ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER AS SALES STRATEGY

“In general I think we’re very focused on all of our customers.”

Google executive Tim Armstrong, on his husbandry of the company’s sales efforts, CNNmoney, 4 May 2005

WELCOME TO THE TOO-MUCH-INFORMATION AGE

“People are awash in an overwhelming sea of stuff. Our ability to produce content far outstrips the ability to sort and consume it.”

Del.icio.us founder Joshua Schachter, on the desperate need we all share for tools to organize our cat-photo-blog bookmarks, CNN.com, 3 May 2005

CAN YOU GET THESE CHARGES OFF MY BILL NOW? GOOD!

“Operators have been caught off guard by activities of several companies selling ring tones.”

Verizon Wireless executive Paul Palmieri, on services that overcharge unsuspecting callers, News.com, 2 May 2005

A CLEAR CASE WHERE SIZE ISN’T EVERYTHING

“Who would have thought that Nokia would be the biggest MP3 and digital camera maker?”

Nokia executive Anssi Vanjoki, on his company’s pride in pairing subpar cameras and music players with phones that drop calls and run out of battery life, Economic Times, 28 April 2005

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“Interactive advertising has clearly become a mainstream medium and one that can no longer be ignored.”

Interactive Advertising Bureau president Greg Stuart, on the medium’s increasingly lucrative — and obnoxious — revenue stream, Computerworld, 28 April 2005