“I very much own the fact that I'm a misfit. The Internet makes everyone realize they're screwed up.” FactsRealizingInternetScrewed UpMisfits Author:Jenny Lawson
“There's an idea out there that salespeople have actually been obliterated by the Internet, which is just not supported by the facts.” IdeasFactsInternetSalespeople Author:Daniel H. Pink
“Notwithstanding the fact that the most innovative and progressive space we've seen - the Internet - has been the place where intellectual property has been least respected. You know, facts don't get in the way of this ideology.” KnowsWayHas BeensFactsSpaceInternetIntellectualPropertyIdeologyProgressiveInnovativeIntellectual Property Author:Lawrence Lessig
“People rely on Wikipedia, and a lot of it is wrong. But because there it is on the Internet, they assume it's right. Rumor gets printed as fact. We may have lost our critical facility as a nation.” PeopleMayFactsLostNationsInternetAssumingCriticalRelyRumorFacilityPrintedWikipedia Author:Ben Mezrich
“I think most things I read on the Internet and in newspapers are propaganda. Everyone from the 'New York Times' to Rupert Murdoch has a point of view and is putting forth their own propaganda. They're stuck with the facts as they are, but the way they interpret and frame them is wildly different.” ThinkingWayDifferentFactsViewsNew YorkInternetPoint Of ViewStuckNewspapersPropagandaNew York Times Author:Frank Miller
“Back in my days as a children's book editor, my superiors caught on to the fact that teenagers were using the Internet to gossip about each other, and thought it might be nifty to develop a series of books about an anonymous high-school blogger who gossips about her classmates. The concept was passed on to me.” ChildrenBookFactsMightSchoolInternetHigh SchoolConceptsSeriesCaughtSuperiorsTeenagerGossipEditorsChildren's BooksBloggersClassmates Author:Cecily von Ziegesar
“Plagiarism has been around far longer than the Internet. In fact, I had a poem published in 'Seventeen' magazine when I was 15 years old. About a year later I was informed that there was a girl who used that same poem to win a statewide poetry competition in Alabama. It took months for people to put together that this had happened.” PeopleYearsHas BeensFactsTogetherUsedGirlWinningHappenedMonthsInternetCompetitionMagazinesSeventeenAlabamaPlagiarism Author:Megan McCafferty
“Search marketing, and most Internet marketing in fact, can be very threatening because there are no rules. There’s no safe haven. To do it right, you need to be willing to be wrong. But search marketing done right is all about being wrong. Experimentation is the only way. No one really knows whether that page will rank #1 in Google; no one really knows which paid search copy will get the highest click rate. Even experts can’t tell you which content will attract the most links. You just have to try it and see.” KnowsWayNeedsTryingDoneFactsHavensWillingInternetSafeHighestPagesPaidRateMarketingExpertsCopiesLinksGoogleThreateningClicksExperimentationBeing WrongSafe HavenInternet Marketing Author:Mike Moran
“I'd always maintained that much of the anarchy and craziness of the early internet had a lot to do with the fact that governments just hadn't realised it was there.” FactsGovernmentInternetAnarchyRealisedCraziness Author:William Gibson
“The fact of the matter is that the Internet has brought together millions of people who trust one another for reasons that are unknown.” PeopleMatterReasonFactsTogetherMillionsInternet Author:Ben Huh