“As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can't jump on the Internet to freedom.” Quote by Esther Dyson
“To create a usable piece of software, you have to fight for every fix, every feature, every little accommodation that will get one more person up the curve. There are no shortcuts. Luck is involved, but you don't win by being lucky, it happens because you fought for every inch.” LittlesPersonsHappensFightingWinningPiecesInvolvedLuckyLuckFeaturesSoftwareInchesCurvesShortcutsAccommodations Author:Dave Winer
“Advertising will get more and more targeted until it disappears, because perfectly targeted advertising is just information.” InformationDisappearAdvertising Author:Dave Winer
“I have a lot of objects in my space, little things, reminders, memories.” LittlesMemoriesSpaceObjectsLittle ThingsRemindersMy Space Author:Marc Newson
“So if I design it and then go away, it's still living somewhere and it still exists by itself without me.” IfsStillsDesignGoing Away Author:Marc Newson
“So if I want to buy a light in a shop and I don't find a light that I like, I think to myself what would I like? What would I like to buy? Then I started to imagine and design it for myself a lot of the time.” IfsThinkingWantLightImagineDesignShops Author:Marc Newson
“People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train.” PeopleNeedsKindDesignTrainArchitectureSuggesting Author:Marc Newson
“Extreme volume in music very often disguises a lack of actually important content.” ImportantExtremesVolumeDisguise Author:Michael Tilson Thomas
“The whole path of American music has been so much about the recognition of stylistic diversity, and the recognition of the importance of music which was from one of the vernacular traditions.” Has BeensWholePathDiversityTraditionImportanceRecognitionAmerican MusicVernacularImportance Of Music Author:Michael Tilson Thomas
“But a large symphony orchestra basically is a repertory company and it has a very enormous repertoire and it is important for the performers to be able to know how to shift focus so that they instantly become part of the sound world that a particular repertoire demands.” KnowsWorldImportantAbleSoundCompanyKnow HowFocusParticularDemandEnormousPerformersOrchestraSymphonySymphony Orchestras Author:Michael Tilson Thomas