“We didn't understand irony yet in the '80s; we just kind of existed at face value, so there was no nerd cool yet because the digital revolution was still in its infancy.” KindStillsFacesValuesRevolutionIronyDigital80sNerdInfancyFace ValueDigital Revolution Author:Chris Hardwick
“India lives in several centuries at the same time. Every night outside my house I pass a road gang of emaciated laborers digging a trench to lay fiber optic cables to speed up digital revolution. They work by the light of a few candles.” LightNightHouseCenturyRevolutionIndiaLaysSpeedDigitalCandleEvery NightGangCablesDiggingFiberTrenchesLaborersDigital Revolution Author:Arundhati Roy
“People over the age of thirty were born before the digital revolution really started. We've learned to use digital technology-laptops, cameras, personal digital assistants, the Internet-as adults, and it has been something like learning a foreign language. Most of us are okay, and some are even expert. We do e-mails and PowerPoint, surf the Internet, and feel we're at the cutting edge. But compared to most people under thirty and certainly under twenty, we are fumbling amateurs. People of that age were born after the digital revolution began. They learned to speak digital as a mother tongue.” PeopleFeelsHas BeensUseAgeMotherSpeakLanguageBornTechnologyCuttingRevolutionInternetAdultsOkayTwentiesCamerasEdgesTongueThirtyExpertsDigitalMailAssistantsSurfLaptopsForeign LanguageCutting EdgeMother TongueDigital TechnologyPowerpointDigital Revolution Author:Ken Robinson
“I think everybody wants to be the best at what they do and for me I was never really there, plus it was in a time that just preceded the insanity of internet promotion around 2005 and 2006. Obviously through the digital revolution things have moved very quickly and a lot of artists got left behind.” ThinkingWantArtistLeftBehindsRevolutionInternetMovedInsanityBeing The BestDigitalPlusLeft BehindPromotionDigital Revolution Author:Doc Brown
“The entire Nation has joined hands to make the dream of a Digital India into a reality. Youngsters are enthusiastic, industry is supportive and the government is proactive. India is yearning for a digital revolution.” DreamHandsRealityGovernmentNationsTechnologyRevolutionIndustryIndiaDigitalYearningSupportiveEnthusiasticInformation TechnologyYoungstersProactiveDigital RevolutionDigital India Author:Narendra Modi
“Anybody can make a movie, if you have the will. The digital revolution has made it very inexpensive to make a film. Anybody who wants to can do it.” IfsWantMadeFilmCan DoRevolutionMade ItDigitalInexpensiveDigital Revolution Author:John Carpenter
“The digital revolution has changed the way we do things because you're not under that pressure that film is precious and film is expensive.” WayFilmChangedRevolutionPressureExpensiveDigitalDigital Revolution Author:Colm Meaney
“As Indian citizens, we subsist on a regular diet of caste massacres and nuclear tests, mosque breakings and fashion shows, church burnings and expanding cell phone networks, bonded labor and the digital revolution, female infanticide and the NASDAQ crash, husbands who continue to burn their wives for dowry and our delectable stockpile of Miss Worlds. What's hard to reconcile oneself to, both personally and politically, is the schizophrenic nature of it.” WorldHardShowsChurchWifeFashionMissingRevolutionCitizensHusbandFemaleLaborTestsPhonesOneselfNuclearCellsBurningIndianDietsDigitalCrashExpandingCell PhoneReconcileMosquesCastesMassacresSchizophrenicFashion ShowDowryInfanticideDigital RevolutionDelectable Book:Power Politics Source: Power Politics
“The digital revolution has had a democratizing effect. Now anyone can be a filmmaker, but to be a good filmmaker is as hard as it ever was.” HardEffectsRevolutionFilmmakerDigitalDigital Revolution Author:Pamela Yates
“That's absolutely true, but one problem with the digital revolution, which may tie into what I said earlier, is that there can be a collapse of quality. You may not have liked the decisions made by publishers in the past, you may not have liked the decisions made by magazine editors or newspaper editors in the past. At least there was some quality control” MayMadeSaidProblemPastDecisionQualityRevolutionNewspapersMagazinesTiesDigitalEditorsCollapsePublishersDecisions MadeDigital RevolutionQuality ControlNewspaper EditorsMagazine Editors Author:William Monahan
“There's always a question when you invest. Are you too early, are you too late, or are you just right? And there was a lot of hype about life sciences, around the sequencing of the human genome and a lot of people concluded that's not really there. But by the way, there was a lot of hype around the digital revolution just about the time of 2000 and the human genome, and it turns out that some of the world's biggest, most powerful companies are the survivors post that crash.” PeopleWorldWayHumansTurnsPowerfulCompanyRevolutionLatePostsToo LateDigitalMost PowerfulSurvivorCrashHypeGenomeDigital RevolutionSequencing Author:Juan Enriquez
“When you brought the digital revolution in, all of a sudden, you could build a country like Singapore and take that country, which had the income per capita of Ghana in 1965, and make it something similar to the United States in one generation.” CountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesGenerationsRevolutionIncomeDigitalSingaporeGhanaDigital Revolution Author:Juan Enriquez
“The digital revolution is forever. They put importance on that option as well. With Amazon, you're getting the best of both worlds, with a whole new playing field.” WorldWellsWholeForeverFieldsRevolutionImportanceDigitalAmazonPlaying FieldsBest Of Both WorldsDigital Revolution Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“We live in a society right now which is the last phase of the ecosystem in terms of the old entertainment value, or the old entertainment construction, which is we've gone down to this instant gratification, instant numbers, instant understanding, instant. But it's like the exact - it has perfected itself to the instant click, when, in a way, creativity originates as a much more complex beast. So we now have to reinvent a new canvas where we can indulge in it. And that's where the digital revolution creates a whole new ecosystem of entertainment.” WayWholeLastsValuesUnderstandingTermNumbersCreativityGoneRevolutionRight NowComplexesEntertainmentInstantBeastDigitalConstructionPhasesCanvasIndulgeGratificationClicksEcosystemsIndulge InInstant GratificationDigital Revolution Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“Many Americans have never owned a book, and I'm not talking about because of the recent digital revolution. I'm talking about before there even was a digital revolution.” BookTalkingRevolutionDigitalNot TalkingDigital Revolution Author:James W. Loewen
“I don't get fan mail. It disappeared with the digital revolution.” FansRevolutionDigitalMailFan MailDigital Revolution Author:Berkeley Breathed
“[ Digital revolution ] only has allowed me to work faster, editing digitally, which I'm doing right now, a film on volcanoes. I can edit almost as fast as I'm thinking, editing with celluloid means always searching for this little reel of film, and number it, and scribble on it with some sort of pens, and gluing it together, and working on a flatbed. It's much, much slower.” ThinkingMeanLittlesI CanTogetherFilmNumbersRevolutionRight NowFasterDigitalPensEditingEditsVolcanoesDoing RightScribblesCelluloidDigital Revolution Author:Werner Herzog
“Otherwise [digital revolution] hasn't changed my way of filmmaking, I'm not nostalgic in postulating we should still make films on celluloid. I love celluloid but I don't need to continue on celluloid.” WayNeedsShouldStillsFilmChangedRevolutionMy WayDigitalFilmmakingNostalgicCelluloidDigital Revolution Author:Werner Herzog
“I am a child of the digital revolution. So what I love about digital content is the quick turnover rate.” ChildrenRevolutionRateDigitalTurnoverDigital Revolution Author:Jason Silva
“I think that human beings have gotten as far as we've gotten because of our adaptability, our ability to adapt, and our ability to dovetail our technologies - our brains to our tools. With the Industrial Revolution, we transcended the limits of our muscles. With the digital revolution, we transcend the limits of our minds.” ThinkingMindHumansHuman BeingsAbilityBrainTechnologyRevolutionLimitsToolsMusclesDigitalAdaptabilityIndustrial RevolutionAbility To AdaptDigital Revolution Author:Jason Silva
“Not since the digital revolution in the early '90s has technology placed such a comprehensive burden on business, employees and individuals to reinvent their business plans, services and products, and themselves to keep pace with the changing marketplace.” IndividualTechnologyPlansProductsRevolutionBurdenEmployeeDigitalPaceMarketplaceComprehensiveBusiness PlanDigital Revolution Author:Simon Mainwaring
“Not since the steam engine has any invention disrupted business models like the Internet. Whole industries including music distribution, yellow-pages directories, landline telephones, and fax machines have been radically reordered by the digital revolution.” Has BeensWholeRevolutionIndustryInternetPagesModelsMachinesIncludingInventionDigitalYellowEnginesTelephonesDistributionSteamBusiness ModelsFaxSteam EnginesDigital RevolutionFax Machines Author:John Sununu
“I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did - or did not do - to put the fire out in Africa. History, like God, is watching what we do.” BelieveBookWarAgeThreeFireWrittenRevolutionTerrorRememberedDigitalThree ThingsWar On TerrorHistory BooksDigital Revolution Author:Bono
“Because of the rush of human knowledge, because of the digital revolution, I have a voice, and I do not need to scream.” NeedsHumansVoiceTechnologyRevolutionDigitalScreamHuman KnowledgeDigital Revolution Author:Roger Ebert
“In 20 or 30 years, you'll be able to hold in your hand as much computing knowledge as exists now in the whole city, or even the whole world.” WorldYearsWholeHandsAbleCitiesTechnologyWhole WorldComputingDigital Revolution Author:Douglas Engelbart
“The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.” WritingTechnologyRevolutionInternetComputerPressesSignificantInventionDigitalPrintingPrinting PressComputer TechnologyDigital RevolutionInternet Revolution Author:Douglas Engelbart
“Ya know it's funny, what's happening to us. Our lives have become digital. Our friends, now virtual. And, anything you could ever wanna know is just a click away. Experiencing the world through second hand information isn't enough. If we want authenticity we have to initiate it. We will never know our full potential unless we push ourselves to find it. It's this self-discovery that inevitably takes us to the wildest places on earth.” IfsKnowsWorldWantLifeSelfEnoughHandsHappensMotivationalEarthFunnyFriendshipOur LivesInformationBecomingInternetFindingsHappeningsDiscoveryExperienceSelf DiscoveryAuthenticityDigitalPushingInitiativeClicksInitiateFull PotentialSecond HandSnowboardingUntapped PotentialDigital RevolutionExperiencing The World Author:Travis Rice
“We need technology in every classroom and in every student and teacher's hand, because it is the pen and paper of our time, and it is the lens through which we experience much of our world.” WorldNeedsHandsEducationTechnologyTeacherStudentsPaperExperienceEducationalOur TimePensOur WorldClassroomLensesTeacher And StudentDigital RevolutionTechnology And EducationTechnology In EducationEducational Technology Author:David Warlick
“The key thing about all the world's big problems is that they have to be dealt with collectively. If we don't get collectively smarter, we're doomed.” IfsWorldProblemBigsKeysSmarterDoomedBig ProblemsKey ThingsDigital Revolution Author:Douglas Engelbart
“The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.”“The better we get at getting better, the faster we will get better.”“In 20 or 30 years, you’ll be able to hold in your hand as much computing knowledge as exists now in the whole city, or even the whole world.”“The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment they can tolerate.”“The key thing about all the world’s big problems is that they have to be dealt with collectively. If we don’t get collectively smarter, we’re doomed.” IfsWorldWritingYearsPersonsWholeProblemHandsBigsAbleCitiesRevolutionKeysRateSignificantInventionWhole WorldFasterGet BetterDigitalMatureTolerateSmarterDoomedEmbarrassmentPrintingBig ProblemsComputingKey ThingsDigital Revolution Author:Douglas Engelbart
“A display connected to a digital computer gives us a chance to gain familiarity with concepts not realizable in the physical world. It is a looking glass into a mathematical wonderland.” WorldGivingChanceTechnologyComputerConceptsGainsGlassesConnectedMathematicalDigitalDisplayFamiliarityWonderlandThrough The Looking GlassDigital RevolutionGive Us A Chance Author:Ivan Sutherland
“The digital revolution is almost as disruptive to the traditional media business as electricity was to the candle business.” MediaRevolutionTraditionalDigitalCandleElectricityDisruptiveDigital Revolution Author:Ken Auletta
“Traditional communication design and the digital revolution will certainly blend and integrate, as clients’ communications needs rarely involve just one medium.” NeedsDesignCommunicationRevolutionTraditionalMediumsJust OneDigitalClientsIntegratingDigital Revolution Author:Katherine McCoy
“There is this ferocious digital revolution coming along and we're in the teeth of that at the time of maximum economic disruption. There are huge opportunities there. I made the point in my supplementary statement that the Guardian is now a very considerable global player, but there are huge challenges in terms of making, of finding, the convincing business model, so I want to see Guardian journalism continue and thrive, although whether and to what extent that is in print or in digital is a sort of second order matter.” WantMadeMatterOrderOpportunityTermChallengesPlayerEconomicHugeRevolutionFindingsModelsStatementsTeethJournalismThriveDigitalPrintEditorsConvincingMaximumGuardianDisruptionBusiness ModelsDigital Revolution Author:Alan Rusbridger
“The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.” LifePersonsMotivationalFunnyRateMaturityMatureTolerateEmbarrassmentDigital RevolutionMature Person Author:Douglas Engelbart
“I stand before you tonight as a young American, a proud American, of a generation born as the Cold War receded, shaped by the tragedy of 9/11, connected by the digital revolution and determined to re-elect the man who will make the 21st century another American century - President Barack Obama.” MenWarYoungPresidentBornGenerationsCenturyHe ManRevolutionColdProudTragedyConnectedDeterminedBarackTonightDigitalCold War21st CenturyPresident Barack ObamaDigital RevolutionProud American Author:Julian Castro
“The digital revolution has disrupted most traditional media: newspapers, magazines, books, record companies, radio.” BookCompanyRecordsMediaRevolutionRadioNewspapersTraditionalMagazinesDigitalRecord CompaniesDigital Revolution Author:Ken Auletta
“I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie.” PeopleMeanWholeFilmAbilityNumbersRevolutionDirectorsImportanceAccessPracticalsDigitalStandpointDiskDigital RevolutionFloppy Disks Author:John Frankenheimer