“If I tried to write long-hand, I suppose I'd never finish a novel. I edit too much as I write - the paper would be "white-out" and sharpie marks. Writing with a computer works for me, so I stick with it.” IfsWritingLongHandsWould BeWhiteNovelToo MuchPaperComputerMarkSticksEdits Author:Nicholas Sparks
“If you've got a stick hitting a drum and you're programming it on a computer, it's so much more interesting than a sample playing back - it's something in the air, that's the magical ingredient.” IfsInterestingAirComputerSticksProgrammingIngredientsHittingSample Author:Aphex Twin
“If you taught me to read and provided for me the same computer system as someone has provided for Stephen Hawking, I, too, would write great books. And yet you don't teach me to read, and you don't give me a computer stick I can push around with my nose to point at the next letter I wish typed. So whose fault is it that I am what I am?” IfsGivingWritingI CanBookNextWishTeachTaughtComputerLettersGive MeSticksFaultsNosesGreat BookI Am What I AmComputer Systems Book:The Art of Racing in the Rain Source: The Art of Racing in the Rain
“I was on one of my fruitarian diets" Steve Jobs recalled "I had just comeback from the apple farm. It sounded fun, spirited, and not intimidating. Apple took the edge of the word 'computer', plus it would get us a head of Atari in the phone book. He told Wozniak if a better name did not hit them by the next afternoon, they would just stick with apple and they did. 1 Apr 1976” IfsBookJobsNextNamesFunComputerSticksPhonesEdgesDietsApplesPlusFarmsAfternoonComebackIntimidatingSpiritedAtari Author:Walter Isaacson