Author: Alex

“If Odeo somehow comes to dominate podcasting, this wouldn’t be the first time Evan Williams ‘took over’ an idea.”

Serial failed entrepreneur Dave Winer, on the heretical notion that any of his ideas could be improved upon, Scripting News, 25 February 2005

“I’m attempting to revisit the idea of arts patronage in the context of the Internet.”

Web designer Jason Kottke, on quitting his job to blog for a living, Red Herring, 23 February 2005

“We’re in a digital age now and that requires software.”

Apple hardware executive Greg Joswiak, on the dimishing value of his job, Reuters, 23 February 2005

“Paris feels badly that this happened and she feels badly that other people have been inconvenienced.”

Paris Hilton publicist Gina Hoffman, on the posting of the contents of her inexplicably famous client’s cell-phone address book on the Internet, Reuters, 22 February 2005

“Creative is a hidden gem, like Cinderella. There’s a lot of inner beauty, a lot of inner strength out there, but not a lot of people know it. In the long run, Creative can become the princess in this area.”

Creative Technologies CEO Sim Wong Hoo, on waiting for consumers to notice his company, Newsweek, 21 February 2005