WIST Quotations

Raskin, Jef -- The Humane Interface, 1-6 (2000)

Dave — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 17:20:43 +0000

An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.

Jef Raskin (1943-2005) American computer scientist, writer
The Humane Interface, 1-6 (2000)
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Raskin, Jef -- The Humane Interface, 1-5 (2000)

Dave — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 18:50:44 +0000

As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product.

Jef Raskin (1943-2005) American computer scientist, writer
The Humane Interface, 1-5 (2000)
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Raskin, Jef -- The Humane Interface, 1-5 (2000)

Dave — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:00:48 +0000

Once the product’s task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design.

Jef Raskin (1943-2005) American computer scientist, writer
The Humane Interface, 1-5 (2000)
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Campbell, Joseph -- The Power of Myth, ch. 1 (1988)

Dave — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:54:13 +0000

I have bought this wonderful machine — a computer. Now I am rather an authority on gods, so I identified the machine — it seems to me to be an Old Testament god with a lot of rules and no mercy.

Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) American writer, professor of literature
The Power of Myth, ch. 1 (1988)
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From interviews between Campbell and Bill Moyers in 1985-86. Broadcast as episode 2 of the PBS television show of the same name. Often truncated: "A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy."

Pratchett, Terry -- Post, alt.fan.pratchett

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 19:00:00 +0000

The way of the portable computer user is as a stony path strewn with plugs and sockets, all the wrong size.

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Post, alt.fan.pratchett
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