“A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; a...” — Niklaus Wirth Quote

A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do.

But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs.

Yet, I am convinced that there is a need for high quality software, and the time will come when it will be recognized that it is worth investing effort in its development and in using a careful, structured approach based on safe, structured languages.

Usually its users discover sooner or later that their program does not deliver all the desired results, or worse, that the results requested were not the ones really needed.

If budget planning requires gathering information from people who may not always have the incentive to disclose that information, then the principles of mechanism design can definitely be of use in such planning.

I studied video game design. The one thing I knew for sure about myself is I didn't want to study acting.

All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it requires an ensemble of correct assumptions and valid calculations.

There are many design companies, but there are few designers who organize their own business and open it up to other designers.