“It’s not really about asking for a raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will give you the right raise.”
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, explaining how wishing and hoping will take care of the gender gap in pay, ReadWrite, 9 October 2014
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GOT MY MIND ON MY MONETIZATION AND MY MONETIZATION ON MY MIND
“They put so much monetization around grabbing people’s attention with sensationalist headlines and juicy tweets.”
Microsoft social-media researcher Danah Boyd, on the problem of journalists cyberbullying their audience into reading stories about cyberbullying, Poynter, 12 March 2013
CHAIRMAN OF THE BORED
“In response to the curiosity, no chairs were thrown, no ultimatums served, I am not moving to Cupertino or Mountain View, I did not take a courier job and I require no assistance finding the door.”
Microsoft entertainment and devices executive J Allard, finally devising to do something genuinely entertaining in the course of exiting his job, ZDNet, 25 May 2010
GENERALLY, THEY’RE BEATING US, AND SPECIFICALLY, THEY’RE BEATING US
“I think both in general and in the specific, Apple’s done a great job.”
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, grudgingly conceding that Apple might be succeeding in more than just digital music, Fox Business News via TechFlash, 3 May 2010
I’M STARTING WITH THE CYBORG IN THE MIRROR
“Ultimately they made the choice to anthropomorphize the hardware platform to a human being.”
Microsoft chief marketing strategist David Webster, demonstrating that the quest to humanize Microsoft’s image begins very close to home indeed, CNET News, 29 March 2010
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