“I think 'The Lost World' could've been a successful movie except for the fact that it pre-dated the good special effects and computer graphics.” ThinkingWorldFactsLostSuccessfulSpecialEffectsComputerSpecial EffectsComputer Graphics Author:John Rhys-Davies
“The computer was, to the best of my feelings about the subject, not thinking like a mathematician, and it was much more successful, because it was thinking not like a mathematician.” ThinkingFeelingsScienceSuccessfulSubjectsComputerMathematicsMathematician Author:Kenneth Appel
“I discovered what I call the Bill Gates effect. That is, the more successful you are, the uglier you get.” SuccessfulEffectsComputerBillsGates Author:Scott Adams
“I obtained confidential information in the same way government employees did, and I did it all without even touching a computer. ... I was so successful with this line of attack that I rarely had to go towards a technical attack.” WayGovernmentLinesSuccessfulInformationComputerEmployeeTouchingConfidentialGovernment Employees Author:Kevin Mitnick
“I think to be a rich and successful person in Roman society would be pretty fabulous. They had all of the comforts we want now - central heating, baths, medicine. If I could choose not to indulge in all the things they did I don't agree with, then I could be perfectly comfortable without a mobile phone, computer or anything.” IfsThinkingWantPersonsWould BeSuccessfulRichComfortComfortableComputerAgreeMedicinePhonesIf I CouldFabulousBathsIndulgeMobileIndulge InMobile PhonesHeatingSuccessful Person Author:Martin Shaw
“Socialization would be the most successful thing to bring mainstream audiences to online computers.” Would BeAudienceSuccessfulComputerOnlineMainstreamSocialization Author:Tim Wu
“You know that Estonia, based largely on how successful Skype was, built by Estonian developers, that was a tenth of the entire country's GDP when eBay bought it. That was like a decade ago, it was f****** Estonia, they were behind the Iron Curtain two decades earlier. They're now pushing for K-12 education in computer science in public schools. They've gotten the message. They know how much value that can bring.” KnowsTwoCountrySchoolValuesBehindsKnow HowSuccessfulComputerMessagesBuiltDecadesIronPushingCurtainsPublic SchoolComputer ScienceDevelopersGdpEbaySkypeIron CurtainEstoniaEstonians Author:Alexis Ohanian
“I look at the successful people that have, you know, high functioning autism and Asperger's, they're ones where maybe the parents were in the computer industry and they just taught the kids programming at, you know, age eight and nine and they just went on into the industry with their parents.” PeopleKnowsLooksKidsAgeParentSuccessfulTaughtIndustryComputerEightNineProgrammingSuccessful PeopleAutismAspergers Author:Temple Grandin
“One of the best things I ever did was to train in a practical skill. I love computers and they've become such a part of life, especially to the world of design. But it's important to understand that they are a tool, as much as a hammer or a saw is a tool. Computers don't help you design. There needs to be more emphasis on training young designers in how to build things. A good writer needs a good vocabulary. A good designer needs to understand his materials and processes. You can't, as a successful designer, pretend to get any respect if you don't know how things are made.” WorldImportantHelpingSuccessfulDesignComputerTrainingTrainDesignerGood Design Author:Marc Newson