Avoiding complexity reduces bugs.

Whoever came up with "hold the shift key for eight seconds to turn on 'your keyboard is buggered' mode" should be shot.

Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.

The way to do good basic design isn't actually to be really smart about it, but to try to have a few basic concepts.

Excusing bad programming is a shooting offence, no matter what the circumstances.

I think the term "intellectual property" should be avoided, not because it's a bad term, but because it mixes things up that shouldn't be mixed up. There are different forms, and they hardly have anything to do with each other.

Being open source meant that I could work on the technical side (along with lots of other people), and others who had the interest and inclination could start up companies around it.