“The essence of information organization is not a computer science issue. It’s a cognitive issue. Understanding how people think and reason, and organizing information in a user-centric way so that it provides real value to a human–these are the pillars of the classic library and information science approach.” (IT@UT)

“The trick in designing information systems is to introduce bits of automation that will fit in to the work and do useful things, and then make it possible for people to work with those bits of automation embedded in the systems while leaving them the discretionary space to exercise the kind of judgment they need to exercise to really get the work done.” (Dialog on Leadership) – courtesy of brightly colored food

Douglas K. van Duyne, James A. Landay, and Jason I. Hong: “Design patterns are a way of communicating common design problems that web designers face, as well as solutions that work in practice.” (Antonio Volpon – Evolt)

“(..) when I joined Apple, I had the concept in my head of a computer that would be purchased at reasonable cost, would be graphic from the get-go, and would be far easier to use then existing computers because it would have a much better interface. So I drew up the specs for it and started hiring the people, designed a lot of the software, designed a lot of the user interface and managed to get a project started inside Apple called ‘the Macintosh Project.’ I called it ‘Macintosh’ because the McIntosh is my favorite kind of apple to eat. And I figured that if I was going to have an apple I might as well have a tasty one.” (ACM  Ubiquity)

“The Web has been following an enormous pendulum swing for some time now. Back about five years ago, when I was still at HotWired, we could do no wrong. Every stupid idea was a new paradigm and the foundations of a new economy. Now, things are just as silly. Nobody will touch the Web, and everyone is running away screaming.” (Craig Salla – Digital Web Magazine)

“We’re doing anything where software runs – on TV, watches, video games, you name it. If it’s about writing great software that can empower people, we’re doing software for every one of those things. As long as we’re doing a good job writing software we’re targeting our software at the full range of devices.” (USATODAY) – courtesy of nooface

“Alan Kay knows what he has contributed to technology and the way we all, at home and at work, interact with computers. His frustration lies in how little use we make of the dynamism at our fingertips. He has very clear, very vocal ideas about the failures and setbacks caused by all sorts of dominant technologies – the World Wide Web prime among them. ‘Internet, good; World Wide Web, bad. The Web was put together by people with more energy than sophistication.'” (Rebecca Rolfes – HP Business View)

“Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO, describes the interplay between technology and design – a process that, at its best, yields products that change the way people live and work.” (Technology Review) – courtesy of elegant hack

“A speech-recognition software expert explains the difference between good design and ambiguity, how good designs go bad, and why everyone is a designer.” (ACM Ubiquity)

“One of the problems I see with the Web right now is that we have a sort of crisis of innovation. There really isn’t much new in the web. In some ways the Web is stagnating. Everyone’s sites look and act the same. Every website has the same functionality within its vertical category, but there’s so much more we can do.” (Juan C. Dürsteler – Inf@Vis!)

“He has been at the center of the forces that have been guiding the Web for over a decade.” – (Russell Dyer – XML.com)

Content Management and Information Architecture – (Tony Byrne – CMSWatch)

“I focus on Web-based interfaces because the Web is much more of a communication medium than a tool (unlike many desktop applications). The interfaces tend to be more dynamic and there is always a message involved.” – (LukeW Interface Designs)

“The world’s leading expert on Web site usability speaks his mind on the future of Web publishing.” (Melissa Reyen – Publish)

“If nothing else, UX could also help provide a framework that would enable interdisciplinary conversations. After all, one of the hardest parts of working in a multidisciplinary environment is that we literally don’t speak the same language.” (Andy King – WebReference)

One of the key players in the Cascading Style Sheets: “I still sort of retain that perception of the web at my core – as a means of sharing information and not primarily as a tool of commerce.” (Russell Dyer – XML.com)

“He’s written a wealth of articles on Web development, optimization, scripting and design (…)” (Adrian Holovaty)

“Jacques Bertin is one of the fundamental gurus of Information Visualisation since he was the first in articulating a coherent and reasoned theory for the analysis of quantitative graphic representation.” (Juan C. Dürsteler – Inf@Vis!)