Programming is how we talk to the machines that are increasingly woven into our lives. If you aren't a programmer, you're like one of the unlettered people of the Middle Ages who were told what to think by the literate priesthood. We had a Renaissance when more people could read and write; we'll have another one when everyone programs.

Architecture trumps licensing any time.

Life is not a tour of gas stations.

We're entering a new world in which data may be more important than software.

No matter your sector, chances are that people are already twittering about your products, your brand, your company or at least your industry.

A book is always a dialogue with other readers and other books.

There are more than 21 eBook channels already. Authors can’t possibly get to these and do what they do best.