It's mine - you can't have it. If you want to use it for something, then you have to negotiate with me. I have to agree, I have to understand what I'm getting in return.

One of the issues of social networking silos is that they have the data and I don't.

It was the academic community who wired up their universities so it was put together by smart, well-meaning people who thought it was a good idea.

Any enterprise CEO really ought to be able to ask a question that involves connecting data across the organization, be able to run a company effectively, and especially to be able to respond to unexpected events. Most organizations are missing this ability to connect all the data together.

People keep asking me what I think of it now that it's done. Hence my protest: The Web is not done!

If different cultures connect with each other, they are less likely to want to shoot each other.

I think a lot of great software has been written by people who are scratching a short-term itch, something which has been niggling them for ages, but in the back of their mind they’ve got a wonderful long-term plan.