“I've always been a bit of a mix between art and technology. I used to paint a lot, but I'm not very good with my hands. It has always been a fusion between my computer gaming interests and being exposed to the rich data of society that we live in.” ArtHandsUsedBitsInterestTechnologyRichComputerPaintVery GoodDataExposedGamingFusionArt And Technology Author:Aaron Koblin
“Surveying the shifts of interest among computer scientists and the ever-expanding family of those who depend on computers for their work, one cannot help being struck by the power of the computer to bind together, in a genuine community of interest, people whose motivations differ widely.” PeopleHelpingTogetherMotivationInterestCommunityDependsComputerScientistGenuineExpanding Author:Maurice Wilkes
“Saul Gorn, an authority on machine oi automated language who has expanded his interests from the use of the computer foi information storage and retrieval to the broader topic of the "'information pollution" and an examination of the forces which contribute to it.” UseLanguageForceInterestInformationAuthorityComputerMachinesPollutionTopicsExaminationStorage Author:Saul Gorn
“As an artist, I move along in my life, into whatever things I'm doing, and I hear things where it's like, "Oh, that'd be a great [song] title! I'll use that!" So I keep a running list of titles on my computer. I've got these words and phrases that just sustained my interest. So I'm a step ahead, really, with the titling!” UseRunningMovingArtistSongInterestStepsComputerListsTitlesPhrasesSong Titles Author:Andy Summers
“It was very challenging in terms of making sure that everyone is distinct. Also, we wanted to have some Asian influences as well, so that it really is a mashup. We want evidence of our presence in this world, so you'll see there's an interest in technology, that there are not complex electronics. There's electricity in this world, but computers, circuits don't work.” WorldWantWellsWantedTermInterestChallengesTechnologyInfluenceThis WorldComputerEvidenceComplexesElectricityAsianCircuitsElectronicsMashups Author:Miles Millar
“Did you ever notice that people who are good with a computer don't use it for much of anything except being good with a computer? They know all about information technology, but they don't have much interest in the information. I'm the opposite.” PeopleKnowsUseInterestTechnologyInformationComputerOppositesBe GoodInformation Technology Author:Andy Rooney
“I did not have a computer until recently. I'm not really a computer person; I'm really hands-on. I can't make it work if it's all behind the black curtain. It doesn't interest me. I want to see what's actually happening back there.” IfsWantPersonsI CanHandsBlackInterestBehindsComputerHappeningsCurtains Author:Scoot McNairy
“I met Woz when I was 13, at a friend's garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I met who knew more electronics than I did at that point. We became good friends, because we shared an interest in computer and we had a sense of humor. We pulled all kinds of pranks together.” FirstsKindPersonsTogetherInterestMetsComputerAll KindsSense Of HumorGood FriendBest FriendFirst PersonGarageElectronicsPranks Author:Steve Jobs
“I think of myself of a primitivist. I have never had any of these electronic instruments and I have never had the slightest interest in using them. I use the computer as a tool, simply because it makes composing a lot faster. But I don't go on stage with a computer and make a lot of goofy sounds.” ThinkingUseSoundInterestStageGoes OnComputerToolsInstrumentsFasterComposingGoofy Author:Glenn Branca
“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
“At the age of 5, when I was in kindergarten, I often used to pass by the computer labs and see students doing work on computers. I realized that calculation, which would take us a long time to do, can be done in less than a second with the help of computers. So that is how my interest in computers began.” LongDoneHelpingAgeUsedInterestStudentsComputerLong TimeI RealizedCalculationsLabsKindergarten Author:Arfa Karim