“It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them. As Henry Ford said many years earlier: "If I had listened to my customers, I would have built a faster horse." Inventions in general express Shannon entropy. They come from the supply side.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantYearsSaidHardShowsSidesFocusGroupsDesignProductsBuiltEconomicsHorseCustomersInventionFasterWant UEntropyFocus GroupsShannon Book:Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World Source: Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World
“I've said it before and can only repeat that I owe everything to Boudin and I attribute my success to him. I came to be fascinated by his studies, the products of what I call instantaneity.” SaidStudyMastersProductsRepeatsAttributesFascinated Book:Monet Source: Monet
“A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, women have never produced anything of any value to the world. I told him the chief product of the women had been the men, and left it to him to decide whether the product was of any value.” MenWorldSaidValuesLeftWomenHe ManProductsEqualityChiefsGentlemanSuffrage Author:Anna Howard Shaw
“We cannot rely on mass inspection to improve quality, though there are times when 100 percent inspection is necessary. As Harold S. Dodge said many years ago, 'You cannot inspect quality into a product.' The quality is there or it isn't by the time it's inspected.” YearsSaidQualityProductsMassPercentYears AgoRelyInspectionDodge Author:W. Edwards Deming
“The only people who are afraid of file sharing are the people whose albums are so dull presentation-wise that nobody cares about owning the actual finished product, and the people who have so little connection to their listeners that said listeners have no reason to care whether the artists they like are getting reimbursed for their efforts.” PeopleLittlesSaidReasonCareArtistEffortWiseProductsConnectionsAlbumsFinishedDullNo ReasonListenersFilesPresentationNobody CaresFile Sharing Author:John Darnielle
“I am a product of every other black woman before me who has done or said anything worthwhile. Recognizing that I am part of history is what allows me to soar.” SaidDoneBlackProductsWorthwhileSoarBlack WomenRecognizing Author:Oprah Winfrey
“I've been wearing hearing aids for a long time. The technology available now is simply unbelievable. When I compare the new digital products to what we had 30 years ago, it's an amazing difference.... There was a time when I couldn't hear what most people said to me, most of the time. But with the hearing aids, I understand just about everything ... it really is very impressive.” PeopleYearsLongSaidDifferencesTechnologyProductsLong TimeYears AgoAvailableHearingAidsCompareDigitalUnbelievableImpressiveVery ImpressiveHearing Aids Author:Arnold Palmer
“Some have said that the clash between Catholicism and Protestantism illustrates the old maxim that religious freedom is the product of two equally pernicious fanaticisms, each cancelling the other out.” SaidTwoReligiousProductsCatholicismMaximsFanaticismClashReligious FreedomPerniciousProtestantism Author:Fareed Zakaria