“The programmer, who needs clarity, who must talk all day to a machine that demands declarations, hunkers down into a low-grade annoyance. It is here that the stereotype of the programmer, sitting in a dim room, growling from behind Coke cans, has its origins. The disorder of the desk, the floor; the yellow Post-It notes everywhere; the whiteboards covered with scrawl: all this is the outward manifestation of the messiness of human thought. The messiness cannot go into the program; it piles up around the programmer.” NeedsHumansRoomsBehindsDemandLowsSittingProgramMachinesNotesClarityPostsManifestationGradesCoveredDisorderYellowDesksStereotypeDeclarationProgrammersCokeAnnoyanceHuman ThoughtMessinessGrowlingPost It Notes Author:Ellen Ullman
“So that’s what we want is a secure and sovereign nation and, you know, I don’t know that all of you are Latino. Some of you look a little more Asian to me. I don’t know that. What we know, what we know about ourselves is that we are a melting pot in this country. My grandchildren are evidence of that. I’m evidence of that. I’ve been called the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly.” KnowsWantFirstsLooksLittlesCountryStatesWholeNationsRoomsStudentsEvidenceUnionsNotesSecureTeenagerPotSovereignGrandchildrenAsianLatinoAssemblyMeltingLegislatorsHispanicMy GrandchildrenMelting PotNevada Author:Sharron Angle
“As a little kid, I used to lock myself in my room and put on my Whitney Houston CD's and pretend to be her and try and hit every single note that she hit. I used to dream that one day that would be me.” TryingLittlesDreamWould BeKidsUsedRoomsOne DayNotesLocksLittle KidCdsHoustonWhitney Author:Ricki-Lee Coulter
“You may be sitting in a room reading this book. Imagine one note struck upon the piano. Immediately that one note is enough to change the atmosphere of the room - proving that the sound element in music is a powerful and mysterious agent, which it would be foolish to deride or belittle.” MayBookEnoughWould BeReadingSoundRoomsPowerfulImagineProveElementsMusic IsSittingNotesFoolishMysteriousAgentsAtmospherePianoBelittle Book:What to Listen For in Music Source: What to Listen For in Music
“One Dad I know uses what I call Post-It® Note therapy on his children. He leaves sticky Post-It Notes everywhere ...in their lunch box, inside their shoes, on top of their sandwich before he wraps it up. He once went into his daughter's room, looking for his hammer, and on the back of her bedroom door were every Post-It Note he'd ever given her - over 250 in all with simple messages like 'Great job'...'I love you'...or 'You're special to me.' Do you think that girl knew, without a doubt, that her Dad valued her and loved her?” ThinkingKnowsChildrenUseJobsGirlGivenSimpleRoomsDoubtDoorsSpecialLove YouDadMessagesDaughterNotesShoesBoxesPostsTherapyLunchBedroomHammersWrapsSandwichesGreat JobThat GirlStickySpecial To MePost It Notes Author:Jack Canfield
“As a kid, I was always listening to music. I would just go in to my room and put on an album, read the lyrics, and just spend hours and hours in there. Plus, my sister Laurie played piano (in fact she taught me my first few notes) so music was always around one way or another.” WayFirstsFactsKidsHoursRoomsTaughtListeningNotesAlbumsOne WayPianoPlusMy SisterListening To Music Author:Andrew Hollander
“Almost any problem, whether it's telling a family story, or telling a network-quality story, or answering a network note, becomes essentially instantly solvable, because you have a bunch of brains sitting in a room.” StoriesProblemRoomsBrainQualitySittingNotesBunch Author:Loren Bouchard
“Working as a journalist is exactly like being the wallflower at an orgy. I always seem to find myself at a perfectly wonderful event where everyone else is having a marvelous time, laughing merrily, eating, drinking, having sex in the back room, and I am standing on the side taking notes on it all.” SeemsSexSidesRoomsLaughingWonderfulEventsEatingStandingNotesDrinkingJournalistMarvelousHaving Sex Book:Wallflower at the Orgy Source: Wallflower at the Orgy