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Bill Buxton Biography

William Arthur Stewart "Bill" Buxton (born March 10, 1949) is a Canadian computer scientist and designer. He is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research. He is known for being one of the pioneers in the human–computer interaction field.

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Always be a beginner at something.

Beginner, Beginners

If I can see it, it's a failure

Failure, I Can, Ifs, See

The only way to engineer the future tomorrow is to have lived in it yesterday.

Future, Lived, Tomorrow, Way, Yesterday

The experience is about how we get there, not the landing place.

Experience, Landing, Place

The fundamental thing about sketching is that it isabout asking not telling

Asking, Fundamental, Fundamentals, Sketching, Telling, Thing

When we have this description, of what a sketch is, itsattributes, we can then start inventing new things thatshare those attributes, and therefore improve our currenttechnics by inventing new and better tools that help ussketch.

Description, Helping, Itsattributes, Sketch, Start, Tools

If you want toget the most outof a sketch, youneed to leave bigenough holes forthe imaginationto fit in.

Fit, Forthe, Holes, Imaginationto, Want, Youneed

If history is any indication, we should assume that any technology that is going to have a significant impact over the next 10 years is already 10 years old!

Already, History, Impact, Significant, Technology, Years

Our job is not to answer questions, its to ask the right questions. . . that get us to the right answer.

Answer, Answers, Ask, Asks, Jobs, Questions

Ultimately, we are deluding ourselves if we think that the products that we design are the ‘things’ that we sell, rather than the individual, social and cultural experience that they engender, and the value and impact that they have. Design that ignores this is not worthy of the name.

Ignores, Impact, Name, Names, Social, Thinking

My thesis [is] that in order to design a tool, we must make our best efforts to understand the larger social and physical context within which it is intended to function

Best Effort, Design, Function, Order, Social, Tool

The diversity of web browsers tomorrow will match the diversity of ink browsers (aka paper) today

Aka, Diversity, Ink, Match, Paper

Always be a beginner at something, and always be in love with what you are beginning.

Beginner, Beginners, Beginning, Love

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