The Big Apple: “A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.

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Entry from August 09, 2018

“A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good”

"A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good” is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter by Martin LeBlanc (founder and CEO of Iconfinder) on May 14, 2014.

Twitter
Martin LeBlanc
@martinleblanc
A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good.
1:56 PM - 14 May 2014

Twitter
Iconfinder
@iconfinder
A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good.
3:28 PM - 14 May 2014

Google Books
Hello, Startup:
A Programmer’s Guide to Building Products, Technologies, and Teams
By Yevgeniy Brikman
Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
2016
Pg. 140:
A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good. —[LEBLANC 2014], MARTIN LEBLANC, FOUNDER OF ICONFINDER

Reddit—Webweu02
“A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good.” (plus.google.com)
submitted March 30, 2015 by Seetee

Reddit—ProgrammerHumor
A user interface is like a joke (self.ProgrammerHumor)
submitted April 27, 2017 by Necroman_Empire
If you have to explain it, it’s not that good.

Google Books
Learn Python Programming:
A beginner’s guide to learning the fundamentals of Python language to write efficient, high-quality code (Second Edition)
By Fabrizio Romano
Birmingham, UK: Packt Publishing Ltd
2018
Pg. 369:
“A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good.” – Martin LeBlanc

Reddit—Jokes
A user interface is like a joke
submitted June 10, 2018 by TidusJames
If you have to explain it, it’s not that good

Reddit—Jokes
A user interface is like a joke
submitted August 9, 2018 by WubbaLubba_dub-dub
If you have to explain it, it’s not very good

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