The rise of Google, the rise of Facebook, the rise of Apple, I think are proof that there is a place for computer science as something that solves problems that people face every day.

I believe that this notion of self-publishing, which is what Blogger and blogging are really about, is the next big wave of human communication. The last big wave was Web activity. Before that one it was e-mail. Instant messaging was an extension of e-mail, real-time e-mail.

If you forgo your plan, you also have to forgo fear.

I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time.

I think to some degree one of the strengths of the high tech industry is that people are actually willing to tell you things. When I went to Novell, I didn't know how to be a CEO, so I went in and I called all sorts of CEOs I knew. I called in a favor. I wanted to come by and listen to them tell me what it's like to be a CEO.

Technology is always evolving, and companies.. not just search companies.. can't be afraid to take advantage of change.

It looks like the thing that separates out the capable students from the really successful ones is not so much their knowledge...but their persistence at something.