Michael Dorn Quotes

Take a human desire, preferably one that has been around for a really long time Identify that desire and use modern technology to take out steps.

I'm known for being very enthusiastic about using technology. A lot of the attraction is the way that it streamlines the process and takes a lot of the drudgery out of it.

All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.

There is nothing shameful about being efficient.

Customers require the effective integration of technologies to simplify their workflow and boost efficiency.

A good system shortens the road to the goal.

Two things are going on at the same time with the flattening of the world: The relentless quest for efficiency is squeezing some of the fat out of life.

The time I save setting up and cleaning up probably balances out by the time I spend on output.

Whether you're a programmer or a seamstress, it's all about new techniques, simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster - but not worse.

A shot is a lever; it's all it is. You don't open a car door differently each time. A car door is efficient - it opens and closes. So is a shot.

I'm always trying to think of ways to make something more efficient. If I have to do something once, that's fine. If I have to do it twice, I'm kind of annoyed. And if I have to do it three times, I'm going to try to automate it.

I like modern efficiencies and functionality.

I'm still an engineer at heart. So if I can automate conversations that I find myself keep having to have, it seems like a good opportunity for me.

What's the problem you solve? Solve it for one person. Create a system to do it without you. Duplicate.

A computer shall not waste your time or require you to do more work than is strictly necessary.

Every game, and almost every life situation, has short cuts: ways you can get better without learning the entire literature of the game from beginning to end.

Although Patterson Beams was not my first plug-in, I knew from the beginning that I would write it, because the single biggest time consuming factor for me was editing each beam manually.

The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.

I'm grasping with how you do something on a large scale with multiple operations and not have quality decrease.

Technology makes things faster and more cost-effective, but it's not perfect. It requires you to be as flexible as you can be.

It's not about working harder; it's about working the system.

The fully developed bureaucratic apparatus compares with other organisations exactly as does the machine with the non-mechanical modes of production.

I don't worship at the alter of efficiency.

We need to have fewer meetings, not more—as we have to have time to put into effect some of the things we decide in these meetings.

Process is your friend, but process also dictates what you can do.