Technology Quotes - Page 26
Social media is less about technology and more about anthropology, sociology, and ethnography.
Brian Solis (2011). “Engage!, Revised and Updated: The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate, and Measure Success in the New Web”, p.3, John Wiley & Sons
Steve McConnell (2004). “Code Complete”, p.817, Pearson Education
"Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other". Book by Sherry Turkle, 2011.
The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.40, Random House
Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming; feedback is the treatment.
Kent Beck (2000). “Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change”, p.31, Addison-Wesley Professional
"Economics As a Science". Book by Kenneth E. Boulding, 1970.
A computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from what you had in mind.
The nature of technology depends very much upon what the public can be induced to put up with.
Joan Robinson (1973). “Economic heresies: some old-fashioned questions in economic theory”