“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
DON’T HATE THE MEDIA, SLAVISHLY IMITATE THE MEDIA
“To compete with the regular media, it’s important to be where the media is.”
Blogger Michele Catalano, on obtaining media credentials for the Democrats’ convention, USA Today, 21 June 2004
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