By the late '90s, those who were paying attention perceived the Internet as a 20-foot tidal wave coming, and we are all in kayaks.

The boom was healthy too, even with its excesses. Because what this incredible valuation craze did was draw untold sums of billions of dollars into building the Internet infrastructure. The hundreds of billions of dollars that got invested in telecommunications, for example.

A fundamental rule in technology says that whatever can be done will be done.

You have to pretend you're 100 percent sure. You have to take action; you can't hesitate or hedge your bets. Anything less will condemn your efforts to failure.

Girls don't think boys' games are too hard, they think they are stupid.

The future is going to take care of itself, like it always has.

The Internet doesn't change everything. It doesn't change supply and demand.