The Oklahoma City bombing was simple technology, horribly used. The problem is not technology. The problem is the person or persons using it.
Technology has to be invisible. Transparent. Just simple.
My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.
One of the missions of Google[x] is to use technology to get technology out of the way
Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.
I think all technology should be plug and play. I would say it's easier to set up a blog than it is to change channels on your telly.
We're not trying to create a triple-A type of platform. We're focusing more on a platform where it looks and feels high-quality, but you can kind of look at it and figure out how someone made it.
Walt loved technology. He didn't understand it half the time, but the beauty of good technology was that he didn't have to understand it. Just use it.
I love technology. Matches, to light a fire, is really high tech. The wheel is really one of the great inventions of all time. Other than that, I am an ignoramus about technology.
I really think that even though Pinterest isn't a lot of people's idea of hard technology, it helps make everyday things a little bit better. And I believe that for most people, everyday things, those are everything.
My high-techness is pretty low-tech. I'm not wildly computer savvy. I'm a record person.
If your job requires that you spend a lot of time communicating with people across organizational boundaries, email is perfect. Email is the lowest common denominator, and it's going to cross organizational boundaries really well.
