37 Quotes by Paul Saffo

This is a unique conference, ... It is a forum for the AMD community to consider not just immediate technology trends and their business impacts, but also to explore the larger, longer-term surprises that technological innovation presents for society at large.

Graphic designers are idea embalmers, loving undertakers preserving bits of data like to many butterflies pinned to felt in a jewel box.

The value of a social network is defined not only by who's on it, but by who's excluded,

Microsoft is a big intellectual roach motel. All the big minds go in, and they don't come out.

The Web is a compelling new medium being put to all kinds of uses, by everyone from banks to Cub Scouts to flying saucer cults. That said, it can also be a powerful folly amplifier.

Hipness is the only asset that matters.

We tend to use a new technology to do an old task more efficiently. We pave the cow paths.

The future belongs to neither the conduit or content players, but those who control the filtering, searching and sense-making tools we will rely on to navigate through the expanses of cyberspace.

It turns out it takes 30 years for a new idea to seep into the culture. Technology does not drive change. It is our collective response to the options and opportunities presented by technology that drives change.