“All of a sudden, if you think about the entire ecosystem of connected devices that can pull down information, access content and allow me to share and work and communicate, the vast majority now are not Windows computers. They are iPhones. They are iPads. They are Android devices.” IfsThinkingShareInformationComputerWindowMajorityCommunicateConnectedAccessDevicesIphoneEcosystemsIpadsAndroids Author:Aaron Levie
“I have a television, but it's not connected to anything. I watch everything on my computer.” WatchesTelevisionComputerConnected Author:Natasha Lyonne
“I don't need a hard disk in my computer if I can get to the server faster... carrying around these non-connected computers is byzantine by comparison.” IfsNeedsI CanHardComputerConnectedFasterComparisonComputingServerDiskCloud ComputingByzantine Author:Steve Jobs
“Simple molecules combine to make powerful chemicals. Simple cells combine to make powerful life-forms. Simple electronics combine to make powerful computers. Logically, all things are created by a combination of simpler, less capable components. Therefore, a supreme being must be in our future, not our origin. What if "God" is the consciousness that will be created when enough of us are connected by the Internet?!!” IfsEnoughGodFormScienceSimplePowerfulConsciousnessPowerInternetFutureComputerCapableAll ThingsLogicSimplicityConnectedSupremeCellsCombinationWhat IfOur FutureChemicalsComponentsMoleculesElectronicsSupreme BeingPowerful Life Author:Scott Adams
“You don't have to spend the entire day hunched over your computer consuming this information. Maybe, it is as simple as once in a while glancing down at the device that's invaluable to you or many reasons, catching up, or it lets you know when you should know something. But as these things get better and we get more connected in it, it will get more sophisticated.” KnowsShouldReasonSimpleInformationComputerConnectedGet BetterOver YouDevicesSophisticatedCatchingConsumingInvaluableCatching Up Author:Biz Stone
“I actually remember very specifically the night that I launched Facebook at Harvard. I used to go out to get pizza with a friend who I did all my computer science homework with. And I remember talking to him and saying I am so happy we have this at Harvard because now our community can be connected but one day someone is going to build this for the world.” WorldRememberUsedNightCommunityTalkingOne DayComputerConnectedPizzaHarvardHomeworkOur CommunityComputer ScienceTalking To Him Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“A smartphone links patients' bodies and doctors' computers, which in turn are connected to the Internet, which in turn is connected to any smartphone anywhere. The new devices could put the management of an individual's internal organs in the hands of every hacker, online scammer, and digital vandal on Earth.” BodyHandsEarthTurnsIndividualInternetComputerDoctorsManagementPatientConnectedInternalsDigitalOnlineDevicesLinksOrgansHackersSmartphonesVandals Author:Charles C. Mann
“Google docs and spreadsheets don't work if you're on an airplane. But it's a technical problem that is going to get solved. Eventually you will be able to work on a plane as if you are connected and, then when you get reconnected to the Internet, your computer will just synchronize with the cloud.” IfsProblemAbleInternetComputerCloudsConnectedPlanesAirplaneGoogle Author:Eric Schmidt
“I use many different gadgets connected with computers; I use PCs, laptops and a Palm Pilot. I also use the Internet to visit websites, especially within Polish-language Internet. I usually go to political discussion groups and sites - of course, as I use my real name, people never believe that they are chatting with me!” PeopleBelieveDifferentRealUsePoliticalCoursesNamesLanguageGroupsInternetComputerConnectedDiscussionPilotsSitePalmsPolishWebsiteLaptopsGadgetsChatting Author:Lech Walesa
“A god's relationship to the world, even a world in which he was walking, was about as emotionally connected as that of a computer gamer playing with knowledge of the overall shape of the game and armed with a complete set of cheat codes.” WorldGamesWalkingShapesComputerConnectedCodeCheatGamer Book:Anansi Boys Source: Anansi Boys