#internet
42 quotes
“Technology is not good or bad; it is the use we make of it that matters.”
“The Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.”
“Innovation happens when people are free to think, to speculate, to experiment.”
“The Internet is for everyone, and it should be accessible to everyone.”
“You don't have to be a computer scientist to use the Internet.”
“The power of the Internet is that it enables anyone to publish anything.”
“Privacy is not something that you can take for granted in the digital age.”
“The Internet has been the most fundamental change during my lifetime.”
“Cybersecurity is not just a technical problem. It is a societal problem.”
“The Internet is a reflection of our society and that mirror is going to be reflecting what we see.”
“The ability to interact with a computer presence like you would a human assistant is becoming increasingly feasible. p. 30”
“I've got news for you, we invented it.”
“And programming computers was so fascinating. You create your own little universe, and then it does what you tell it to do. p. 28”
“The creator of the World Wide Web, TIM BERNERS”
“Now, if someone tries to monopolize the Web, for example pushes proprietary variations on network protocols, then that would make me unhappy. Interview by Kris Herbst for Internet World”
“Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch. Interview by Kris Herbst for Internet World”
“Web 1.0 was all about connecting people. It was an interactive space, and I think Web 2.0 is of course a piece of jargon, nobody even knows what it means. If Web 2.0 for you is blogs and wikis, then that is people to people. But that was what the Web was supposed to be all along. developerWorks Interviews: Tim Berners”
“I don't believe in the sort of eureka moment idea. I think it's a myth. I'm very suspicious that actually Archimedes had been thinking about that problem for a long time. And it wasn't that suddenly it came to him. developerWorks Interviews: Tim Berners”
“Are we actually thinking about what we're doing as we go forward, and are we preserving the really important values that we have in society? Are we keeping it democratic, and open, and so on?”
“I just had to take the hypertext idea and connect it to the TCP and DNS ideas and”
“Electronic publishing and visions of hypertext”
“WorldWideWeb wide”
“Information Management: A Proposal”
“Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems.”
“Sergey’s the Google playboy. He was known for getting his fingers caught in the cookie jar with employees that worked for the company in the masseuse room. He got around. Charlie Ayers in Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom)”
“If what you’re doing is not seen by some people as science fiction, it’s probably not transformative enough. Mayer, Catherine (August 5, 2013). Meet ‘Schmeat’: Say Hello to the Stem”
“Without Sergey Brin, Google has lost its healthy fear of authoritarianism”
“Google's Sergey Brin calls on U.S. politicians to ditch their parties”
“Technology is an inherent democratizer. Because of the evolution of hardware and software, you’re able to scale up almost anything. It means that in our lifetime everyone may have tools of equal power. Guest lecture, UC Berkeley Oct. 5, 2005”
“We came up with the notion that not all web pages are created equal. People are”
“Google's Schmidt, Page and Brin hold court at Zeitgeist”
“re gmail, great user experience has helped other email systems (others have increased storage etc). there are areas that have been overlooked in industry, much as search was overlooked in the 90's. thinks they have technology, distribution infrastructure to address those things. Conversation: Sergey Brin of Google”
“The ultimate search engine would understand exactly what you mean and give back exactly what you want.”
“Where in the World Is Larry Page?”
“Larry Page is quietly amassing a 'flying car' empire”
“Have a healthy disregard for the impossible. Larry Page's Google Zeitgeist 2012 talk”
“I don't know how long I would've stayed, to be honest. theguardian.com”
“Sometimes it’s important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it Larry Page’s University of Michigan Commencement Address , 2009.”
“And I'm just curious what you do both at Google and also in the way you've managed the YouTube acquisition, which I think you could look at as one of the most successful examples of somebody buying something and not screwing it up. What's consciously done to keep that ethos, both at the Google level and then at YouTube?”
“If you look at things like Google Now also. Maybe you want to just have [a question] answered for you before you ask it. theguardian.com .”
“I have a simple algorithm, which is, wherever you see paid researchers instead of grad students, that's not where you want to be doing research. Plenary speech, AAAS Annual conference, San Francisco (February 2007).”
“Understand Everything,”