“The whole shibboleth that people will not pay for things on the Internet is old myth-making twaddle by techies.”
IAC CEO and noted twaddle expert Barry Diller, on the willingness of Internet consumers to pay for twaddle, Microsoft Pri0, 24 February 2010
“How do you make toothpaste advertising exciting online?”
Adobe executive Jennifer Taylor, spitballing exciting new business models in Web video, Beet.tv, 24 February 2010
“Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me.”
TV funnyman-in-exile Conan O’Brien, pretending to have a problem that his 50,000-plus Twitter followers can solve, @conanobrien, 24 February 2010
“Though each case raises slightly different issues, the question they ultimately pose is whether Google is doing anything to choke off competition or hurt our users and partners. This is not the case.”
Google lawyer Julia Holtz, on antitrust complaints against her employer, Google European Public Policy Blog, 24 February 2010
“Apple TV is still a hobby. The reaility is that Apple TV is in a market that is very small today. … But we’re going to continue to invest in it because our gut tells us there’s something there.”
Apple COO Tim Cook, on why he’s spending shareholders’ money on a living-room hobbyhorse, Digital Daily, 23 February 2010
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