Author: Alex

“The iPod is no longer just an instrument or a tool, but a part of myself.”

York University professor Markus Giesler, on consumers’ disturbing level of intimacy with their music players, Wired News, 28 January 2005

“Shopping becomes politics in the 21st century.”

U2 lead singer Bono, speaking at Davos about global poverty, MarketWatch, 27 January 2005

“It’s a new technological innovation that is not at all unlike the first pay phone.”

California State Parks superintendent Ruth Coleman, on allowing visitors to access the Internet wirelessly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 January 2005

“It’s hard to justify flying around in a jet anymore when a little Google guy, who is probably a millionaire or a billionaire, is driving around in a Prius.”

Silicon Valley restaurant proprietor Jamis MacNiven, on the lack of conspicuous consumption at the Googleplex, The Washington Post, 25 January 2005

“If the Times could accept a Republican in 1973, it could certainly accept a blogger in 2005.”

Dave Winer, on the need for diversity in mainstream media, Scripting News, 24 January 2005