As far as Apple goes, it was a different company every few years from the time I joined in 1984.

In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.

Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we're all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories.

In our society we have hard nerds and soft nerds. The hard nerds are the ones who used to have the slide rules at their belt; now they have calculators. The soft nerds are the ones who get violently ill whenever anybody mentions an integral sign.

Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc. In a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary.

Humans are communications junkies. We just can't get enough.

Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term.