Author: Alex

“An ad is a quid pro quo relationship between media creators, advertisers and consumers.”

Six Apart executive Andrew Anker, on the prospect of helping bloggers sell out more efficiently, InternetNews.com, 24 November 2004

“All of this will probably make the privacy people puke but they have to grow up.”

London School of Economics researcher Carsten Sorensen, on why Big Brother belongs in the workplace, InfoWorld, 2 December 2004

“[Verizon’s] had this opportunity to deploy for years and they haven’t done it. They, in my opinion, don’t want competition.”

Dianah Neff, Philadelphia’s chief information officer, on the unattractive prospect of unwiring the city, 30 November 2004

“When people ask me, are you a retailer or an Internet company, I say, ‘Yes.'”

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, keeping his business plan intentionally vague, Newsweek, 29 November 2004

“We found that customers didn’t want an integrated, all-in-one solution. No matter what we integrated, they wanted something different.”

HP executive Nora Denzel, on the company’s prolonged incompetence at coming up with products customers wanted to buy, News.com, 29 November 2004