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Jef Raskin on the Future

Kristin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:33:43 +0000

“I think that years from now, when the details have been washed away by the acid rains of time, four major commercial events will stand out in the history of personal computers: the advent of the microprocessor which drove prices of computers down to the point where individuals could buy them and led to the first flowering of the present computer revolution, the ascendancy of the software industry and the shift from “users will program them” to “users will run software packages”, the Mac interface and its followers which brought the benefits of computers to a far broader audience and fundamentally changed the way we use computers of all sizes and software of all kinds, and (to tread on dangerous ground since the event is relatively recent) the blossoming of the Internet.”

— Jef Raskin.

Everybody wins.

Kristin — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:00:35 +0000

“One problem with approaching your work purely in terms of “getting more clients,” is that it means you will always have to get more clients. If you don’t work, you don’t have billable hours, so you don’t get paid. Time off will always feel like money down the drain. If you’re not careful, you’ll find yourself on a treadmill, unable to get off. Spend too long on the treadmill and you’ll risk burning yourself out.

Another problem is that you will expend all your energy and creative talent on other people’s projects. And what will you have to show for it? At best, a great portfolio, client list, and testimonials. But if you want to keep eating, you’ll need to keep working.”

Great point. We all know the dangers of getting caught up in too much work. It’s a slippery slope and you don’t want to find yourself apologizing for the three month content break on your blog. It can feel selfish to want to put your business first, but when clients see the care and devotion you give your own brand, it’s a positive reinforcement of the quality work you’ll turn out for them.

Everybody wins.

- Via 99%

Chris Crawford on Being Bug-Free.

Joe — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:35:40 +0000

“...by the time a program has been cleaned up to the point of being truly bug free, it is most certainly obsolete.”

-The Art of Interactive Design by Chris Crawford

A Word on writing great code.

Kristin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:30:04 +0000

“A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great writer of software code is worth 10,000 times the price of an average software writer.” – Bill Gates.

The Birth of Web Apps.

Kristin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:39:34 +0000

“Before you worry about using a programming language, you must have something to say.”

- Joyce M. Farrell