Finding a name for something is a way of conjuring its existence, of making it possible for people to see a pattern where they didn't see anything before.

If you depend on where the chestnuts are going to be, and where the deer are, you have to be attuned to the outside world.

I've spent my life alone in a room with a typewriter.

I think there are two aspects to smart environments. One is information embedded in places and things. The other is location awareness, so that devices we carry around know where we are. When you combine those two, you get a lot of possibilities.

The great power of the Internet is it allows people who don't know each other... to connect with people with shared interests. The shared interests might be that 'I have a kid with leukemia.' Or, 'I'm a Nazi.' It gives marginalized people more power.

I usually try to check quotes with people just to make sure things work out.

1947 America blasted off.