Why don't we do it in theWhy don't we do it in theroad? (beatles) road? (beatles) bostonian bostonian 5:49:04, Sat Jul 28, 20125:49:04, Sat Jul 28, 2012

Just as we could haveJust as we could haverode into the sunset,rode into the sunset,along came thealong came theInternet, and it tripledInternet, and it tripledthe significance of thethe significance of thePC.PC.

——Andy GroveAndy Grove

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Life is not a struggle, it's a wiggleLife is not a struggle, it's a wiggle

Why is music apparently less popular than softwareWhy is music apparently less popular than softwaregadgets?gadgets?Broadcast less to the masses, and start narrow-castingBroadcast less to the masses, and start narrow-castingto the ones that actally want youto the ones that actally want youIt is only when they go wrong that machines remind youIt is only when they go wrong that machines remind youhow powerful they are.how powerful they are.Ultimately, we cannot understand information withoutUltimately, we cannot understand information withoutthe network, and cannot understand the network withoutthe network, and cannot understand the network withoutinformation.information.

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Having two ears and one tongue, we should listenHaving two ears and one tongue, we should listentwice as much as we speak.twice as much as we speak.

Facilitate innovative solutionsFacilitate innovative solutions

Easy come, easy go. Harder gains make seeds toEasy come, easy go. Harder gains make seeds tosow.sow.

The Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity.The Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity.Sounds like a great deal to me: package it nicely and itSounds like a great deal to me: package it nicely and itwill sell regardless of free alternatives.will sell regardless of free alternatives.Let's dig into some responses,and diagnose the healthLet's dig into some responses,and diagnose the healthof the current debate.of the current debate.What starts as playful conversation, imitating ourWhat starts as playful conversation, imitating ourmachines, easily becomes part of our languagemachines, easily becomes part of our languagediscourse.discourse.

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What new technologyWhat new technologydoes is create newdoes is create newopportunities to do aopportunities to do ajob that customersjob that customerswant done.want done.

——Tim O'ReillyTim O'Reilly

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Vision with action is a daydream; action withoutVision with action is a daydream; action withoutvision is a nightmare.vision is a nightmare.

I'll buy because I am already hooked on the music.I'll buy because I am already hooked on the music.Why would I export lists of addresses if I can alwaysWhy would I export lists of addresses if I can alwayssearch for them?search for them?It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yetIt is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yetmade have lightened the day's toil of any human being.made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.But it must be noted that the cultural condition of such aBut it must be noted that the cultural condition of such aspace is limited by the human ability to conceive itsspace is limited by the human ability to conceive itscomplexity, as R.complexity, as R.

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In conclusionIn conclusionDisintermediate transparent feedsDisintermediate transparent feedsEngineer podcasting action-itemsEngineer podcasting action-itemsEngage leading-edge tagcloudsEngage leading-edge tagcloudsand remember: A man's greatest weakness is his ego;and remember: A man's greatest weakness is his ego;his greatest strength is his ego.his greatest strength is his ego.

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