Henry Miller’s 11 Commandments of Writing and His Daily Creative Routine
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network. In effect, the web was an infinite database, a sort of crazily expanding universe of human knowledge that, in theory, could hold every insight, thought, image, and product for sale.
Steven Levy • In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
And I decided that the Internet is simply a giant machine designed to give people what they want. That’s what these connections do. And another way to say that is that the Internet makes human desires more easily attainable. In other words, it offers convenience. I learned that the Latin root of “convenience” actually means assembling and agreeing.
Evan Williams • "A Journey on the Information Highway"
Do you ever get really mad at your computer? Are you frustrated by how everything works these days? Do you get angry not knowing who to complain to when programs or applications break down? Well, you’re certainly not the only one.
Anna-Sofia Lesiv • Criticizing Computers
