“The cloud computing model may be a wonderful system when it works, but...” — Jamais Cascio Quote

“The cloud computing model may be a wonderful system when it works, but it's a nightmare when it fails. And the more people who come to depend upon it, the bigger the nightmare.”

“Nearly every communication method we invent eventually conveys unwanted commercial messages.”

“Is there a better example of natural selection in action than 'Project Runway?'”

“The reality is that de-carbonisation is not happening fast enough.”

“With increasing fervor since the 1980s, sustainability has been the watchword of scientists, environmental activists, and indeed all those concerned about the complex, fragile systems on the sphere we inhabit. It has shaped debates about business, design, and our lifestyles.”

“Fluid intelligence doesn't look much like the capacity to memorise and recite facts, the skills that people have traditionally associated with brainpower.”

“I don't give you the 40-, 50-, 60-yd run. I'm 4 yards and a cloud of dust. Unfortunately, you don't make the highlight reels doing that. But you make the box scores.”

“I lost my father when I was 19, so the majority of my life has been under this cloud, and I have been full of the intention to find out what happened.”

“There's nothing slowing down about the shift to the cloud. I don't see anything on the horizon that is changing that.”

“My Nirvana experience was much different than the other three guys. For me, it was really new and exciting. I was just a guy from a punk rock band, thrown into this huge thing. There were dark periods, too. But there wasn't a dark cloud over the whole thing.”

“One of the important lessons of the Internet is, how easy it is to get things done completely shapes what gets created. For that reason, technologies like Amazon's cloud service are very important. Even if they aren't technically impressive, they make things easy to do.”