“But it seemed to me that as soon as you have computer storage you could put every point you wanted in - make the ones that are less relevant to your central topic, further away or allow the central topic to move as the reader proceeded.” WantedMovingReaderComputerRelevantTopicsStorage Author:Ted Nelson
“My father and mother are both very smart people and I always felt I was a little short of the mark. So I would compensate with a character like Logan Cale. He's wearing glasses, he's in a wheelchair, he's a computer genius. He's very far away from who I am, but I really wanted to play roles where I'd be taken seriously.” PeopleLittlesPlayCharacterWantedMotherFatherFeltRolesTakenGeniusComputerSmartMarkGlassesWho I AmFar AwaySmart PeopleVery SmartWheelchairs Author:Michael Weatherly
“When I came back from Pakistan, I wanted to take computer classes nearby. I asked my brother. I was in my home, cooking for my family, and all our relatives and guests. But I said, "I want to live my life as a woman, but I want to study." But, he told me, "Just study at home, you don't need to go out." He said, "If you go to the courses, what will our relatives say? They will lose respect for us." They told me, "We know you're feeling different, but we cannot do anything about it."” IfsKnowsWantNeedsSaidDifferentFeelingsHomeWantedCoursesLosesClassStudyBrotherComputerMy FamilyCookingMy BrotherGuestsLiving My LifePakistanHome Cooking Author:Malina Suliman
“When I was at Tek, I was frustrated that computer hardware was being improved faster than computer software. I wanted to invent some software that was completely different, that would grow and change as it was used. That's how wiki came about.” DifferentWantedUsedGrowsComputerFasterSoftwareFrustratedHardwareComputer Software Author:Ward Cunningham
“I want to get back to education. When I was in college I paid attention to child psychology portions of our psychology classes. I watch other people work with babies. And I saw the baby as developing like a computer and it intrigued me in my life. I wanted to do that.” PeopleWantChildrenWantedAttentionClassWatchesPsychologySawsCollegeBabyComputerPaidDevelopingGet BackPortionsIntriguedChild Psychology Author:Steve Wozniak
“I began to see motorcyclists who had attached computer discs to their back mudflaps, because they made good reflectors. In a place called Xingwuying, locals climbed the Great Wall whenever they wanted to receive a cell phone signal.” MadeWantedWallComputerPhonesLocalsCellsSignalsCell PhoneDiscsGreat Wall Book:Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip Source: Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip
“The Macintosh was supposed to be the computer for people that just wanted to use a computer without having to learn how to use one.” PeopleUseWantedComputerSupposed To BeMacintosh Author:Steve Jobs
“I started producing in 1992 at the age of 15, when I found out music could be made with the help of a computer. I come from a musical family, but was always the family member not as good as the others. So once I found out I could release the music that was stuck inside my head through a computer, I knew I found what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.” MadeHelpingAgeWantedFoundMembersComputerMusicalStuckReleaseFamily Members Author:Laidback Luke
“Shook is the musical universe I created. I come from a classical and jazz background and my father is a jazz pianist, so my world bears largely the marks of this influence. As a sort of gateway, I started composing my own music on the computer at the age of 13. Before Shook, I had not yet discovered the kind of music I wanted to dedicate myself to, so I did a little of everything.” WorldKindLittlesAgeWantedUniverseFatherMy OwnInfluenceBearsComputerMarkJazzMusicalBackgroundsComposingPianistGateways Author:Shook
“I've always loved animation it's the reason why I do what I do for a living - the films of Walt Disney. This art form is so spectacular and beautiful. And I never quite understood the feeling amongst animation studios that audiences today only wanted to see computer animation. It's never about the medium that a film is made in, it's about the story. It's about how good the movie is.” ArtMadeReasonStoriesFeelingsTodayWantedBeautifulFilmFormAudienceComputerUnderstoodStudiosMediumsReason WhyNever QuitAnimationSpectacularWaltComputer Animation Author:John Lasseter
“Animation, for me, is a wonderful art form. I never understood why the studios wanted to stop making animation. Maybe they felt that the audiences around the world only wanted to watch computer animation. I didn't understand that, because I don't think ever in the history of cinema did the medium of a film make that film entertaining or not. What I've always felt is, what audiences like to watch are really good movies.” ThinkingWorldArtWantedFilmFormFeltWatchesAudienceWonderfulComputerUnderstoodStudiosMediumsAround The WorldCinemaEntertainingAnimationGood MovieReally Good MovieComputer Animation Author:John Lasseter
“If I were a 13-year-old and I wanted to create subversive art, I wouldn't go out and buy an electric guitar. I'd get myself a personal computer.” IfsYearsArtWantedComputerGuitarElectricSubversiveElectric GuitarPersonal Computers Author:Thomas Dolby
“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
“I was never as focused in math, science, computer science, etcetera, as the people who were best at it. I wanted to create amazing screensavers that did beautiful visualizations of music. It's like, "Oh, I have to learn computer science to do that."” PeopleWantedBeautifulComputerFocusedMathVisualizationComputer ScienceEtcetera Author:Kevin Systrom
“I started as an artist and I had a side job moving some heavy boxes for a publishing company. They had just gotten a Mac for their art department, the department that creates the book covers. I was kind of showing the art director a thing or two about how to use a Mac. And one day everyone went out to lunch and I jumped on the computer and designed a book jacket and slipped it in the pile to go to the review board in New York. They picked my jacket and when the art director got back to Boston, he wanted to know who designed it and I said, "Me." He was like, "The box guy?"” KnowsKindArtSaidTwoBookUseWantedJobsMovingArtistGuySidesCompanyNew YorkOne DayDirectorsComputerBoxesHeavyBoardsDepartmentReviewsLunchPublishingBostonJacketsMacsBook CoversArt Director Author:Biz Stone
“It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now.” IfsWantYearsHas BeensSaidWantedThreeNextGivenComputerBuiltCustomersProgrammingSpokesThree YearsThey Said Author:Steve Jobs
“I was working in computers when this stranger approached me out of the blue, saying I should become an actor. I took it as a gift from God, because I had been praying for clarity about what He wanted me to do, since I wasn't happy in computers.” ShouldWantedActorsPrayingComputerBlueStrangerClarityGift From God Author:Nate Parker
“I could go play some songs for two hours every week - play whatever I wanted to - and then also spend that time putting more music on my computer and getting into more things. It definitely informs the way that I think about music and I think in general, made me a more open-minded consumer of music.” ThinkingWayMadeTwoPlayWantedSongHoursWeekComputerConsumersOpen Minded Author:Chris Baio
“When I was in school, if you wanted a computer, you had to build one. But today, computers are everywhere. We're all obsessed with technology and having the latest gadgets. Nerd culture is ubiquitous.” IfsTodayWantedSchoolCultureTechnologyComputerObsessedNerdGadgets Author:Chris Hardwick
“I didn't realize how slow my four-year-old MacBook was until the web team wanted to start using it as the benchmark for a slow computer experience.” YearsWantedRealizingFourTeamComputerFour YearsMacbook Author:Chris Milk
“The reason I said the Internet is dangerous is that a couple smart guys could hack into a computer and shut down the Eastern seaboard if they wanted to. It's a terrible, out-of-control thing.” IfsSaidReasonWantedGuyDangerousCoupleInternetTerribleComputerSmartEasternHacksSmart Guy Author:John Mellencamp
“I have always wanted some way that you could make a surface in a computer, like you pick up a piece of clay and make sculpture.” WayWantedPiecesLike YouComputerPicksSurfaceSculptureClay Author:Owsley Stanley
“It doesn't matter how many televisions and computers and pieces of stereo equipment the Chinese send to us, even if they're sending them to us only in return for some funny, little, green pieces of paper. That is a balanced trade. They got what they wanted: the green pieces of paper. We got what we wanted: the plush toys, the computers, the stereo components.” IfsLittlesMatterWantedPiecesTelevisionReturnPaperComputerGreenTradeChineseToysBalancedEquipmentComponents Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“The greatest thing about my house was that I was in the far end of it and I could make as much noise as I wanted. By the time I moved out, I had a full-sized piano, two full-sized organs, bits and pieces of a drum kit, and a whole computer set up for Pro Tools. I had this mattress in between the piano and the organ. That was the only walking room.” TwoEndsWholeWantedHouseBitsRoomsPiecesWalkingComputerToolsMovedNoisePianoOrgansBits And PiecesMattresses Author:Zach Condon
“We need to invest dramatically in green energy, making solar panels so cheap that everybody wants them. Nobody wanted to buy a computer in 1950, but once they got cheap, everyone bought them.” WantNeedsWantedEnergyComputerGreenSolar PanelsGreen Energy Author:Bjorn Lomborg
“Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.” GivingFirstsWantedAmericaPurposeLiteratureTechnologyComputerCopiesFirefighterDuplicate Author:Andy Rooney