“In the year 2000, you’re not going to be a futurist anymore. You’re going to be a presentist.”
Once-and-futurist Douglas Rushkoff, on how his industry is preparing for the Y2K problem, in a speech at the SXSW Interactive Festival, 14 March 1999
Author: Matt
In 2002 I started contributing to Open Source software, and life has just gotten better from there. Co-founder of WordPress, founder Automattic.
HERE COME THE NEW RULES, SAME AS THE OLD RULES
“This is just like any other business. People come back not just because it’s the cheapest, but also because they trust you.”
Buy.com board member and former PepsiCo CEO Don Kendall, whom we’d love to see in the same room as Kevin Kelly, Fortune, 29 March 1999 (issue date)
THE PAST IS PROLOGUE
“During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.”
Vice President and Wannabe-Geek-in-Chief Al Gore, switching credit packets on the fly to offer up a version of Net history that’s not quite a digit-for-digit copy, CNN, 09 March 1999
THINK NOT REALLY THAT DIFFERENT
“The Web is less and less like a toy-laden treehouse for bright, creative misfits and more a complex reflection of our world in all its banal and commercial aspects “
Former Wired News reporter Steve Silberman, on his decision to avoid working for Barry Diller by going to work for Si Newhouse, Wired News, 10 March 1999
TOO BAD EBAY STOPPED AUCTIONING GUNS
“The only thing you see on buses is America Online. They’re everywhere! Every bus! I’m sick of it! I wanna get a shotgun.”
Barnesandnoble.com CEO Jonathan Bulkeley, on his former employer and current business partner, The Industry Standard, 5 March 1999
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