CodeQuotes » Logic http://codequotes.com random technology quotations Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:38:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Cooper: Logic and interaction design http://codequotes.com/2006/12/14/cooper-logic-and-interaction-design http://codequotes.com/2006/12/14/cooper-logic-and-interaction-design#comments Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:48:55 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/12/14/cooper-logic-and-interaction-design “The problem is that while logic is a powerful and effective programming tool, it is a pathetically weak and inappropriate interaction design tool.”

— Alan Cooper

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— Robert R. Coveyou

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/08/14/coveyou-random-numbers/feed 0 DeMarco: Software is a thought process http://codequotes.com/2006/04/23/demarco-software-is-a-thought-process http://codequotes.com/2006/04/23/demarco-software-is-a-thought-process#comments Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:51:49 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/04/23/demarco-software-is-a-thought-process “Software is a thought process. To patent it is comparable to patenting induction or deduction.”

— Tom DeMarco

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/04/23/demarco-software-is-a-thought-process/feed 0 Spolsky: Abstractions http://codequotes.com/2006/04/21/spolsky-abstractions http://codequotes.com/2006/04/21/spolsky-abstractions#comments Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:55:42 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/04/21/spolsky-abstractions “And if you go too far up, abstraction-wise, you run out of oxygen. Sometimes smart thinkers just don’t know when to stop, and they create these absurd, all-encompassing, high-level pictures of the universe that are all good and fine, but don’t actually mean anything at all.”

— Joel Spolsky

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/04/21/spolsky-abstractions/feed 0 Churchill: Intense complexities http://codequotes.com/2006/04/13/churchill-intense-complexities http://codequotes.com/2006/04/13/churchill-intense-complexities#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:38:31 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/04/13/churchill-intense-complexities “Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge.”

— Winston Churchill

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/04/13/churchill-intense-complexities/feed 0 Wittgenstein: Different languages http://codequotes.com/2006/04/12/wittgenstein-different-languages http://codequotes.com/2006/04/12/wittgenstein-different-languages#comments Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:35:01 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/04/12/wittgenstein-different-languages “If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.”

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/04/12/wittgenstein-different-languages/feed 0 Herbert: Understanding http://codequotes.com/2006/04/11/herbert-understanding http://codequotes.com/2006/04/11/herbert-understanding#comments Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:33:44 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/04/11/herbert-understanding “A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join and flow with it.”

— Frank Herbert, Dune

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of attack
prove their worth
by hitting back.

— Piet Hein, Grooks

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— R. Buckminster Fuller

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/03/07/fuller-beautiful-problems/feed 0 Churchill: Innovation and logic http://codequotes.com/2006/02/25/winston-churchill-innovation-and-logic http://codequotes.com/2006/02/25/winston-churchill-innovation-and-logic#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:56:11 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/02/17/winston-churchill-innovation-and-logic “We must beware of needless innovations, especially when guided by logic.”

— Winston Churchill

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