Occupation: Software Programmer Birth: June 3, 1952
You can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion..
Men do not greet one another like this ... except perhaps at rugby club dinners..
Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again, To scenes by memory's silver chain C….
Keep it simple: In general, interfaces should use simple geometric forms, minimal contours, and a restricted color palette comprised primarily of les….
If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It's impossible. I'm a huge believer in putting music out as quick….
I just like so many different kinds of music that I like experimenting. I don't want to keep making the same record over and over and over. I'm an 'e….
We seem to be keeping old fans and are bringing on new fans that are teenagers. I think that is amazing. When I was a teenager, that was when I fell ….
There's only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that's common sense..
Computers no longer interface with humans--they interact, and the interaction will become steadily deeper, more subtle, and more crucial to our colle….
It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants. It has also been said that t….
Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true. Computer memories work ….
I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means saying no to certain things that go with the ….
Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is 'on paper.'.
Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in..
Run for your lives-the computers are invading. Awesomely powerful computers tackling ever more important tasks with awkward, old-fashioned interfaces….
We don't fight about music. We don't fight about artistic direction. The things like that we could fight about, we really don't. We are pretty lucky ….
One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person..
Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new technology. There is little di….
If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful..
No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it..
Form follows function straight to hell..