“Just as there can be little doubt that labor unions are a significant political force, neither can there be much question that this political force is a by-product of the purely industrial activities that unions regard as their major function.” LittlesPoliticalForceDoubtProductsActivityMajorsLaborFunctionRegardUnionsSignificantLabor Union Book:THE LOGIC OF COLLECTIVE ACTION Source: THE LOGIC OF COLLECTIVE ACTION
“If I were poet now, I would not resist the temptation to trace my life back through the delicate shadows of my childhood to the precious and sheltered sources of my earliest memories. But these possessions are far too dear and sacred for the person I now am to spoil for myself. All there is to say of my childhood is that it was good and happy. I was given the freedom to discover my own inclinations and talents, to fashion my inmost pleasures and sorrows myself and to regard the future not as an alien higher power but as the hope and product of my own strength.” IfsPersonsGivenMemoriesMy OwnPleasureChildhoodTalentFashionPoetProductsSourceHigherSorrowShadowRegardSacredDearPossessionTemptationAliensDelicateInclinationSpoilHigher Power Author:Hermann Hesse
“With software products, it is usual to find that the software has major `bugs' and does not work reliably for some users... The lay public, familiar with only a few incidents of software failure, may regard them as exceptions caused by exceptionally inept programmers. Those of us who are software professionals know better; the most competent programmers in the world cannot avoid such problems.” KnowsWorldMayDoeProblemProductsMajorsRegardLaysFamiliarExceptionSoftwareUsualUsersBugsIncidentsCompetentProgrammers Author:David Parnas
“All of these creative ideas and decisions about new ways to reach the consumer can be tracked with regard to how well they are working, whether and how they are building awareness for the product, how well they motivate the consumption of the product, and so on.” WayWellsIdeasDecisionCreativeAwarenessBuildingProductsRegardConsumersConsumptionNew WaysCreative Ideas Author:John Kao