I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.

Programs today get very fat; the enhancements tend to slow the program down because people put in special checks. When they want to add some feature, they’ll just stick in these checks without thinking about how they might slow the thing down.

In my view, investing in public libraries is an investment in the nation's future.

The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.

Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with customers and get their feedback and understand their needs.

Today, we're very dependent on cheap energy. We just take it for granted - all the things you have in the house, the way industry works.

I didn't used to wear a watch. Now I have a SPOT watch, which I wear all the time.