“I would absolutely love to go back to the simplicity of the '80s, where there wasn't texting, social media, iPhones, or smartphones. I love the fact that you would go home and check your messages. I'm not well suited to the world of modern technology.” WorldWellsFactsHomeSocialTechnologyModernMediaMessagesSimplicitySocial MediaChecks80sIphoneTextingSmartphonesModern Technology Author:Matthew Rhys
“I don't own a computer. I have a nine-foot piano in my home to compose my messages. Why would I want a one-foot computer to do the same thing?” WantHomeTechnologyFeetComputerMessagesNinePiano Author:Tori Amos
“I'm not so interested in technology for technology's sake. I don't need incredibly sophisticated climate-control systems. And I'm absolutely amazed at the time people spend exchanging messages; I don't have a lot of time left over for those things.” PeopleNeedsLeftTechnologyMessagesClimateSakeSophisticatedAmazedExchangingTime Left Author:Annabelle Selldorf
“The message I am trying to get across is exactly this: Protecting the environment does not require us to be against large SUVs or trucks. Instead we should develop technology to cut down greenhouse gas emissions because that is where the action is - it's not about what the size of the car is.” ShouldTryingDoeActionTechnologyEnvironmentCuttingCarMessagesSizeGasTruckEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesSuvs Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Susan Wojcicki at Google makes a point to leave the office at 6 P.M. After 9 P.M. she gets back online to handle any pressing work issues that need her attention. She told us she hopes that sends a message to all parents that it's OK to spend time away from the office. All the women we spoke to on the show use technology in a similar way. They are very clear that they don't need to be chained to a desk. They can take time out of their work day to be with their families.” WayNeedsUseShowsParentAttentionTechnologyIssuesClearOfficeMessagesHandleOnlineSpokesGet BackTake TimeGoogleDesksEnd TimesSpend TimeChainedTime AwayWork Day Author:Willow Bay
“The Internet, like all intellectual technologies has a trade off. As we train our brains to use it, as we adapt to the environment of the internet, which is an environment of kind of constant immersion and information and constant distractions, interruptions, juggling lots of messages, lots of bits of information.” KindUseBitsBrainTechnologyEnvironmentInformationInternetMessagesIntellectualTradeConstantTrainDistractionInterruptionsJugglingImmersionTrade Offs Author:Nicholas G. Carr
“Every big company has some little guy who is an enthusiast off in the corner working on technology. In Japan, it is integrated into their high-level strategy. They see it as a communication medium, because for them, just the words - and this is the problem that they have with Americans - just the words they say to you is not the complete message. Their facial expressions, their body language, there is a lot of context. Also, their written language doesn't translate to keyboards well.” WellsLittlesProblemBodyBigsGuyLanguageLevelsCompanyTechnologyWrittenExpressionCommunicationMessagesStrategyCornersMediumsJapanTranslateIntegratedKeyboardsHigh LevelBody LanguageFacialOf ContextBig CompaniesFacial ExpressionWritten Language Author:Howard Rheingold
“The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium - that is, of any extension of ourselves - result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology.” SocialResultsTechnologyMediaMessagesConsequenceAffairScalesMediumsExtensionsNew Technology Book:Understanding media: the extensions of man Source: Understanding media: the extensions of man
“The message I'm trying to send is that technology is political, and that many decisions that look like decisions about technology actually are not at all about technology - they are about politics, and they need to be scrutinized as closely as we would scrutinize decisions about politics.” NeedsTryingLooksPoliticalDecisionTechnologyMessagesScrutinize Author:Evgeny Morozov