CHAIRMAN OF THE BORED

“In response to the curiosity, no chairs were thrown, no ultimatums served, I am not moving to Cupertino or Mountain View, I did not take a courier job and I require no assistance finding the door.”

Microsoft entertainment and devices executive J Allard, finally devising to do something genuinely entertaining in the course of exiting his job, ZDNet, 25 May 2010

IF THERE’S A PLATFORM, SOMEONE’S TAKING A DIVE

“When we discuss the future of Twitter, we focus on the mechanisms through which we can build a platform of enduring value.”

Dick Costolo, Twitter’s chief obfuscating officer, explaining to thick-minded ad slingers exactly who gets to make money around these here tweets, Twitter Blog, 24 May 2010

SHARING ISN’T CARING

“Open is for losers.”

Deliberate provocateur and startup-investing gadabout Dave McClure, on why free-as-in-free-beer neo-hippies need to rethink their business plans,  VentureBeat, 19 May 2010

NICHE-Y MASS, OR A NASTY MESS?

“This is about extending our content offerings so that we’re relevant to both a mass and a niche audience.”

Yahoo executive James Pitaro, on buying cheap-articles factory Associated Content, PaidContent.org, 18 May 2010

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MY EYES ARE STUFFED

“Our biggest challenge is making sure we don’t taste too many things.”

YouTube figurehead-in-chief Chad Hurley, mixing up his senses in explaining his video site’s scarcity of scarcity, New York Times, 17 May 2010