“I’m a firm believer that rigid constraints yield intense creativity.”
Jason Winslow, an independent filmmaker, on the particular joys of designing films for the sadistically slow frame rates of the Web, Wired News, 14 April 1998
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In 2002 I started contributing to Open Source software, and life has just gotten better from there. Co-founder of WordPress, founder Automattic.
IXL, UXL, WE ALL XL
“We can’t hire [skilled employees] fast enough. That’s why we buy companies.”
Bert Ellis, chairman and CEO of iXL Holdings, on his recruitment-through-acquisition strategy for total world domination of interactive media, The New York Times, 13 April 1998
BEGGARS CAN’T BE CHOOSERS
“It was just an opportunity that we could not refuse.”
Nick Grouf, Firefly Network’s CEO-songwriter, on his decision to sell his company to Microsoft for 40 cents on the dollar, PC Week Online, 9 April 1998
YEAH, BARK, BUT DON’T FORGET WHO’S GOING TO LEAD
“Netscape would make an excellent partner to Microsoft.”
Netscape CEO James Barksdale, on his choice of dancing partners to put some swing back in his company’s stock, Wired, April 1998
WOMEN … UM … LIKE SITES THAT … UM … DO STUFF
“Women will gravitate to sites that address certain central areas that they’re dealing with and deal with them in a unique way.”
Yvette DeBow, analyst with Jupiter Communications, showing the fruits of her employer’s careful market research, News.com, 7 April 1998
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