“WWW was soon full of lots of interesting stuff, but not a space for communal design, for discource through communal authorship.”
World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee, taking note of the existence of blogs half a decade late, MSNBC.com, 21 December 2005
“Our culture is about distraction, numbing oneself. There is no self-reflection, no sitting still. It’s absolutely exhausting.”
David Greenfield, a psychologist specializing in Internet addiction, on our need for broadband speed, CNN.com, 21 December 2005
“I wish I hadn’t done it. It’s in poor taste…. People have a lot of information about themselves but staying objective is difficult.”
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales — or is that “cofounder”? — on editing his own entry on the website to minimize a colleague’s contributions and softpedal his involvement in a porn website, Wired News, 20 December 2005
“It is a digital holiday. Consumers are really responding to all things electronic.”
Walmart.com executive Raul Vazquez, on a wave of gadget buying that’s sure to end in tears at the tech-support call centers on Boxing Day, CNN.com, 19 December 2005
“Photo sharing was seen as a loss leader for photo finishing services.”
Flickr cofounder Caterina Fake, on her site’s studied avoidance of anything as limiting as a business model, News.com, 15 December 2005
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