“(If you tell me about your feed, I’ll tell my cat on you, and he’ll make long red ribbons of your skin, then eat parts of you that are supposed to stay inside you. Just a warning. ;)” — inessential.com: ‘Interesting Feeds feed’
“(Aside: people who don’t write software generally underestimate how much work a given feature takes. People who write just a little software — scripters, for instance — underestimate even worse.)” — inessential.com: ‘Interesting Feeds feed’
“I could write a lot about my experience of Google so far. It’s quite an interesting place. Merely learning about how some of their internal systems operate has been jaw-dropping. (Do you have any idea how much hard disk space Google has? Or how many CPUs? Or how many search queries they handle? Unfortunately I don’t think I’m allowed to tell…)” —
Career update — Thought Palace
Lavorare a Google comincia a diventare mitologico…
“One of the things I pushed as hard as I could at Apple was conversation — almost everything I did at Apple for my tenure involved some form of transfer of information out of the company, and back in (where I could convince, finesse, or simply bullrush it back in), or between different parts of the company. Unfortunately, conversation isn’t part of the corporate DNA, communication isn’t a discussion so much as a lecture.” — Chuqui 3.0: Apple - MobileMe - Status: Blog Dead.
“My fans across the world started to contact me, and in fact the website fell over and it was just getting ridiculous. So I sent out a message saying ‘it’s only worth asking me if you can help if you’re a high-end brain specialist’.” — Terry Pratchett in BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | An ailing brain with imagination undimmed
“- Abbiamo imparato l’italiano con la televisione. Candy Candy, Mazinga Z, il grande Goldrake, abbiamo imparato tutto dai cartoni animati.” — Freddy Nietzsche » Maria, Vittoriosa e la “Scuola di TV per Aldi Grassi” del Mediterraneo
“cosa c’era di più importante da dirci se non parlare dei nostri figli?” — Blog di Gigi Tagliapietra: Cosa avevamo di più importante da dire?
“A giudicare da quanto vedo in spiaggia, la dieta mediterranea è la truffa del secolo.” — Squonk » Supersize Me
“I’m going to make a $.99 iPhone app with one button which just plays fart sounds.” — Twitter / John Gruber
“Eppure, c’è qualcosa nel fare scienza che assomiglia allo scommettere. Uno dei crismi di una teoria scientifica ben formulata — la sua capacità di fare previsioni falsificabili — implica una specie di scommessa con la natura, e il tentativo di scoprirne le carte per vedere chi ha ragione.” — Keplero: Scommettiamo?