Category: Quotes

“In short, Samsung clearly has no problem coming up with stuff to put into its phones. The challenge, as Jobs once said, is ‘knowing what to leave out.’ “

— David Pogue

“Surveillance of power is one of the most important ways to ensure that power does not abuse its status. But, of course, power does not like to be watched.”

— Bruce Schneier

“There is thus little or no ability for an internet user to know when they are being covertly propagandized by their government, which is precisely what makes it so appealing to intelligence agencies, so powerful, and so dangerous.”

— Glenn Greenwald

“Smart watches are a perfect example of a forced evolution of technology.”

— John Carey

“My analog watches are my reminder that utility exists apart from an internet connection and usefulness doesn’t require the latest software.”

— Shawn Blanc

“A web where quality makes money and great design is rewarded? That’s something worth paying attention to.”

— Tony Haile

“However, with the recent release of the Playboy® + Hello Kitty® Leica C camera, I feel that there is nothing I can write about the company which shows less respect than what they are doing themselves. “

— Don Craig

“If it was normal for people to use their iPads for creative tasks, there would not be newspaper articles about people using their iPads for creative tasks.”

–Lukas Mathis

“The more useful for work these devices become, the further they get from being really good tablets, which means it might take awhile before that perfect all-in-one device arrives.”

— Joanna Stern

“As an entrepreneur making decisions for your company, always go back to your first principles of what’s important to you and why you started in the first place.”

— Matt Mullenweg

“You can’t please everybody, Microsoft. So stop trying.”

— Paul Thurrott

“Google won’t break into your home. You’ll invite them in.”

— Marco Arment

“Software ate the camera, but freed the photograph.”

— Craig Mod

“You’re fucking swimming in everyone else’s moments, likes, and tweets and during these moments of consumption you are coming to believe that their brief interestingness to others makes it somehow relevant to you and worth your time.”

— Michael Lopp

“One way of looking at Google Glass: now the surveillance state can see through your eyes. Even when you blink.”

— Brent Simmons

“We no longer know whom to trust. This is the greatest damage the NSA has done to the Internet, and will be the hardest to fix.”

— Bruce Schneier

“Consider this, about having perspective on criticism: If you enjoyed making a thing, and you’re proud of the thing you made, that’s enough.”

— Wil Wheaton