Tim Wu
“I am a plodder, I make an appointment with my computer everyday and I have no idea where I am going.” IdeasComputerEverydayNo IdeaAppointments Author:Wally Lamb
“It was 4 or 5 years into my first design job before the idea of doing graphic design on computers started taking hold. I started working in 1980, the Macintosh was introduced in 1984, then the real desktop publishing only started coming around in 85-86, but it wasn't really until the end of the decade that the transition became irresistible.” YearsFirstsIdeasRealEndsJobsDesignComputerDecadesTransitionPublishingGraphicIrresistibleGraphic DesignMacintoshDesktopDesktop Publishing Author:Michael Bierut
“There was a time when most people had a choice between two kinds of personal communication, handwriting or using a typewriter. Today, people are invited to choose from a list of (surprisingly exotic) typefaces every time they turn on their computer. I think this has made everyone more aware of the idea that picking a typeface is a conscious choice.” PeopleThinkingKindMadeTwoIdeasTodayTurnsChoicesCommunicationComputerConsciousListsInvitedTurn-onExoticTypewritersHandwritingTypefaces Author:Michael Bierut
“Virtual reality might be able to give you a way of doing hands-on to construct ideas in a computer.” WayGivingIdeasHandsRealityMightAbleComputerConstructsVirtual Reality Author:Owsley Stanley
“Just because you can make an album on a laptop computer in your back bedroom doesn't mean it's going to be any good. Like any 'product', it has to come from a good original idea. There are no shortcuts!” MeanIdeasProductsComputerOriginalsAlbumsBedroomShortcutsLaptopsOriginal IdeasLaptop Computers Author:Horace Panter
“Today the patent office is obsolete. You just take whatever you do, tool up, and start production for six months. At the end of the six months you put the data on all the computer inputs all over the world and you got your business. You can make all your money, and then people can steal it, but by then it doesn't matter because you've made the money up front and you avoid wasting money in lawsuits. [My father] had all these kinds of ideas years ahead of others.” PeopleWorldYearsKindMadeIdeasEndsMatterTodayFatherFrontsMonthsOfficeSixComputerToolsProductionsStealingDataSix MonthsObsoleteInputPatentsLawsuitWasting Money Author:Paul Laffoley
“Steve Jobs was one of the first people to understand that the computer wasn't just a tool, but that it could be an extension of ourselves, and he positioned Apple that way. The iPod was this revolutionary device with the idea of 1,000 songs in your pocket, and then that machine represents who you are.” PeopleWayFirstsIdeasJobsSongComputerToolsMachinesWho You AreRevolutionaryApplesPocketsDevicesExtensionsIpods Author:Alex Gibney
“I don't really sit at the computer from scratch. I prefer to get my ideas in my fingers and I write longhand first.” WritingFirstsIdeasComputerFingersScratches Author:Mary Ann Hoberman
“My kids watch everything downloaded; they have no idea what the numbers or the names of the channels mean, except "FX makes the show that I see on my computer." So it's harder to get a show on the air, but at the same time, there are a lot of terrific shows.” MeanIdeasShowsKidsNamesNumbersWatchesAirComputerHarderNo IdeaTerrific Author:Denis Leary
“The computer allows me to execute my ideas at the speed I think them.” ThinkingIdeasComputerSpeed Author:will.i.am
“I assemble my ideas in pieces on a computer file, then gradually find a place for them on a piece of scaffolding I erect.” IdeasPiecesComputerFilesScaffolding Author:Alain de Botton
“Nothing could be more misleading than the idea that computer technology introduced the age of information. The printing press began that age, and we have not been free of it since.” IdeasAgeTechnologyInformationComputerPressesMisleadPrintingPrinting PressComputer Technology Author:Neil Postman
“Rarely is it possible to study all of the instructions to a game before beginning to play, or to memorize the manual before turning on the computer. The excitement of improvisation lies not only in the risk of being involved but in the new ideas, as heady as the adrenaline of performance, that seems to come from nowhere.” IdeasPlaySeemsLyingGamesStudyRiskInvolvedComputerPerformancesExcitementInstructionNew IdeasImprovisationAdrenalineManuals Author:Mary Catherine Bateson