Patrick Chanezon: Quotes

Quote of the Day

Tue, 17 Dec 2002 10:35:59 GMT

"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh." - George Bernard Shaw

I went to a funeral last week. This quote is very relevant.

Wed, 30 Oct 2002 08:43:52 GMT

Jason saw this on slashdot somewhere and sent it on:

/(bb|[^b]{2})/ that is the Question

A pretty good one :-)

Mon, 30 Sep 2002 14:40:07 GMT

Taste and Aesthetics A Conversation with Ken Arnold, Part II, a very interesting interview of Ken Arnolds by Bill Venners where Arnold argues for the need for arrogance in software design, when backed by a strong sense of taste:

To achieve simplicity, you sometimes have to say, "You think you want this, but you're not quite right." That is arrogance, the arrogance of taste

I could not agree more, even if I have a hard time applying it to myself, being to uncertain about my sense of taste :-)

Mon, 30 Sep 2002 12:17:41 GMT

G. K. Chesterton. "I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite." [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]