#ss

I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world. ↗

— Tanith Lee

#dreadful #else #exciting #feel #go

At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer. ↗

— Tanith Lee

#actress #asked #course #early #everyone

I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ↗

— Tanith Lee

#beginning #board #directly #i #i love

Any enterprise CEO really ought to be able to ask a question that involves connecting data across the organization, be able to run a company effectively, and especially to be able to respond to unexpected events. Most organizations are missing this ability to connect all the data together. ↗

— Tim Berners Lee

#able #across #any #ask #ceo

On the web the thinking of cults can spread very rapidly and suddenly a cult which was 12 people who had some deep personal issues suddenly find a formula which is very believable. ↗

— Tim Berners Lee

#cult #cults #deep #find #formula

Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

#anyone #come #computer #dream #dreams

I think IT projects are about supporting social systems - about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

#between #communications #cultural #cultural issues #due

Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

#about #attractive #care #data #design

When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

#being #comes #last #makes #professional

Everybody who runs a Web site knows we're not assured of compatibility, and we could end up with a split. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

#compatibility #could #end #everybody #knows