“There are broader and narrower definitions of the new economy. The narrow version defines the new economy in terms of two principal developments: first, an increase in the economy's maximum sustainable growth rate and, second, the spread and increasing importance of information and communications technology.” FirstsTwoGrowthTermTechnologyEconomyInformationCommunicationDevelopmentImportanceIncreaseRateDefinitionsSpreadVersionsPrincipalMaximumCommunication TechnologyInformation And Communication Author:Laurence Meyer
“Green screen, you know, it's been interesting, it's my first time to ever work with green screen technology, and it's, sometimes it can be really boring because you're like wow, I've got to really imagine all of this stuff around me. But it's low maintenance, which is nice, um, and it's not as hard as I thought it would be, so.” KnowsFirstsSometimesHardWould BeStuffInterestingTechnologyNiceImagineLowsFirst TimeGreenBoringScreensWowMaintenance Author:Jaimie Alexander
“Often what is nearest is hardest of all to see - try asking a fish to define water. Distance opens a door to revelation. When the first great distances of space were conquered by technology, a camera altered the human perspective on the Earth as radically as Galileo did when he proved the sun was the center of the universe. The ecology movement was born from a photographically altered consciousness.” TryingFirstsHumansEarthUniverseWaterBornSpaceConsciousnessTechnologySunDoorsMovementPerspectiveAskingCamerasDistanceFishesHardestRevelationsEcologyAlteredCenter Of The Universe Author:Vicki Goldberg
“It's hard to transport myself forward in time, and the scarcity of opportunity back then kind of fueled my ambition. But back in my day, every family I knew had a Super 8 camera, and that's what I first picked up. We adapt to the technology we have available. But for the kids of today, they can really make something great with what is available.” FirstsKindHardKidsTodayOpportunityTechnologyAmbitionCamerasAvailableTransportMy AmbitionScarcity Author:Todd Haynes
“I was part of the first wave of singer/songwriters but I was also in that first wave of singer/songwriters who experienced the music industry when technology started to take over.” FirstsTechnologyIndustryWaveSingersSongwritersMusic IndustrySinger Songwriters Author:Melissa Manchester
“Quite often startups were first out of the gate with a sustaining technology. But somehow the leaders got the technology and stayed atop their industries. Sometimes they acquired the startup; sometimes they just developed the technology as a follower and used their muscle and mass to win. But they always won.” FirstsSometimesUsedWinningLeaderTechnologyIndustryMassMusclesGatesFollowersSustaining Author:Clayton Christensen
“As president, the first thing I will do is secure the border. It will take money, manpower, and technology - but most of all, it will take political will.” FirstsPoliticalPresidentTechnologySecureBordersPolitical WillManpower Author:Carly Fiorina
“Radio - and perhaps airplanes, and then of course, the atom bomb - was the preeminent technology of the first half of the 20th century. It was how the Third Reich controlled its citizens, spread lies, and disseminated fear.” FirstsLyingCoursesHalfTechnologyCenturyCitizensThirdsRadioSpreadBombsControlledAtomsAirplane20th CenturyAtom Bomb Author:Anthony Doerr
“We also exchange oil for software technology. Uruguay is one of the biggest producers of software. We are breaking with the neoliberal model. We do not believe in free trade. We believe in fair trade and exchange, not competition but cooperation. I'm not giving away oil for free. Just using oil, first to benefit our people, to relieve poverty.” PeopleGivingFirstsBelievePovertyTechnologyBenefitsModelsFairsTradeCompetitionOilProducersCooperationSoftwareFree TradeFair Trade Author:Hugo Chavez
“What's great is we actually have friends who belong or have previously belonged to the Amish community, so we got first hand stories and I was able to talk with them about visitors and visiting the Amish country. It was very enlightening to think this is very much going on as we speak. What was really interesting was that the upcoming Amish generation is actually closer to average American teenager in their use of the English language because of the use of technology.” ThinkingFirstsCountryStoriesUseHandsAbleSpeakLanguageCommunityInterestingTechnologyGenerationsAverageTeenagerEnglish LanguageEnlighteningReally InterestingVisitingVisitorsAmishUse Of Technology Author:Alyson Stoner
“When we first started Fear factory, we asked ourselves what Fear Factory means, it was a cool name, but what did it mean? We obviously embraced the technological side of a factory, as a factory can be anything from something that insights fear, like a government machine, to something of futuristic technology, or it could be religion. So we embraced the technological side of it back in the early days.” FirstsMeanGovernmentNamesSidesTechnologyMachinesInsightFactoriesTechnologicalFuturistic Author:Dino Cazares
“The only kinds of ways we have to deal with viruses are old school, so vaccines for example are very effective, but the first vaccines were invented in the 1700's, so we're talking about technology that is over 200 years-old.” WayYearsFirstsKindSchoolDealsTalkingTechnologyExampleVirusesVaccinesOld School Author:Carl Zimmer
“First click attribution is akin to giving my first girlfriend 100% of the credit for me marrying my wife.” GivingFirstsTechnologyWifeCreditMy WifeGirlfriendClicksMarryingAttributionEcommerce Author:Avinash Kaushik
“The catchall phrase big data means three things. First, it is a bundle of technologies. Second, it is a potential revolution in measurement. And third, it is a point of view, or philosophy, about how decisions will be-and perhaps should be-made in the future” ShouldFirstsMeanMadePhilosophyBigsThreeDecisionViewsTechnologyRevolutionThirdsIntuitionPoint Of ViewDataPhrasesDecision MakingThree ThingsMeasurementBundles Author:Steve Lohr
“I think integrative medicine, something I've pioneered, is the way of the future. Its great promise is that it can reduce healthcare costs by shifting the whole focus of healthcare away from disease management to health promotion and prevention. They can do that two ways: first, by focusing attention on lifestyle medicine, which is very deficient. And second, by bringing into the mainstream treatments that are lower cost because they are not dependent on expensive technology.” ThinkingWayFirstsTwoWholeCan DoAttentionTechnologyFocusPromiseCostDiseaseManagementMedicineLifestyleExpensiveDependentTreatmentHealthcareMainstreamPromotionShiftingTwo WaysPreventionHealth Promotion Author:Andrew Weil
“I remember the first time I saw a CD, a technology guy brought one to my house and said we will be able to sell millions and millions of players, and people will have to restock their record collections. It was all about money. It was all about how much money we would make, "we" being "him."” PeopleFirstsSaidAbleRememberGuyHouseMillionsTechnologyRecordsSawsPlayerFirst TimeSellsCollectionsCds Author:John Mellencamp
“First they use technology to poison the planet, then they develop it further to escape from the planet they have poisoned.” FirstsUseTechnologyPlanetsPoison Author:N. Katherine Hayles
“The first reaction to trauma is denial, then comes anger and finally, acceptance. I think the US is still between denial and anger, and I hope we will reach acceptance because almost perversely, right now, only the US has the technology that is needed for global economic change.” ThinkingFirstsStillsTechnologyEconomicAcceptanceNeededRight NowTraumaReactionsDenialEconomic Change Author:Graciela Chichilnisky