Technology Quotes · Page 129

Algorithms don't do a good job of detecting their own flaws.

— Clay Shirky

The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.

— Northrop Frye

Ambient Devices is what I call part of the Third Wave of Internet devices.

— David Rose

If computers are the wave of the future, displays are the surfboards.

— Ted Nelson

No technology comes close to the effect of a live symphony orchestra.

— John de Lancie

Nothing says 'I suck at technology,' more than a sideways profile picture.

— Anonymous

Unlimited possibilities with the technology of my time.

— Anonymous

“Launch is just another point in software’s life. Not the end-all and be-all.”

— Ka Wai Cheung

we should be careful not to let machinery swamp life. That we should be sure, when we are confronted with a fresh…

— Ann Bridge

“These devices only became very popular after all of this technology was hidden behind a red button that did it all”

— Mark Butje

BlackBerrys are a wonderful tool. I'm very tenacious about keeping up with my kids, as they are with me.

— Cindy McCain

“If a young Steve Jobs had taken his own advice and decided to only pursue work he loved, we would probably find…

— Cal Newport

Economists give their predictions to a digit after the decimal point to show that they have a sense of humor.

— Anonymous

Across the communication landscape move the specters of sinister technologies and the dreams that money can buy.

— J. G. Ballard

All the world's combined knowledge is at our fingertips. But the same technology that makes this possible is robbing us of deeper…

— John Landgraf

We have to move into the 21st century, but we should do so with great care to build a 'bi-literate' brain that…

— Maryanne Wolf

Deskilling devices - they make us dumber. We're immersed in a system that now requires the use of a cell phone just…

— Douglas Tompkins

As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a tool ideally suited to its…

— James Gleick

Technology is an important element in progress. See, we can always do something better. We can improve water technology, or energy efficiency.…

— Santiago Calatrava

If your goal is to make the world a better place, one thing you can do is pick a specific challenge that…

— Bill Gates

A 2001 survey of business owners with MBAs conducted by the Rochester Institute of Technology found that money was the primary motivator…

— Warren Farrell

“The creation groans from all the pain and sorrow that surrounds us. We have a strong sense that life is not the…

— Craig Detweiler

A life where bots tell us what to do every second - get up, go to work, do this, have kids with…

— Daniel Suarez

A lot of people want to have market share numbers, lots of users, because that's how they view their self worth. For…

— Linus Torvalds

For new technology to replace old, it has to have at least ten times the benefit.

— Peter Drucker

“Jobs had perfected the art of turning product launches into theatrical productions,”

— Walter Isaacson

Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one.

— Brian Kernighan

I'm fascinated by technology and how it is changing the way we live and view our humanity.

— Olly Alexander

The challenge of modern relationships: how to prove more interesting than the other's smartphone.

— Alain de Botton

Public trust is a vital condition for artificial intelligence to be used productively.

— Mark Walport

A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.

— Alan Perlis

I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.

— Felix Dennis

If God has cable, we are the 24-hour doofus network.

— Anonymous

“There is no code so big, twisted, or complex that maintenance can't make it worse.”

— Steve McConnell

Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.

— Seth Lloyd

Open source is a development methodology; free software is a social movement.

— Richard Stallman

Not all problems have a technological answer, but when they do, that is the more lasting solution.

— Andy Grove

Technology evangelism has always been my passion since I learned how to use computers.

— Arfa Karim

Computers are like humans - they do everything except think.

— John von Neumann

Computer science departments have always considered 'user interface' research to be sissy work.

— Nicholas Negroponte