Erik Naggum on Books
Browse 5 quotations attributed to Erik Naggum, catalogued under books, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Erik Naggum, entry #166464: "Would you buy a book proudly stating on the cover that its reader is a dummy? Or would you think "of course it's ironic"?"
Attributed to Erik Naggum, entry #151634: "Unformed people delight in the gaudy and in novelty. Cooked people delight in the ordinary."
5 Quotes by Erik Naggum on Books
"Would you buy a book proudly stating on the cover that its reader is a dummy? Or would you think "of course it's ironic"?"
"Unformed people delight in the gaudy and in novelty. Cooked people delight in the ordinary."
"You have failed to consider the ramifications of the solutions and pose a problem that simply would not exist if you did. This taxes my patience, which is already legendary in its general absence."
"I have come to believe that large print, thick and heavy paper, and wide margins and oversize leading is indicative of the expected intelligence of the reader. … Compare children's books and books on Web Duhsign or other X-in-21-days books. If the reading level of a specification is below college level, chances are the people behind it are morons and the result morose."
"The Internet will not become a money machine until the banking industry figures out how to transfer money for free so you can charge USD 0.005 for some simple service like, say, reading a newspaper article you have searched for. With today's payment system, the cost of the transfer of the funds completely dwarf the cost of the service paid for. … This situation, however, is what acutely prevents the Internet from taking off as a network for paid services."