QoTD: Shigeru Miyamoto

“So, it’s important for us to acknowledge that we’re prone to be conservative, and in turn surround ourselves with individuals who will help break down our conservatism.” — Shigeru Miyamoto, on designing the Wii controllers

This entry was written by Jeff Waugh, posted on December 7, 2006 at 11:42, filed under Quote of the Day. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

2 Comments

  1. Nathan DBB
    Posted December 8, 2006 at 02:26 | Permalink

    Some people want to move forward, with the best ideas and the best people. I would say that is rare.

    Unfortunately, most groups and companies are not like that. A company usually has an old guard with money and the people who are the best at complimenting their dull and customer-squeezing ideas.

    They don’t have new ideas beyond decoration and packaging for old ideas. When they come out with a new version, it is usually b/c the old version was broken (like windows and security). Or the new version is released to charge users more for less (like DVDs and region coding).

    Long-term copyrights and patents just reinforce the Laurel-sitting, and customer-screwing strategy. Companies should be forced to make new contributions to their fields if they want government protection for their work.

  2. James Governor
    Posted December 12, 2006 at 02:43 | Permalink

    all IT revolutions have an associated UI change. is this one of them?

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