IT THOUGHT OF THE DAY » Quotations http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:18:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 IT Quote of the Week: Douglas Engelbart http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/07/21/it-quote-of-the-week-douglas-engelbart/ http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/07/21/it-quote-of-the-week-douglas-engelbart/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:42:05 +0000 Scott Coughlin http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/07/21/it-quote-of-the-week-douglas-engelbart/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> image

Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse and was an early pioneer of the Information Technology profession.  As such he is an excellent pick to be our IT Thought of the Day Quote of the Week Series feature.

I like Information Age quotations.  I find some of them very inspirational and like to carry a new one around about every week.  I thought that i could share mine with you from time to time. This week it will be a funny quote.  You can read more about the author at Wikipedia.

“The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.”
Douglas Engelbart

What did you think of the quote?  Did you like it? Do you know of any other similar ones?  Please share.

That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for July 21, 2010.

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]]> http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/07/21/it-quote-of-the-week-douglas-engelbart/feed/ 0 IT Thought of the Week: Robert McNamara http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/07/07/it-thought-of-the-week-robert-mcnamara/ http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/07/07/it-thought-of-the-week-robert-mcnamara/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:25:59 +0000 Scott Coughlin http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/07/07/it-thought-of-the-week-robert-mcnamara/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> image Robert McNamara had some amazingly forward thinking ideas about computers and information technology.  As such he gets a second chance to be our IT Thought of the Day Quote of the Week Series feature.

I like Information Age quotations.  I find some of them very inspirational and like to carry a new one around about every week.  I thought that i could share mine with you from time to time. This week it will be a funny quote.  You can read more about the author at Wikipedia.

""Management is the gate through which social and economic and political change, indeed change in every direction, is diffused though society."
Robert McNamara

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That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for July 7, 2010.

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]]> http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/07/07/it-thought-of-the-week-robert-mcnamara/feed/ 0 IT Quote of the Week: Robert McNamara http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/06/25/it-quote-of-the-week-robert-mcnamara/ http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/06/25/it-quote-of-the-week-robert-mcnamara/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:40:39 +0000 Scott Coughlin http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/06/25/it-quote-of-the-week-robert-mcnamara/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> imageRobert McNamara was president of the World Bank, a US Secretary of Defense, father of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System, man who put seat belts in cars, and creator of policy analysis.  As such, he is perfect to join our other worthy additions to our IT Thought of the Day Quote of the Week Series

I like Information Age quotations.  I find some of them very inspirational and like to carry a new one around about every week.  I thought that i could share mine with you from time to time. This week it will be a funny quote.  You can read more about the author at Wikipedia.

“A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage.”
Robert McNamara

What did you think of the quote?  Did you like it? Do you know of any other similar ones?  Please share.

That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for June 25, 2010.

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]]> http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/06/25/it-quote-of-the-week-robert-mcnamara/feed/ 1 More Carl Sagan Quotes http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/06/18/more-carl-sagan-quotes/ http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/06/18/more-carl-sagan-quotes/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:00:31 +0000 Scott Coughlin http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/06/18/more-carl-sagan-quotes/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> imageLet’s see what other gems  Carl Sagan, has to offer us  He is already this week’s IT Thought of the Day Quote of the Week Series author.  Dr. Sagan was a noted proponent of the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project.  He firmly believed that somewhere in our universe there was other life just waiting to be found and known.  I often wonder about the analogs between that search and information assurance struggles where there are often “aliens” already inside your system, but due to the difficulty of finding them, many people refuse to believe that they exist at all.

I like Information Age quotations.  I find some of them very inspirational and like to carry a new one around about every week.  I thought that i could share mine with you from time to time. This week it will be a funny quote.  You can read more about the author at Wikipedia.

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”

- Carl Sagan

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That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for June 18, 2010.

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]]> http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/06/18/more-carl-sagan-quotes/feed/ 0 IT Quote of the Week: Carl Sagan http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/06/14/it-quote-of-the-week-carl-sagan/ http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/06/14/it-quote-of-the-week-carl-sagan/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:12:56 +0000 Scott Coughlin http://www.ITThoughtOfTheDay.com/2010/06/14/it-quote-of-the-week-carl-sagan/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> imageGeeks everywhere grew up watching and listening to Carl Sagan.  He was a noted astronomer, physicsist, television host, and author.  As such, he becomes the first satirist to join our other worthy additions to our IT Thought of the Day Quote of the Week Series

I like Information Age quotations.  I find some of them very inspirational and like to carry a new one around about every week.  I thought that i could share mine with you from time to time. This week it will be a funny quote.  You can read more about the author at Wikipedia.

“We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.”

- Carl Sagan

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That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for June 9, 2010.

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