Thus did Ada, Countess of Lovelace, help sow the seeds for a digital age that would blossom a hundred years later.
Thus it was that Einstein ended up deciding that quantum mechanics, though it may not be wrong, was at least incomplete. There must be a fuller explanation of how the universe operates, one that would...
Tribble said that Jobs would not accept any contrary facts. The best way to describe the situation is a term from Star Trek, Tribble explained. Steve
Using Hollerith’s tabulators, the 1890 census was completed in one year rather than eight. It was the first major use of electrical circuits to process information, and the company that Hollerith foun...
Vegetarianism and Zen Buddhism, meditation and spirituality, acid and rock—Jobs rolled together, in an amped-up way, the multiple impulses that were hallmarks of the enlightenment-seeking campus subcu...
VisiCalc,
We are evaluating what possible actions should be taken.
We believe that we are on the face of the earth to make great products, and that’s not changing. We are constantly focusing on innovating. We believe in the simple not the complex. We believe that we...
We believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone, Jobs declared in an email to a customer. Folks who want porn can buy an Android.
We never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born.23
We should not make the mistake of blaming capitalism for all existing social and political evils, nor of assuming that the very establishment of socialism would be sufficient to cure the social and po...
What drove me? I think most creative people want to express appreciation for being able to take advantage of the work that's been done by others before us. I didn't invent the language or mathematics...
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When Einstein was stymied while working out General Relativity, he would pull out his violin and play Mozart until he could reconnect to what he called the harmony of the spheres.
When I realized that I was smarter than my parents, I felt tremendous shame for having thought that.
When Jobs was losing his footing at Apple in the summer of 1985, he went for a walk with Alan Kay, who had been at Xerox PARC and was then an Apple Fellow. Kay knew that Jobs was interested in the int...
When nature gave us tears, she gave us leave to weep.34
When one reporter asked him immediately afterward why the machine was going to be so late, Jobs replied, It’s not late. It’s five years ahead of its time. As
When shown his office, he was asked what equipment he might need. A desk or table, a chair, paper and pencils, he replied. Oh yes, and a large wastebasket, so I can throw away all my mistakes.
While painting The Last Supper, Leonardo would sometimes stare at the work for an hour, finally make one small stroke, and then leave. He told Duke Ludovico that creativity requires time for ideas to...
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