I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.
True interactivity is not about clicking on icons or downloading files, it's about encouraging communication.
The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.
It is easy to fail when designing an interactive experience. Designers fail when they do not know the audience, integrate the threads of content and context, welcome the public properly, or make clear what the experience is and what the audience's role in it will be.
Indifference is isolation. In difference is texture and wonder.
The idea that you make an experience that requires a conversation in a public place is training for the fact that culture is collective.
Boston was a great town to go to college in. Maybe that's why there's so many colleges there. I love the town, and I loved Boston University.
Our culture teaches us that making significant changes takes a long time and is difficult to do. This is simply NOT true. Change happens in an instant. It is not a process - it is something you do in an instant by simply making a decision.
Back in the day, when the D. J. would be playing a record, Id be on the mic trying to hype up the crowd. So once Public Enemy became a rap group, I decided that thats the role that I wanted to take on. I wanted to be the one that was hyping, because Ive always been good at it. I can hype up any crowd.
I plan to eliminate regulations that hinder domestic companies, particularly large conglomerates from investing in other companies.