“The government should get out and shut down Tech City.”
British tech gadfly Milo Yiannopoulos, explaining that London’s startup district is so popular that nobody goes there anymore, International Business Times, 2 May 2012
CONVERSATION IS A LOST ARTIFICE
May 1, 2012“We continue to talk to Google frequently and on an ongoing basis. They are a company that’s doing several different things right now. Those conversations have a complexity to them that is different than our conversations with the company.”
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, putting the “skate” in “obfuscate” while discussing his former employer, Business Insider, 1 May 2012
WHO YA GONNA CALL?
May 1, 2012“Google totally slimed Sun.”
Java inventor James Gosling, on Google’s liberal use of the programming language for its Android operating system, Wired, 30 April 2012
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THE SUBLIME AND THE RIDICULOUS
April 27, 2012“We go to Twitter for breaking news, not Facebook. If it’s important, we’ll toss it onto Twitter right away. We go to Facebook only when it’s transcendent.”
Eric Carvin, the Associated Press’s social media editor, on the transcendent news-sharing power of the world’s biggest baby-photo repository, Digiday, 26 April 2012.
TAKING THE “SUCCESS” OUT OF “SUCCESSION”
April 26, 2012“One of the primary challenges with charismatic organizations is succession.”
Forrester CEO George Colony, making the case for his own replacement in arguing that Apple is the next Sony, Forrester Blogs, 25 April 2012
