#online

So many people are shut up tight inside themselves like boxes, yet they would open up, unfolding quite wonderfully, if only you were interested in them. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#lonliness #shyness #confidence

it is better to be alone than to be betrayed persistently and dumped . keeping yourself dumped in a room 8x10 is better than hanging out with hypocrites . ↗

— vishal mishra

#persistence

Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#anything #buy #com #consumers #destination

People forget already how much utility they get out of the Internet - how much utility they get out of e-mail, how much utility they get out of even simple things like brochureware online. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#e-mail #even #forget #get #how

A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#beauty #buyers #clutter #contest #curb

Massive numbers of people are going to come online from cultures we don't normally interact with. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#cultures #going #interact #massive #normally

In an online community, there's this kind of social economy between the community members. Some people have status because they make cool skins or that's a good website that's visited a lot, but there's no real gameplay there. ↗

— Will Wright

#between #community #cool #economy #good

They also can combine voice with instant messaging and online file sharing. ↗

— Niklas Zennstrom

#combine #file #instant #messaging #online

Video is moving online in a big way. It's proven to be a challenging market for some companies that start out as a pure Internet company such as Joost. ↗

— Niklas Zennstrom

#challenging #companies #company #internet #market

When AI approximates Machine Intelligence, then many online and computer-run RPGs will move towards actual RPG activity. Nonetheless, that will not replace the experience of 'being there,' any more than seeing a theatrical motion picture can replace the stage play. ↗

— Gary Gygax

#actual #ai #any #being #being there