"Startups are distributed R&D for larger companies."
~ Baoshi Yan, Senior Research Scientist, Engleasy
"APIs are the best kind of more. It lets you share interesting ideas, concepts, your best stuff, your best tools."
~ Erin McKean, co-founder and CEO, Wordnik
"Everybody needs more thesaurus. Thesaurus is the new cowbell."
~ Erin McKean, co-founder and CEO, Wordnik
"(We are) focusing on Facebook as part of the new consumer psychology."
~ Clara Shih, Hearsay Labs Author, The Facebook Era & CEO
"22 billion minutes a day now being spent on Facebook."
~ Clara Shih, Hearsay Labs Author, The Facebook Era & CEO
"Where the social web makes the biggest difference is on the fringe—our weak ties."
~ Clara Shih, Hearsay Labs Author, The Facebook Era & CEO
"Some want to wall off parts of the web and control what you can make & see. I don’t think that's the role of a company."
~ Kevin Lynch, CTO, Adobe
Kevin Lynch gets applause calling for "Helicopter control via all smart phones, not just the iPhone demoed earlier."
"I am under NDA with all these guys, but there are lots of great devices coming out."
~ Kevin Lynch, CTO, Adobe
"Calling for Google and others to follow the content compact—give more than you take."
~ Danny Sullivan, Editor-In-Chief, Search Engine Land
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