“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
“For his major contributions to the analysis of algorithms and the design of programming languages, and in particular for his contributions to the "art of computer programming" through his well-known books in a continuous series by this title.” WellsArtBookLanguageKnownDesignParticularComputerMajorsSeriesTitlesAnalysisContributionProgrammingWell KnownComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesAlgorithms Author:Donald Knuth
“My particular focus at the moment is on the development of genetic algorithms and neural networks that work together to create computer architectural systems.” MomentsTogetherFocusParticularDevelopmentComputerWorking TogetherRamaAlgorithmsNeural Networks Author:Frederick Lenz
“There are two things in particular that it [the computer industry] failed to foresee: one was the coming of the Internet(...); the other was the fact that the century would end.” TwoEndsFactsCenturyParticularIndustryInternetComputerTwo Things Author:Douglas Adams
“Kids absolutely not reading. I think it's because they're so screen-oriented [TVs, computers, smartphones]. They do read - girls in particular read a lot. They have a tendency to go toward the paranormal, romances, Twilight and stuff like that. And then it starts to taper off because other things take precedence, like the Kardashian sisters.” ThinkingKidsRomanceGirlReadingStuffParticularTvsComputerScreensTendenciesParanormalTwilightPrecedenceSmartphones Author:Stephen King
“Medical science in particular will get exponentially better, especially once computers will be powerful enough to digitally simulate entire human brains, meaning medical experiments that would normally take years can be digitally run taking only hours.” YearsHumansEnoughRunningHoursPowerfulBrainParticularComputerMedicalExperimentsHuman BrainMedical ScienceSimulate Author:Benjamin Stone
“When I think about discussions at the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, a group which includes not only philosophers and psychologists, but also computer scientists and linguists, it is noteworthy that one can't always tell just from the content of particular contributions from the audience, whether a given questioner is a philosopher or an empirical scientist.” ThinkingPhilosophyGivenAudiencePsychologyGroupsParticularComputerScientistPhilosopherDiscussionContributionPsychologistLinguists Author:Hilary Kornblith
“When I'm sitting at my computer writing, I really have this fiendish smile on my face. I am not thinking about the past or the future or how it's going to be received. I feel that I'm very lucky that way; I don't carry that particular anxiety around with me. I'm not anxiety-free by any means, but that happens to be one that I've been spared.” ThinkingWayFeelsWritingMeanHappensPastFacesParticularLuckyAnxietyComputerSittingSmile On My FaceThinking About The Past Author:Maria Semple
“To all the secret writers, late-night painters, would-be singers, lapsed and scared artists of every stripe, dig out your paintbrush, or your flute, or your dancing shoes. Pull out your camera or your computer or your pottery wheel. Today, tonight, after the kids are in bed or when your homework is done, or instead of one more video game or magazine, create something, anything. Pick up a needle and thread, and stitch together something particular and honest and beautiful, because we need it. I need it. Thank you, and keep going.” NeedsDoneWould BeKidsTodayTogetherBeautifulArtistNightGamesSecretHonestParticularBedComputerLatePicksCamerasDancingShoesScaredSingersVideoPainterMagazinesWheelsTonightKeep GoingThreadNeedlesHomeworkStripesFlutesLate NightPotteryStitchesPaintbrushNeedle And Thread Author:Shauna Niequist
“A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage.” WritingDoeInspiringParticularInternetJudgmentComputerAdvantageSubstitutesFree SpeechLiteracyPencilsComputer Literacy Book:The Essence of Security: Reflections in Office Source: The Essence of Security: Reflections in Office
“My work was fairly theoretical. It was in recursive function theory. And in particular, hierarchies of functions in terms of computational complexity. I got involved in real computers and programming mainly by being - well, I was interested even as I came to graduate school.” WellsRealSchoolTermParticularTheoryInvolvedComputerFunctionComplexityProgrammingGraduatesHierarchyTheoreticalGraduate School Author:Dennis Ritchie
“The more you pursue distractions, the less effective any particular distraction is, and so I'd had to up various dosages, until, before I knew it, I was checking my e-mail every ten minutes, and my plugs of tobacco were getting ever larger, and my two drinks a night had worsened to four, and I'd achieved such deep mastery of computer solitaire that my goal was no longer to win a game but to win two or more games in a row--a kind of meta-solitaire whose fascination consisted not in playing the cards but in surfing the streaks of wins and losses.” KindTwoNightGamesWinningGoalLossFourMinutesParticularDrinkTenComputerVariousPursueCardsDistractionMasteryMailSurfingFascinationTobaccoStreaksPlugsWins And LossesDosage Book:Farther Away: Essays Source: Farther Away: Essays