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" Our entire society is rooted around the idea of more, and longer has become the measure of success. "

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" Business, much like life, is not a movie, and not everyone gets to have a storybook ending. "

" The funny thing is that I used to be a blogger, but it wasn't known as 'blogging' at that time. This was in the '99/2000 time frame. "

" Most of the stress we feel here in Silicon Valley is self-inflicted. "

" It is becoming harder for us to stay on top of the onslaught - e-mails, messages, appointments, alerts. Augmented intelligence offers the possibility of winnowing an increasing number of inputs and options in a way that humans can't manage without a helping hand. "

" In a way, digital cameras were like very early personal computers such as the Commodore 64 - clunky and able to do only a few things. "

" The lens through which I view the media world is pretty simple: If you are in the business of sucking up attention, then you are in the media business. "

" Some media companies that rely on advertising revenue are tying journalist compensation to the traffic their story generates. It doesn't work because it de-prioritizes writing. "

" Its definition can be a bit murky, but to me, native advertising is a sales pitch that fits right into the flow of the information being shown. It doesn't interrupt - native ads don't pop up or dance across the screen - and its content is actually valuable to the person viewing it. "

" In 1947, Porsche began work on its 356. In many ways, it was like the original iPhone. It wasn't perfect. It was underpowered. But it was streamlined and aerodynamic. "

" For me, stories are like Lego blocks. If I don't put one down, I can't put the next one down. "

" Finding your soul begins by discovering our ability to listen! Alternatively, by sharing a smile, a laugh and just by being human to everyone - from friends, colleagues, family, and especially strangers, including those who are not from the same station in life as you. "

" We live in crazy times - that is true - and things have gotten crazier, but it still doesn't feel like the turn of the century. "

" QR codes have always been a kind of half-measure, a useful but inelegant transitional technology; the ultimate goal is augmented reality. "

" For a while, I have had this theory that we, as a society, are coming to the end of the mass production, industrial phase of the human race. "

" In cities like New York, it is common to find taxicabs with wireless-enabled card readers. "

" My definition of media? 'Anything which owns attention.' This could be a game or, perhaps, a platform. Ironically, the media tends to associate media with publishing - digital or otherwise - which, in turn, is too narrow a way to consider not only the media but also the reality of the competitive landscape and media-focused innovation. "

" The lightbulb, the most humble and illuminating of all technologies, when combined with a network connection, transforms itself from being a bulb into a wake-up alarm, a mood alteration mechanism, and in some cases, a cupid's assistant. "

" Pokemon Go, which involves trying to 'catch' Pikachu or Squirtle or other creatures with your smartphone, is an inherently social experience. You need to be walking around - on the streets, in public places - to catch the Pokemon. "

" Facebook has gone from a nice-and-boring social network to becoming an identity layer of the web. It is where nearly a billion people are depositing the artifacts of civilization in the 21st century - photos, videos, and birthday wishes. "

" As someone who has been wrong often, I can tell you one thing for sure: hindsight reminds you of your follies every day. "

" Compared to Apple, Internet companies like Google and Facebook don't have strong perspectives on the way they want the world to work. "

" Apps have become a preferred way of accessing information on mobile devices. "

" A lot of what people are calling 'artificial intelligence' is really data analytics - in other words, business as usual. If the hype leaves you asking 'What is A.I., really?,' don't worry, you're not alone. "

" Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft are building their own versions of the future. And they get bigger and bigger. "

" Why don't we face up to the fact that many of us in Silicon Valley are living lives that involve telling ourselves a lot of lies. "

" In the digital realm, companies are free from the friction of producing physical goods, and as a result, we see companies like Google go from zero dollars in revenues to billions at a much faster rate. "

" Whether it is through stock-market trading or the sale of hotel rooms, the Internet has a way of bringing deflationary forces to all businesses that were hitherto inefficient and involved many middlemen. "

" Everybody has a different interpretation of immigration problems, and it's a highly personal experience. If anyone tells you there is a uniform solution to it, there isn't. As far as I'm concerned, it worked for me. And I don't know how to fix the problem. "

" I worry about Google's data ethics and about the idea of handing over the corpus of my life, but I can't deny that it is exceptional at making sense of my ever-growing photo library. "