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John Maeda
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VP Eng, Microsoft CoreAI / How To Speak Machine (2025) amzn.to/4556o1i or (2019) amzn.to/2HjDtM6
Redmond, WA
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    John Maeda
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    Nov 2, 2021
    Metaverse in NYT (2007): “John Maeda isn't real, nor is the island. He is the Resident, and the island is the Metaverse in the virtual world of the Second Life online game. Other works exhibited are a beige Apple II computer, and a dozen or so iPod Nanos.” nytimes.com/2007/05/04/sty…
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    John Maeda
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    Mar 26, 2014
    Steve Jobs on the disease of believing that 90% of the work is having a great idea … via @cdixon
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    John Maeda
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    Oct 14, 2015
    I’ve been carrying around little shards of notes with the goal of creating the LawsOf.Design for business.
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    John Maeda
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    Nov 2, 2018
    Good design is about clarity over style, and accountability over ego.
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    John Maeda
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    Feb 23, 2017
    "If you only see one solution to a problem, you don't understand the problem." superpedestrian.com
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    John Maeda
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    Dec 16, 2024
    “An artist needs to have control of every aspect of a painting. A writer needs to have control over every sentence in a novel. And you simply cannot have control over every sentence in a novel if all you gave was a pretty short text prompt.” —Ted Chiang
    Writer Ted Chiang on AI and grappling with big ideas
    From npr.org
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    John Maeda
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    May 4, 2014
    Powerful illustration of Moore's Law (128Mb to 128Gb): kpcb.cc/Ret9rb via @HistoryInPics
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    John Maeda
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    Nov 17, 2014
    "The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten." —found on a wall
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    John Maeda
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    Oct 5, 2014
    "If a picture is worth 1000 words, a prototype is worth 1000 meetings." —saying at @ideo
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    John Maeda
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    Sep 3, 2022
    Surprised to be able to run #StableDiffusion locally on my M2's GPU in under 30 minutes. Definitely feels like a kind of 🚀 launch to me — I now get it. replicate.com/blog/run-stabl…
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    John Maeda
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    Aug 25, 2017
    Good design is about clarity over style, and accountability over ego.
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    John Maeda
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    Aug 10, 2017
    “The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.” —found on a wall
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    John Maeda
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    Jun 20, 2017
    Pessimism loves company. But optimism makes companies.
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    John Maeda
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    Aug 5, 2017
    “We found 13% improvement in performance from people working at home.” —@StanfordBiz
    Why Working from Home Is a “Future-Looking Technology”
    From gsb.stanford.edu