B. Kevin Turner Quotes

Every tech product on the body like Jawbone or in the home like August is different. But there are definitely principles that apply across the board for me, such as integration in everyday life and discretion.

My role is to think about what the future could be for Airbnb - and that includes crafting an effortless and easy-to-use service on any platform, whether mobile, tablet, or Web.

Google likely never cared if Google+ 'won' as a competitor to Facebook (though if it did, that would have been a nice bonus). All that mattered, in the end, was whether Plus became the connective tissue between all of Google's formerly scattered services. And in a few short years, it's fair to say it has.

You need to look no further than Apple's iPhone to see how fast brilliantly written software presented on a beautifully designed device with a spectacular user interface will throw all the accepted notions about pricing, billing platforms and brand loyalty right out the window.

The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face, that you had control over it, that were confronted with it and could steer it.

I've tried plenty of telephones. I tried to get into the Samsung Galaxy and the Blackberry, but the iPhone is just too easy to use. The camera takes clear pictures and the phone itself looks great. Like all Apple products, it kind of just makes sense.

Windows is probably the most important product in the entire PC industry. Everything we do in terms of supporting touch, new hardware, accessibility has incredible impact.

Twitter is all about user experience - the fact that it is so easy, so clean, so unencumbered has won it so many users and fans, for so many different reasons.

OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it.

What matters is 'Have you done a better job of making our experiences feel like home on Windows?' That's our real goal, and that's what we're going to stay focused on.

The iPhone is so easy to use and navigate - I'd be lost without it.

We're in this incredible age where new brands are making people's lives easier, more convenient, more personalized.

I think that Windows 8 is kind of a catastrophe for everybody in the PC space.

The rise of the social web promised a new era of personalization for globe-trotting. But like many things born online, as popularity of the new tools increased, efficiency and usefulness began to decrease.

Design negotiates between technology, policy, systems, and users.

A world-changing vision often necessitates a profound simplicity in the user experience.

I love the idea of web design that maximises expressiveness over functionality.

Personal and mobile computing, long-distance communications, energy storage, and air travel are just a few of the things that have been democratized by technology, creating new possibilities for billions of people.

The two most important functional aspects to be fulfilled in a transportation facility are ease of wayfinding and easy orientation.

Consumers have zero time for products that are not simple, intuitive, and attractive to use. This is especially true with Internet products, where clean and useful design is a prerequisite to keeping anyone on your site for more than 30 seconds.

We refer to Lyft as a 'mullet app.' Simple up front, a lot going on in the back.

I'd like to realize services that people naturally think should be available and create a society where they can feel the convenience of digitalization.

A game's concept is one of its most important assets. I feel that we must aim to satisfy both beginners and experts, and that hasn't changed since I was making 'Kirby' games.

I've had the iPad for a nice little minute, not into gadgets like that, though.

The Internet is full of choices, and nobody is going to make the choice to use a product that is hard to use or unattractive.