http://flic.kr/p/6sbgQu It is apparent to me that the possibilities of the aeroplane, which two or three years ago were thought to hold the solution to the [flying machine] problem, have been exhausted, and that we must turn elsewhere. Thomas Edison, 1895 “
http://flic.kr/p/bgenU Television won't last because people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night. Daryl Zanuck, movie producer, 20th Century Fox, 1946 “
These examples are just the initial, telltale signs of a huge new wave of cheap devices about to invade our lives—a zombie apocalypse of electronics, if you will. Scott Jenson “ http://bit.ly/giroPy
If nothing else, it would be wise for us all to remember that, while our information technology may be digital in nature, the human beings interacting with it will always be infuriatingly and delightfully analog. Adam Greenfield “ Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing