Ditherati: See the Digerati Dither, Daily

“Jeeves will disappear, and we will probably be called Ask or Ask.com.”

IAC/InterActiveCorp CEO Barry Diller, removing the butler icon as if he were a vegetarian fishing a caterpillar out of his salad, Newsday, 22 September 2005

“We want to go after Salesforce.com as much as we can. I’m an investor in Salesforce, and I want to see my investment go to zero.”

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, on funding his competition, News.com, 21 September 2005

“Now you don’t have to go cold turkey. We have a hit of methadone or a nicotine patch.”

Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy, on a new product to wean users off of Windows, News.com, 20 September 2005

“Putting bloggers on TV to talk about bloggers blogging on blogs doesn’t work. The whole reason they’re blogging is because they’re not on TV.”

CNN producer David Bohrman, on the amazing discovery that geeks aren’t photogenic, Wired News, 19 September 2005

“We’re able to give real hugs instead of virtual hugs.”

There.com player Holly McKimson, on an in-person gathering of the virtual world, News.com, 16 September 2005