GLASS HOUSES, LIVING — STONES, BAD!

“The miserable quality of Web content also counts as a major defeat for the Alertbox. I have repeatedly campaigned for a new writing style that is optimized for the Web.”

Web usability Cassandra Jakob Nielsen, on his site’s leading-edge role in discouraging interesting content on the Web, Useit.com, 28 May 2000

FORGET THE ECONOMY, IMAGINE HOW THE PIG FEELS

“We view our revisions to the government’s plan as putting lipstick on a pig. It’s still irresponsible, it’s still excessive, it’s still damaging to the high-tech economy.”

Microsoft spokesperson Mark Murray, leaving unexplained the link between cosmetics on farm animals, antitrust suits, and the U.S. economy, Wired News, 1 June 2000