120 quotes found
“Design does need more recognition as thinking and problem-solving process, maybe even a strategic differentiator.”
“I am a lifelong lover of formcontent interplay, and this book is no exception. As with several of my previous books, I have had the chance to typeset it down to the finest level of detail, and my q...”
“As part of an effort to prod college seniors to get tetanus shots, a group of students was given a lecture meant to educate them about the dangers of tetanus and the importance of getting inoculate...”
“Sometimes I hate this place. I mean I really, truly, hate it. It offends my narrow-minded and provincial sensibilities regarding good universe design.”
“You can invoke neither time nor space nor matter not energy nor the laws of nature to explain the origin of the universe. General relativity points to the need for a cause that transcends those dom...”
“Take the expansion rate of the universe, which is fine-tuned to one part in a trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion. That is, if it were changed by one part in either direction--a little fas...”
“By shaping the menus we pick from, technology hijacks the way we perceive our choices and replaces them with new ones. But the closer we pay attention to the options were given, the more well notic...”
“For good or for bad, we define ourselves in many ways by the gadgets we use and the clothes we wear. We don't want to surround ourselves with cheap products. Nobody really aspires to that. We also ...”
“for Steve, less is always more, simpler is always better. Therefore, if you can build a glass box with fewer elements, its better, its simpler, and its at the forefront of technology. Thats where S...”
“Perceiving the world as well designed and thus the product of a designer, and even seeing divine providence in the daily affairs of life, may be the product of a brain adapted to finding patterns i...”
“The present and the future are about sense-making, about what we as humans value.”
“The universe and its design is often one of arbitrary horror.”
“The trick to having good ideas is not to sit around in glorious isolation and try to think big thoughts. The trick is to get more parts on the table.”
“A first-rate story is easily killed by second-rate design.”
“Ask one question: Would a Millennial (anyone born between 1980 and 2000) look forward to working here?Try this exercise. Take a group of people into a large, open room with tackable wall surfaces o...”
“Conjugation of the irregular verb to design:I create, You interfere, He gets in the way.We cooperate, You obstruct, They conspire.”
“In School of One, students have daily "playlists" of their learning tasks that are attuned to each student's learning needs, based on that student's readiness and learning style. For example, Julia...”
“We interrogate the world by making.”
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
“Beauty of office, is profession in place”
