“It makes no sense to tether ourselves to our mobile devices.”
Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller on killing the headphone jack, Quartz, 7 September 2007
INTERNET DOT ARRGH
“People don’t take me at face value that we just want to help people get on the Internet.”
Facebook CEO Mark “They Trust Me” Zuckerberg, playing innocent in Barcelona, VentureBeat, 22 February 2016
TRAINING DAZE
“One of the things that people often bemoan is that nobody trains anyone in this industry anymore.”
Zenefits founder Parker Conrad, who would be fired less than a year later after an investigation found managers pushing software that let salespeople cheat on insurance-broker-licensing training programs, Employee Benefit Adviser, 25 March 2015
GOOD THING THE BENGALI TYPHOON HAS PASSED
“Wired is no longer a pirate ship.”
Wired editor-in-chief Scott Dadich, declaring a jihad on action figures, neon signs, and coffee stains in Wired’s new office, email via The Awl, 14 January 2015
HIGH ON YOUR OWN ICYMI
“Within any 24-hour cycle, there’s so much news and information and things that are happening, but in a strange way, that I kind of like, you become addicted to it.”
Ryan Seacrest, on the adrenaline rush he gets from the fear of missing out, Bloomberg, 8 January 2015
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