I’m finally getting down to organizing my notes and thoughts from the MEX Conference held last month in London.

Here are some of my favorite quotes:

“The user says, ‘It’s broken’ not ‘I’m suffering from a fragmented ecosystem’.” — Jo Rabin, MobileMonday London

“Most people don’t want to buy a 1/4″ drill, they want a 1/4″ hole.” – Scott Jensen, Google

“Cognitive simplicity” — Steve Ives, Taptu

“Neutral vs. Imperial” — JD Moore, Nokia

“‘Chaos’ is not chaotic to non-Western eyes. ‘Chaos’ is shared space.” – Paul Adams, Google

“The environment is the interface.” — Kieran del Pasqua, Intel

iPhone: “The interface is the device.” — Robert Weideman, Nuance

“The device is the analog-to-digital converter of life.” — Robert Weideman, Nuance

“‘Device talking to us’ doesn’t always work as well as ‘us talking to device’.” — comment during a Breakout Session on design use cases for the handset outside the hand.*

“Fragmentation is the result of innovation.” — Carl Taylor, Hutchison Whampoa Europe

“It is seven times quicker to read than to listen. It is seven times quicker to say it than to type it.” — Simon Crowfoot, SpinVox

“…’Point and Shoot’ as a UI design philosophy.” – Simon Crowfoot, SpinVox

*If you’re the one who said this, please let me know so that I may credit you!