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Good interface design was like magic, or religion: it cultivated the mass suspension of disbelief.
“Once he asked a colleague if he had ever heard of a musician named Carlos San-tain-a; Brin had been asked to introduce him at a concert. “Sergey,” the Googler said, “everyone knows who Carlos Santana is.” “I’ll just say he needs no introduction,” said Brin.)”
― In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
― In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
“Try to throw a rock through a virtual storefront, and you just get an error.”
― The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding from You
― The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding from You
“If Facebook ever gets tired of that minimalist f and wants a new logo, I suggest, on a blue background: two white people arguing about what another white person said about Africa.”
― Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves
― Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves
“Often children came in with minor colds or coughs or diarrhea and then suddenly, they were dead.”
― Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea
― Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea
“In June 2009 King Albert II made an official visit. He wasn’t allowed in to see the servers.”
― In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
― In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
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