Digital ink technology holds substantial promise in terms of legibility, portability, and power consumption, but I am less confident about the communication aspect.

Many flagship state universities have wonderful digital libraries that are accessed by people around the world. In future, if not current, budget crises, trustees, board members, and administrators may wonder why these state institutions - with an articulated primary clientele of students, faculty, and staff members and a secondary clientele of all citizens of the state - should be spending resources on a digital library that is used by many people beyond the primary and secondary service populations.

Quality involves living the message of the possibility of perfection and infinite improvement, living it day in and day out, decade by decade.

I find digital content much easier and more rewarding to interact with on screen than printed on paper.

How do you achieve excellence?...Stop doing non-excellent stuff!

I'm about as far from being a flag-waver - you won't find any American flag pins in my drawer - as someone can be.

The new idea either finds a champion or it dies. No ordinary involvement with a new idea provides the energy required to cope with the indifference and resistance that change provokes.