Bill Budge famous quotes

03-26-2025

After two weeks of working on a project, you know whether it will work or not.
-- Bill Budge

#Work #Two #Week
I started on an Apple II, which I had bought at the very end of 1978 for half of my annual income. I made $4,500 a year, and I spent half of it on the computer.
-- Bill Budge

#Years #Apples #Half
You will be able to program a robot to follow a track on the ground and manipulate a hand. You can also write little programs that will give the robots goals.
-- Bill Budge

#Writing #Hands #Track
I can do whatever I want. They will tell me if what I am doing is stupid or a total waste of time. I may tell them that they are wrong, and we will come to an agreement.
-- Bill Budge

#Stupid #Agreement #May
Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one can engineer.
-- Bill Budge

#Games #Trying #Video
When I am starting a new game, I have to program it for the Apple, because I want to get all of the markets.
-- Bill Budge

#Games #Apples #Want
The Apple has the fewest bells and whistles. It has simple sound and few graphics special effects. In a way, that is a weakness because markets for the other machines are getting bigger.
-- Bill Budge

#Simple #Apples #Special
It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.
-- Bill Budge

#Thinking #People #Important
All of the good stuff is going to be done in the future. The stuff we are doing now is crummy compared with what will finally mature.
-- Bill Budge

#Done #Stuff #Mature
I know when something is kind of half-baked.
-- Bill Budge

#Half #Kind
I write my programs primarily for myself.
-- Bill Budge

#Writing #Program
On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in.
-- Bill Budge

#Reflection #Interesting #Personality
The program should know if someone is at the keyboard or joystick or if it is just sitting there idle. It should know if someone is proficient in its use or a novice.
-- Bill Budge

#Sitting #Use #Novices
I think a craft becomes an art form when the space of possible solutions becomes so huge that engineering can't carry you through.
-- Bill Budge

#Art #Thinking #Engineering
You must know in your heart before anyone else does what is going to be good and then follow through.
-- Bill Budge

#Heart #Doe #Follow Through
The power of the computer is starting to spread.
-- Bill Budge

#Starting Over #Computer #Starting
A quiet personality sure isn't what you need to attract attention.
-- Bill Budge

#Personality #Needs #Attention
Even though Raster Blaster was only a video game, I was learning about designing stuff. I got good at drawing.
-- Bill Budge

#Games #Drawing #Design
I'm a great coder. But I am not pushing that so much anymore because there are thousands of great coders.
-- Bill Budge

#Coders #Pushing
To be honest, I look at my Pinball program and feel that it is old stuff. I could do much better.
-- Bill Budge

#Looks #Stuff #Honest
I have a really powerful urge to see things work.
-- Bill Budge

#Powerful #Really Powerful
Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist.
-- Bill Budge

#Artist #Calling #Misgivings
I really think it is amazing that people actually buy software.
-- Bill Budge

#Thinking #People #Software
Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication.
-- Bill Budge

#Littles #Way #Program
Robots... I think that is a hot topic.
-- Bill Budge

#Thinking #Hot #Robots

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