“The corollary of constant change is ignorance. This is not often talked about: we computer experts barely know what we're doing. We're good at fussing and figuring out. We function well in a sea of unknowns. Our experience has only prepared us to deal with confusion. A programmer who denies this is probably lying, or else is densely unaware of himself.” KnowsWellsLyingDealsSeaIgnoranceComputerFunctionConstantPreparedDenyConfusionExpertsProgrammersFussing Book:Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents Source: Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents
“My tax return in the United States has to be kept on a special computer because their normal computers can't deal with the numbers. So I am constantly getting these notices telling me I haven't paid something when really it is just on the wrong computer.” StatesUnitedDealsNumbersUnited StatesSpecialHavensReturnTaxesNormalComputerPaidTax Returns Author:Bill Gates
“It seems like I always wrote, I just didn't think of it as a career choice. I just liked to tell stories ... to myself, to pen pals (I had a lot of them, all over the world). Of course this was in the days before computers were everywhere, and anyone could access the Web. You had to make an effort keeping up a correspondence, and the arrival of the mail once a day was a big deal. I think if modern technology had been around when I was a kid, I would never have left my bedroom except to take the dogs out for their run three times a day.” IfsThinkingWorldStoriesBigsSeemsRunningKidsChoicesThreeCoursesLeftDealsEffortCareersTechnologyModernDogComputerAccessPensMailBedroomThree TimesBig DealArrivalsCorrespondencePalsModern TechnologyCareers Choices Author:Charles de Lint
“In Buddhist practice a great deal of time is spent practicing mandala meditation. You learn to visualize and hold simultaneous concepts in the mind during meditation.” MindScienceDealsPracticeMeditationComputerConceptsBuddhistComputer ScienceSimultaneous Author:Frederick Lenz
“If I'm writing a novel, I'll probably get up in the morning, do email, perhaps blog, deal with emergencies, and then be off novel-writing around 1.00pm and stop around 6.00pm. And I'll be writing in longhand, a safe distance from my computer. If I'm not writing a novel, there is no schedule, and scripts and introductions and whatnot can find themselves being written at any time and on anything.” IfsWritingDealsMorningNovelWrittenSafeComputerDistanceScriptsGet UpSchedulesEmailEmergenciesIntroductionBlogsNovel Writing Author:Neil Gaiman
“There are a lot of directors out there that don't like to deal with actors, I think. Many of them have said something like, in the future they will actually manipulate the actors on their computers. But don't believe all this.” ThinkingBelieveSaidActorsDealsDirectorsComputerDon't BelieveManipulate Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Computer programming is really a lot like writing a recipe. If you've read a recipe, you know what the structure of a recipe is, it's got some things up at the top that are your ingredients, and below that, the directions for how to deal with those ingredients.” IfsKnowsWritingDealsComputerStructureProgrammingIngredientsRecipesComputer Programming Author:Larry Wall