Our information lives will be better served when we are free to get to our information from wherever we are, with any device available.

Technology usually provides a series of tradeoffs. Each asset is offset by a deficit...A major problem occurs when those who suffer from technology's defecits and those who benefit are not the same people.

The argument is not between adding features and simplicity, between adding capability and usability. The real issue is about design: designing things that have the power required for the job while maintaining understandabili ty, the feeling of control, and the pleasure of accomplishment.

A challenge to the designers of the world: Make signs unnecessary.

I believe that the Apple Shuffle is an excellent compromise among the conflicting requirements of simplicity, elegance, size, battery life, and function

Rule of thumb: if you think something is clever and sophisticated beware-it is probably self-indulgence.

I think there is a tendency in science to measure what is measurable and to decide that what you cannot measure must be uninteresting.