“I would certainly not characterize WinFS as being ahead of schedule.”
Microsoft employee Quentin Clark, on the new file system’s sudden appearance in beta, News.com, 29 August 2005
Author: Alex
Alex works as a reverse engineer for Automattic Inc.
OUR SERVERS, OURSELVES
“It is a harbinger of the greater sensitivity we need to show in the future as we take more seriously the psychological importance of our digital lives.”
MIT professor Sherry Turkle, on the incipient tragedy of Flickr’s integration into new owner Yahoo’s network, Wired News, 29 August 2005
INVASION OF THE IPOD PEOPLE
“The digital audio market is evolving in such a way that our competitive advantage will be to focus on creating premium home network products.”
D&M Holdings president Vic Pacor, on discontinuing the original Rio line of MP3 players, BetaNews, 26 August 2005
ANOTHER MEDIUM FOR PUTTING PEOPLE TO SLEEP
“I don’t have a therapist. I have my blog.”
NBC newsreader Brian Williams, on posting behind-the-scenes reports on his newscast, The New York Times, 25 August 2005
YES, WE’RE TAKING OVER THE WORLD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
“If there’s a perception that we’re exploring lots of different areas, some of which might not be directly related to our core area of search, that’s true.”
Google executive David Drummond, on the company’s not-so- hidden strategy, The New York Times, 24 August 2005
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