“It isn't that information is exploding, but accessibility is. There's just about as much information this year as there was last year; it's been growing at a steady rate. It's just that now it's so much more accessible because of information technology. The consensus is that a Web crawler could get to a terabyte of publicly accesible HTML. A terabyte is about a million books. the UC Berkeley library has about 8 million books, and the Library of Congress has 20 million books.” YearsBookLastsMillionsTechnologyGrowingInformationRateLibraryCongressSteadyLast YearConsensusInformation TechnologyExplodingAccessibilityBerkeleyHtmlUc Berkeley Author:Hal Varian
“Science, as well as technology, will in the near and in the farther future increasingly turn from problems of intensity, substance, and energy, to problems of structure, organization, information, and control.” WellsProblemTurnsEnergyTechnologyInformationOrganizationStructureSubstanceIntensity Author:John von Neumann
“A variety of national and international studies indicate that the broad-based deployment of information technology can have a substantial impact on our nation's economic productivity and growth as well as the educational and social success of our citizens.” WellsNationsSocialGrowthTechnologyStudyEconomicInformationCitizensImpactInternationalEducationalProductivityVarietyBroadsInformation TechnologyDeploymentInternet Technology Author:Tim Holden
“Our civilization is experiencing unprecedented changes across many realms, largely due to the rapid advancement of information technology. The ability to code and understand the power of computing is crucial to success in today's hyper-connected world.” WorldTodayAbilityTechnologyInformationCivilizationConnectedDuesCodeRealmsCrucialRapidsAdvancementUnprecedentedInformation TechnologyComputingHyper Author:Al Gore
“The trouble is that all-encompassing though information technology may be, it will always convey facts and numbers ... what it does not convey is perception, belief and motivation.” MayDoeFactsMotivationBeliefNumbersTechnologyTroubleInformationPerceptionInformation Technology Author:John Harvey-Jones
“Did you ever notice that people who are good with a computer don't use it for much of anything except being good with a computer? They know all about information technology, but they don't have much interest in the information. I'm the opposite.” PeopleKnowsUseInterestTechnologyInformationComputerOppositesBe GoodInformation Technology Author:Andy Rooney
“History shows a typical progression of information technologies: from somebody's hobby to somebody's industry; from jury-rigged contraption to slick production marvel; from a freely accessible channel to one strictly controlled by a single corporation or cartel-from open to closed system.” ShowsTechnologyInformationIndustryProductionsCorporationsControlledHobbiesTypicalJuryProgressionInformation TechnologySlickRiggedCartels Book:The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires Source: The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
“The information age has been driven and dominated by technopreneurs. We now have to apply these technologies in saving lives, improving livelihoods and lifting millions of people out of squalor, misery and suffering. In other words, our focus must now move from the geeks to the meek.” PeopleHas BeensAgeMovingSufferingMillionsTechnologyFocusInformationMiseryDrivenSavingImprovingGeekLiftingLivelihoodMeekSave A LifeInformation AgeSqualorMisery And Suffering Author:Arthur C. Clarke
“The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books still remains one of humanity's most enduring legacies.” StillsBookReasonFormHumanityTechnologyWrittenInformationRemainsStrategyEndureLegacySpiteInformation TechnologyWritten WordInternet Technology Author:Ibrahim Babangida
“...heavy investments in information technology have delivered disappointing results - largely because companies tend to use technology to mechanize old ways of doing business...Instead of embedding outdated processes in silicon and software, we should obliterate them and start over.” WayShouldUseProcessResultsCompanyTechnologyInformationInvestmentHeavySoftwareStarting OverDisappointingInformation TechnologySiliconOld WaysOutdatedEmbedding Author:Michael Martin Hammer
“I accept the proposition that there has been a significant improvement in underlying productivity growth in the United States, that it is very closely tied to improvements in information and communications technology, and that it is likely to spread around the world. But I resist the new economy label because it seems to encourage a disrespect for the old rules that could seriously undermine our success in taking advantage of the new opportunities.” WorldHas BeensStatesSeemsOpportunityGrowthUnitedAcceptingTechnologyUnited StatesEconomyInformationCommunicationAdvantageSpreadProductivityImprovementSignificantAround The WorldLabelsTiedPropositionsDisrespectNew OpportunityTaking AdvantageCommunication TechnologyInformation And Communication Author:Laurence Meyer
“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
“The two areas that are changing... are information technology and medical technology. Those are the things that the world will be very different 20 years from now than it is today.” WorldYearsTwoDifferentTodayTechnologyInformationAreasMedicalInformation TechnologyMedical Technology Author:Bill Gates
“I dream of not having access to technology. I think it's a very wonderful time that we have found ourselves in, in terms of access to information, but alone time is better for some personalities than others. And I would very gladly give it up. I think I'd do very well.” ThinkingGivingWellsDreamFoundTermTechnologyWonderfulInformationPersonalityAccessAlone TimeWonderful TimesAccess To Information Author:Mackenzie Davis
“These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups, get medical information, the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I'm not downplaying that.” PeopleMayChildrenMightAbleParentTechnologySupportGroupsInfluenceInformationBirthEasierDrugMedicalDefectsSupport GroupsBirth Defects Author:Steve Jobs
“In popular books and articles, information technology writer Carr has worried over the ways that algorithms like those employed by Google are reshaping the ways we think.” ThinkingWayBookTechnologyInformationWorriedArticlesGoogleEmployedInformation TechnologyAlgorithmsPopular Book Author:Nicholas G. Carr
“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
“The communications revolution has given millions of people both a wider and more detailed understanding of the world. Because of technology, ordinary citizens enjoy access to information that formerly was available only to elites and nation-states. One consequence of this change is that citizens have become acutely conscious of environmental destruction, entrenched poverty, health catastrophes, human rights abuses, failing education systems, and escalating violence. Another consequence is that people possess powerful communication tools to coordinate efforts to attack those problems.” PeopleWorldHumansStatesProblemGivenNationsEnjoyUnderstandingPowerfulEffortEducationPovertyMillionsTechnologyRightsViolenceFailingInformationCommunicationRevolutionCitizensHealthyOrdinaryConsciousConsequenceToolsDestructionAbuseEnvironmentalHuman RightsAvailableAccessElitesCatastropheEducation SystemCoordinatesOrdinary CitizensAccess To InformationEscalatingEnvironmental Destruction Author:David Bornstein
“Contemporary technology could be used to eliminate ownership and management of corporations. It could be used to provide - lets say Apple computers. In principle information technology could be used to provide direct information to the work force on the ground so that they could democratically decide what the company would do, eliminating the role of management. It could be used for that. People aren't developing technology for that purpose.” PeopleUsedPurposeForceCompanyPrinciplesRolesTechnologyInformationComputerDirectManagementContemporaryDevelopingCorporationsApplesOwnershipInformation TechnologyEliminating Author:Noam Chomsky