Paul Saffo quotes
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“Before the iPhone, cyberspace was something you went to your desk to visit. Now cyberspace is something you carry in your pocket.”
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“Never mistake a clear view for a short distance.”
-- Paul SaffoSource : "Six Rules for Effective Forecasting". "HBR IdeaCast" with Cathy Olofson, hbr.org.
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“Microsoft is a big intellectual roach motel. All the big minds go in, and they don't come out.”
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“We tend to use a new technology to do an old task more efficiently. We pave the cow paths.”
-- Paul SaffoSource : "The mouse turns 40: An interview with Paul Saffo on technology’s past and future". Interview with Dean Takahashi, venturebeat.com. December 5, 2008.
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“Each time you toss out a 'singing' greeting card, you are disposing of more computing power than existed in the entire world before 1950.”
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“The goal of forecasting is not to predict the future but to tell you what you need to know to take meaningful action in the present”
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“The value of a social network is defined not only by who's on it, but by who's excluded,”
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“It turns out it takes 30 years for a new idea to seep into the culture. Technology does not drive change. It is our collective response to the options and opportunities presented by technology that drives change.”
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“The future belongs to neither the conduit or content players, but those who control the filtering, searching and sense-making tools we will rely on to navigate through the expanses of cyberspace.”
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“Graphic designers are idea embalmers, loving undertakers preserving bits of data like to many butterflies pinned to felt in a jewel box.”
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“"Point of view" is that quintessentially human solution to information overload, an intuitive process of reducing things to an essential relevant and manageable minimum.. In a world of hyper abundant content, point of view will become the scarcest of resources.”
-- Paul SaffoSource : "It's The Context, Stupid" by Paul Saffo, www.wired.com. March 1, 1994.
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