Data isn't information. ... Information, unlike data, is useful. While there's a gulf between data and information, there's a wide ocean between information and knowledge. What turns the gears in our brains isn't information, but ideas, inventions, and inspiration. Knowledge-not information-implies understanding. And beyond knowledge lies what we should be seeking: wisdom.

We'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Internet. Uh, sure.

If we built houses the way we build software, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.

If you really want to know about the future, don't ask a technologist, a scientist, a physicist. No! Don't ask somebody who's writing code. No, if you want to know what society's going to be like in 20 years, ask a kindergarten teacher.

I spend almost as much time figuring out what's wrong with my computer as I do actually using it.

Anyone can post messages to the net. Practically everyone does. The resulting cacophony drowns out serious discussion.

As the networks evolve, so do my opinions toward them, and my divergent feelings bring out conflicting points of view. In advance, I apologize to those who expect a consistent position from me.