The record companies are interested in the kind of sales they can get from the rock groups.
From now on, the technology companies that succeed will be those that have developed skills at listening and a sophisticated understanding of their customers' industries.
TiVo and other digital recording devices have confounded advertisers. The ad industry sees the technology as a threat to their product.
I feel every technology can be abused, but fundamentally we put new technologies into the service of humanity.
You don't have to be young to learn about technology. You have to feel young.
In 1973, the only cryptographic technology we could get our hands on was classified.
One of the biggest problems that software developers face is that technology changes rapidly. It is very hard to stay current.
I don't care where you are in the world, people are aware of what technology is available to others. If you're in Nairobi, you're certainly aware of the iPhone.
After 'An Inconvenient Truth' came out, a lot of people came to me with their causes, and there are a lot - water, poverty, and so many, many more.
Facebook is quite entrenched and has a network effect. It's hard to break into a network once it's formed.
Everyone has a subconscious and automatic preference of this over that. Once you're aware of that, you can take steps to change.
My background is putting in large systems that change lives... The right kind of systems can bring honesty and efficiency.
Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.
Success, in a generally accepted sense of the term, means the opportunity to experience and to realize to the maximum the forces that are within us.
Think about the way most companies currently hire. You post a job and then get blind resumes in response. This should be a social experience.
If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.
I personally think that money can do very little. And this has been my experience all across.
Succeeding is not really a life experience that does that much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience.
Iranians hate Arabs. They're a fairly well-educated population and they have centuries of experience with self-government.
People are always going to go shopping. A lot of our effort is just: 'How do we make the retail experience a great one?'
I've never commented much about my experience at Enron except to say, when I was there, it was a much more pipeline and asset-oriented company.