Quotes About Progress

There was no CD tray, just a subtle slot. And as with the original Macintosh, there was no

The journey is the reward

perhaps no matter how fast computers progress, artificial intelligence may never outstrip the intelligence of the human-machine partnership. Let

the Mac is dead, what's going to replace it?" Amelio asked. Jobs's reply didn't impress him. "Steve didn't seem to have a clear answer," Amelio later said. "He seemed to have a set of one-liners.

NeXT computer. But gradually he was learning his lesson. In building devices like the iPod

An invention, especially one as complex as the computer, usually comes not from an individual brainstorm but from a collaboratively woven tapestry of creativity.

trajectory that could be expected to continue. This was reaffirmed in 1971, when Intel was able to etch a complete central processing unit onto one chip, the Intel 4004, which was dubbed

Jobs had been referring to computers as a bicycle for the mind; the ability of humans to create a bicycle allowed them to move more efficiently than even a condor, and likewise the ability to create computers would multiply the efficiency of their minds.

The mark of an innovative company is not only that it comes up with new ideas first, but also that it knows how to leapfrog when it finds itself behind. iTunes

atomic power, radar, and the Internet—were spawned by the military.

The creation of a triangular relationship among government, industry, and academia was, in its own way, one of the significant innovations that helped produce the technological revolution of the late twentieth century.

the best semiconductor engineers in the country

los Laboratorios Bell demostraron que puede generarse innovación de forma continuada cuando se junta a personas con talentos diversos, preferiblemente en espacios que propicien la proximidad física y permitan mantener reuniones frecuentes

Some of the most important technologies of our era, such as the fracking techniques developed over the past six decades for extracting natural gas, came about because of countless small innovations as well as a few breakthrough leaps.

conception is just the first step. What really matters is execution.

caso de John Atanasoff, el olvidado inventor de Iowa, la concepción de la idea es solo el primer paso. Lo que importa realmente es la ejecución.

His plan incorporated the packet-switching concept of Paul Baran and Donald Davies, the suggestion for standardized IMPs proposed by Wes Clark, the theoretical insights of J. C. R. Licklider, Les Earnest, and Leonard Kleinrock, and the contributions of many other inventors.

Just as bacteria have spent millennia evolving ways to develop immunity to viruses, perhaps we humans should use our ingenuity to do the same.

If you don't cannibalize yourself, someone else will

Every month or so, Manock and Oyama would present a new iteration based on Jobs's previous criticisms. The latest plaster model would be dramatically unveiled

the true birth of the digital age, the era in which electronic devices became embedded in every aspect of our lives, occurred in Murray Hill, New Jersey, shortly after lunchtime on Tuesday, December 16, 1947.

La mejor forma de predecir el futuro es inventarlo

Well, it's a start," Jobs said, "but basically, it stinks. The background color is too dark, some lines

modern life in the information age as about its supernaturally gifted and driven subject … In the end, we can't help but agree with Isaacson's assessment: "Was