R&DNC

“If I am president, we will invest more in areas of research that are likely to create the industries and jobs of the future, areas like advanced manufacturing, clean energy and nanotechnology.”

Senator John Kerry, on his planned new economy, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 June 2004

I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT MY PORTAL’S VERTICAL

“It’s the ultimate in site stickiness.”

Amir Vatan, president of online sex startup High Joy, on bumping up the level of interactivity, Wired News, 24 June 2004

TOEING THE PARTY LINE

“Our grass-roots organization is tremendous and comprised of self-starters taking action to ensure the president is re-elected.”

Michael Turk, George W. Bush’s online campaign director, insisting that 5,245 people just happened to hold simultaneous fundraisers, Wired News, 23 June 2004

THE SHOW MUST NOT GO ON

“We feel that while we could run Comdex profitably this year, it really wouldn’t serve the interests of the broader IT industry.”

Eric Faurot, vice president of event organizer MediaLive, on cancelling this year’s Comdex show, News.com, 23 June 2004

PUBLISH OR PERISH

“We’re encouraging the software engineers to submit papers where it makes sense, particularly where it is landmark work and it is really important that other people know.”

Craig Nevill-Manning, director of Google’s East Coast programmer posse, on the search engine’s new open-research policy, The Age, 21 June 2004