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Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising.

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When I first prepared this particular talk…
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There’s a real sense in which MS and Apple never understood networking or operating systems (or what objects really are).
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When was the last time a technology with a scale like that was so error-free?
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So at the end of the presentation, Steve came up to me and said: Is the iPhone worth criticizing? And I said: Make the screen five inches by eight inches, and you’ll rule the world.
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The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure.
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