Ditherati: See the Digerati Dither, Daily

“Polar explorers need multimedia, mobile and communication technologies as they need to feel in touch with the rest of the planet.”

Internet addict turned polar explorer Dmitry Shparo, on the need for Wi-Fi at the North Pole, Sci-Tech Today, 14 April 2005

“I don’t believe the company today is in alignment on its business and business prospects and the size of our infrastructure costs, and I want to get those into alignment.”

George Shaheen, who’s planning to do the same great job of controlling infrastructure costs at Siebel Systems that he did at billion-dollar flameout Webvan, InternetNews.com, 13 April 2005

“The Internet just seemed like a quiet, internal world, where shy people, who were afraid of the outdoors, spent too much time.”

Blogger-singer-actress Xeni Jardin, on what the Web was like before she showed up, Los Angeles Times, 10 April 2005

“European ranking should reflect a European vision of history and culture.”

French librarian Jean-Noel Jeanneney, on Gallic fears of domination by Google, The New York Times, 11 April 2005

“We’re going to see that the Internet and television are really two sides of the same sheet of paper.”

Jupiter Research analyst Gary Stein, on the modern age’s two great wastelands, Wired News, 7 April 2005