“The use of lines of code metrics for productivity and quality studies [is] to be regarded as professional malpractice starting in 1995.” UseLinesQualityStudyStartingProductivityCodeMetricsMalpractice Book:Assessment and Control of Software Risks Source: Assessment and Control of Software Risks
“Study your subject through half-closed eyes before starting to draw - you'll find that the lights and darks are exaggerated and easier to identify.” LightEyeHalfStudySubjectsEasierDrawsStartingExaggeratedClosed Eyes Author:Stan Smith
“We do not realize how deeply our starting assumptions affect the way we go about looking for and interpreting the data we collect. We should recognize that nonhuman organisms need not meet every new definition of human language, tool use, mind, or consciousness in order to have versions of their own that are worthy of serious study. We have set ourselves too much apart, grasping for definitions that will distinguish man from all other life on the planet. We must rejoin the great stream of life from whence we arose and strive to see within it the seeds of all we are and all we may become.” MenWayNeedsShouldMindHumansMayUseOrderLanguageRealizingConsciousnessStudyToo MuchPlanetsSeriousToolsStriveStartingDefinitionsWorthySeedsVersionsDataStreamsAssumptionOrganismsGraspingInterpretingHuman Language Book:Kanzi: The Ape at the Brink of the Human Mind Source: Kanzi: The Ape at the Brink of the Human Mind
“When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it.” IfsWritingFirstsIdeasPlayStudyHeardStartingPlaywritingStarting To Write Author:Wallace Shawn
“For someone who is starting out on developing their critical skills, just being aware of its existence is great: it can make the difference between trying to write a story around a cliche or an original idea, and better still, studying it can eventually clue you in on how to breathe new life into tired tropes.” WritingTryingStillsIdeasStoriesDifferencesExistenceStudySkillsOriginalsTiredStartingCriticalBreatheDevelopingJust BeingNew LifeClueClicheStarting OutOriginal IdeasTropes Author:Charles Stross
“Whether you are someone who has been working for many years, or someone just starting down that path, or someone who is still studying, your journey to financial well-being is not far from where you are now.” YearsWellsHas BeensStillsStudyPathJourneyStartingFinancialWell BeingWhere You Are Author:Bob Proctor