Author: Alex

“We’re like a little kid on the playground who was skinny and could be pushed around. We’re bulked up but haven’t quite gotten the respect.”

Ask Jeeves executive Jim Lanzone, on the fourth-place search engine’s quest for props, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 July 2004

“In the long term, we’ll hit a wall where a lot of the search buys that make sense today won’t make sense anymore because prices will have risen so high.”

Nielsen/NetRatings analyst Ken Cassar, on the coming drought of outlets for search advertising, The New York Times, 19 July 2004

“I was on Madison, and it was, like, on every block, there was someone with white headphones, and I thought, ‘Oh, my God, it’s starting to happen’.”

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, on the cult of iPod, Newsweek, 26 July 2004 (issue date)

“We may still be losing money, but we have gone from nowhere to a significant player with a whole different approach. I bet we can take Sony next generation.”

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, on why he’s proud that the Xbox proved to be an also-ran, News.com, 16 July 2004

“Thank God for Spymac. I don’t know what I’d do without it.”

Ian Harris, deputy editor of MacFormat, on the rumor site he steals all his ideas from, Wired News, 15 July 2004