Now everyone takes it for granted that you can look up movie reviews, track locations, and order stuff online. I wish there was a way we could take it away from people for a day so they could remember what it was like without it.

Imagine, just for the sake of discussion, that you had a few hours a week and a few dollars a month to donate to a cause - and you wanted to spend that time and money where it would have the greatest impact in saving and improving lives. Where would you spend it?

I don't think there is any philosophy that suggests having polio is a good thing.

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.

Depending on how quickly you get ocean rise, you have people who live in river deltas [at risk].

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It`s not just that the personal computer has come along as a great tool. The whole pace of business is moving faster. Globalization is forcing companies to do things in new ways.

There is a certain responsibility that accrued to me when I got to this unexpected position.