Author: Alex

“Our approach is: We post, you decide.”

Alan Nelson, operator of the Command Post blog, on posting early, incorrect poll results, Wired News, 3 November 2004

“It’s not a machine issue. It’s voters not properly following the instructions.”

Michelle Shafer, spokesbot for voting-machine maker Hart InterCivic, following in the tech tradition of blaming the user, Wired News, 2 November 2004

“When we were developing the notebooks, we worked really, really, really hard to make sure that when you opened it up, the display was the display.”

Apple design chief Jonathan Ive, managing only to raise more questions in answering a query about what his group does, Macworld UK, 29 October 2004

“Blaming the technology does not address the issue. We must vigorously enforce intellectual property protections and prosecute the violations, not the technology.”

President George W. Bush, on the problem of piracy on the internets, InternetNews.com, 22 October 2004

“We’re going to be broader to reflect the maturing of the tech industry. It’s also important to be much more global than it was.”

Red Herring editor Joel Dreyfuss, on his plan to tank the magazine exactly the same way it went under the first time, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 October 2004