“I'm on it pretty much all the time. I edit Wikipedia every day, I'm on Facebook, I'm on Twitter, I'm reading the news. During one of the US elections, I actually went through my computer and I blocked myself from looking at the major newspaper sites and Google News because I wasn't getting any work done.” DoneReadingComputerMajorsNewsElectionNewspapersGoogleSiteEditsWork DoneBlockedWikipedia Author:Jimmy Wales
“Now scarcely a week goes by without a news story about the cops swooping down on some adolescent prowler who is as skilled at breaking into computer systems as defense contractors are at breaking into the Federal budget.” StoriesWeekModernComputerNewsDefenseBudgetsCopModern LifeContractorNews StoriesComputer Systems Author:Russell Baker
“I know how to turn it on [computer]. I know where the disc goes: in that little slot but I can't always get it out. And I have three genius-level computer savvy kids who save my ass all the time. I'll tell you what I don't do. I don't watch the news on TV anymore. I get my news online. And like all of you, I Google whoever I want.” KnowsWantLittlesI CanKidsTurnsThreeLevelsWatchesKnow HowTvsGeniusComputerNewsAssOnlineGoogleSavvyDiscs Author:Bruce Willis
“The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.” ComputerNewsClassroomGood NewsBad NewsGood News And Bad News Author:Ted Nelson
“I wouldn't call myself a geek, but I do sometimes teach Mommy and Daddy stuff about computers. And I do watch TV, but only informative programmes like the news and documentaries.” SometimesStuffWatchesTeachTvsComputerNewsDocumentariesDaddyGeekProgrammesInformativeMommy And Daddy Author:Adora Svitak
“The good news (for writers) is that this means that ebooks on computers are more likely to be an enticement to buy the printed book (which is, after all, cheap, easily had, and easy to use) than a substitute for it. You can probably read just enough of the book off the screen to realize you want to be reading it on paper.” WantMeanBookEnoughUseReadingEasyRealizingPaperComputerNewsScreensSubstitutesGood NewsPrintedEnticementPrinted Books Author:Cory Doctorow
“I do not live happily or comfortably With the cleverness of our times. The talk is all about computers, The news is all about bombs and blood. This morning, in the fresh field, I came upon a hidden nest. It held four warm, speckled eggs. I touched them. Then went away softly, Having felt something more wonderful Than all the electricity of New York City.” FeltCitiesMorningFourWonderfulBloodNew YorkFieldsComputerNewsWarmOur TimeBombsTouchedEggsNew York CityElectricityNestsCleverness Book:Evidence: Poems Source: Evidence: Poems