SEARCH AND YOU’LL BE FOUND

“You should think about what you put in that search box, because it may not be as anonymous as you think.”

Search engine guru Danny Sullivan, on the Internet’s version of the panopticon, Wired News, 5 April 2005

HE PROBABLY THINKS HE INVENTED INTERACTIVITY, TOO

“The Internet opened a floodgate for young people whose passions are finally being heard, but TV hasn’t followed suit.”

Politician turned cable guy Al Gore, on launching a new channel for the kids, News.com, 4 April 2005

AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE SEX CHAT

“All of a sudden, a lot of computers were interconnected at a decent speed in an ecosystem that had been created by the existence of those networks.”

Venture capitalist Bill Joy, on the role of 14.4-Kbps modems in giving birth to the Web, News.com, 31 March 2005

“BIG IN ICELAND” IS THE NEW “BIG IN JAPAN”

“All of a sudden, we reach a critical mass in one country and then it goes crazy.”

LinkedIn marketing director Konstantin Guericke, on finding users overseas, Wired News, 31 March 2005

COMMANDO LINE

“I’m not the kind of guy who comes home at night and wears the underwear with the Windows logo on it.”

Pro-Microsoft researcher Herbert Thompson, who only recently owned up to the fact that the software giant funded his study purporting to show that Windows is more secure than Linux, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 25 March 2005