Quotes
Authors
John Maeda

"Technological advances have always been driven more by a mind-set of 'I can' than 'I should' Technologists love to cram maximum functionality into their products. That's 'I can' thinking, which is driven by peer competition and market forces But this approach ignores the far more important question of how the consumer will actually use the device focus on what we should be doing, not just what we can."

Source : Manifesto by John Maeda, www.esquire.com. September 18, 2008.

John Maeda

#Thinking Quotes #Focus Quotes #Competition Quotes

“Its always important to invest in young talents and the talents of tomorrow.”
“The German people in its whole character is not warlike, but rather soldierly, that is, while they do not want war, they are not frightened by the thoughts of it.”
“Sunglasses must be kept on until an acquaintance is identified at one of the tables, but one must not appear to be looking for company. Instead, the impression should be that one is heading into the cafe to make a phone call to one's titled Italian admirer, when--quelle surprise!--one sees a friend. The sunglasses can then be removed and the hair tossed while one is persuaded to sit down.”

Source : FaceBook post by Peter Mayle from Jun 23, 2012
“Being American is to eat a lot of beef steak, and boy, we've got a lot more beef steak than any other country, and that's why you ought to be glad you're an American. And people have started looking at these big hunks of bloody meat on their plates, you know, and wondering what on earth they think they're doing.”
“Experts now talk about the ‘nutrition transition’, in which populations in developing countries move straight from malnourishment to obesity.”
“I train for two reasons. Number one, I love working out, and number two, I want to win. You can't win if you don't train to the best of your ability.”
“In every science certain things must be accepted as first principles if the subject matter is to be understood; and these first postulates rest upon faith.”
“I didn't want to live in LA again, although I'd go back every couple of months to do an interview, usually with a heavy rock or metal band. And as the decade went on, so much of that scene had become totally corrupted by too much coke and money and silicone.”

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