“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
“We understand that change is hard sometimes, but the new game we have is more Star Wars than ever.”
LucasArts videogame producer Julio Torres, on downgrading multiplayer online game Star Wars Galaxies to match the quality of Episodes I-III, Wired News, 13 December 2005
“Big industry has ruled search, because it was the only player with access to the tools.”
Bruce Gilliat, CEO of a subsidiary of that pipsqueak of industry, Amazon.com, on letting users build search engines to take on rivals Google and Yahoo, Wired News, 13 December 2005
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