Month: January 2006

“With technology, things never get dull.”

Former newspaper columnist Paul Andrews, on dropping the “ink-stained” descriptor, Seattle Times, 9 January 2006

“The data that defines you socially isn’t really that complicated, or that hard to collect.”

Google cofounder Larry Page, on the trivial nature of social engineering, Engadget, 6 January 2006

“If you want a really expensive laptop, buy a Vaio.”

Sony chairman Sir Howard Stringer, explaining the difference between his company’s products and Dell’s, Engadget, 5 January 2006

“We’ve talked about this as the decade of digital lifestyle, the decade of digital workstyle. It’s not just one application that makes it happen. It’s the fact that as you adopt these things, they really go together.”

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, ushering in a brilliant new age of fingerpointing at the Consumer Electronics Show, Engadget, 4 January 2006

“When you’re listening to the Internet, the discussion is taking place in real time.”

Intelliseek spokeswoman Sue MacDonald, on advising companies to read blogs for the keen insight and analysis the medium is so well known for, News.com, 3 January 2006