Among modern occupations, only cult leaders and TV weathermen rival the technological visionary's ability to retain credibility despite all evidence to the contrary.

Most decisions are seat-of-the-pants judgments. You can create a rationale for anything. In the end, most decisions are based on intuition and faith.

If you have two steaks, one that's an inch thick, one that's 2 inches thick, how much longer does the thicker one need to cook? It's four times as long. It goes roughly like the square. How come cookbooks don't tell you that?

The ever-growing size of software applications is what makes Moore's Law possible: 'If we hadn't brought your computer to its knees, why would you go out and buy a new one?'

One of the ugly secrets of the renewable-energy industry is that its products make no economic sense unless they are highly subsidized.

Technological 'revolutions' don't really overthrow anything - they simply append a new and dynamic market to that which went before.

Software is a gas ! It expands to fit the container it is in !