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Quotes About Information

Who is going to invest in a company that shows you what's going on quarterly, compared to one that shows you what's going on all the time?
~ Don Tapscott
As a rule, it takes time for information to get into LTM and time and effort to get it out again.
~ Donald A. Norman
What are the design implications? Don't count on much being retained in STM. Computer systems often enhance people's frustration when things go wrong by presenting critical information in a message that then disappears from the display just when the person wishes to make use of the information. So how can people remember the critical information? I am not surprised when people hit, kick, or otherwise attack their computers.
~ Donald A. Norman
When I used to work for the local government organisation we HAD TO change our Passwords every three months. To ensure I could remember it, I used to write it on a Post-It note and stick it above my desk.
~ Donald A. Norman
To manage product development effectively, we must recognize that valuable new information is constantly arriving throughout the development cycle. Rather than remaining frozen in time, locked to our original plan, we must learn to make good economic choices using this emerging information.
~ Donald G. Reinertsen
Face-to-face communication is inherently real-time and combines both verbal and nonverbal information.
~ Donald G. Reinertsen
The more simple and predictable the communication, the easier it is for the brain to digest.
~ Donald Miller
Tell Your Customer Everything They Get For some customers, the bottom line question
~ Donald Miller
Without knowing it, the subconscious is always categorizing and organizing information, and when we talk publicly about our company's random backstory or internal goals, we're positioning ourselves as the chairs, not the exits.
~ Donald Miller
But this poses a problem," Mike continued. "Processing information demands that the brain burn calories. And the burning of too many calories acts against the brain's primary job: to help us survive and thrive.
~ Donald Miller
When storytellers bombard people with too much information, the audience is forced to burn too many calories organizing the data. As
~ Donald Miller
Why do so many brands create noise rather than music? It's because they don't realize they are creating noise. They actually think people are interested in the random information they're doling out.
~ Donald Miller
El cerebro no sabe cómo procesar la información. Cuanto más sencilla y previsible es la comunicación, más fácilmente la procesa el cerebro. Las historias ayudan porque una historia es un mecanismo de creación de sentido. En esencia, las fórmulas basadas en el concepto de historia lo que hacen es ordenarlo todo de manera que el cerebro no tenga que esforzarse para comprender lo que está pasando.»
~ Donald Miller
people don't read websites, they scan them.
~ Donald Miller
Once a customer gets curious about how you can solve their problem, they may come looking for more information. This is where your website comes in.
~ Donald Miller
knew, yet his behaviour had suggested that his information was of
~ Donna Leon
about the insurance and he felt his face grow red again. He'd reacted like a child with a new toy, running off at the first impulse, not pausing long enough to reflect or to check the information they did have available to them. He knew it was by now standard policy to suspect the spouse in any case of suspicious death, but he should have trusted his instinct about
~ Donna Leon
distracted themselves with all kinds of gadgets and devices, flooding themselves incessantly with information and texts and communication and entertainment from every direction to try to make themselves forget it: where we were, what we were.
~ Donna Tartt
I try not to watch the news. Too depressing.
~ J.A. Konrath
Frank verbuchte diese Information in der Kategorie »Unnötiges Wissen« und versuchte dann, in Ohnmacht zu fallen.
~ J.A. Konrath
In science, having more data is always preferred. In life, secrets and lies make society manageable.
~ J.A. Konrath
In 1992, the internet carried 100 gigabytes of data per day. By 2007, when the iPhone was released, it carried 2,000 gigabytes per second. Today, it's moving beyond 150,000 gigabytes per second.
~ Unknown
The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, one sometimes forgets which.
~ J.M. Barrie
Living your dream is always the result of information, inspiration and perspiration.
~ Jack Canfield