Quotes About Tech

People in tech love to see their work as embodying the 'hacker ethos': a desire to break systems down in order to change them. But this pride can often be conveyed rather clumsily.

The idea that either individuals or organisations are 'too big to fail' or that the tech and start-up sector is somehow different is wrong.

When I went into a start-up in tech, I knew I could always go back to a law firm.

Most of the tech CEOs I know used to think that moving to the Midwest or the South was beneath us, a good tactic for the Boeings of the world who don't need the kind of rare skills we depend on, who have to grub for profits when we reach for growth. But if Amazon can't afford to keep growing in Seattle, who can?

There's always been a lot of interest in the tech community about how to foster innovation and creativity - both within a company but also in the ecosystem of a tech cluster. In both cases, creating opportunities for people who don't encounter each other normally to meet and talk is key.

In tech, people want an object for what's inside it, what it does. You need to make a defensive design that people won't walk away from. A chair is aggressive - you want a customer to choose it from many others.

India has a large base of tech talent, and I hope that a lot of AI machine learning education online will allow Indian software professionals to break into AI.

Ever since me and the brothers no longer make music together, I stepped aside, and I've been doubling down here in the tech world.

I've always loved tech. Loved Apple. That's what I started vlogging about.

I want my work at Google to have a long-term impact on the tech scene in Africa and to result in millions more Africans not just going online but having an amazing experience once they do. That's what drives me every single day when I get to work.

The tech industry's love for scrappy, accessible founders adds to the pressure. You're expected to lead by example, to roll up your sleeves, to know everything going on.

Securing and attracting the best talent is an obsession in the tech industry for good reason. It's your main asset; it's your edge.

If the hard Brexit happens, I would assume that London wouldn't be the centre of the tech world in Europe.

I've always had a passion for the tech industry, and I like to help build interesting products.

I don't know anything about tech, but I do know something about slightly socially crippled and overly cerebral guys.

It's weird; my fascination with tech was kind of combined with the fact that my parents would never pay for anything. It got me more involved because I would have to find clever ways to get things for free.

I've spent a career working in tech as a software engineer. And I believe regulated markets are the best way to build and deliver innovative products.

I want to help bring tech jobs to middle America and help us create more innovation clusters.

I actually really like DJ Assault - a Detroit a ghetto tech DJ, who's produced good music that's influenced me a bit.

My partner, Nik, is a full-time dad and I am working on Phenomenal full time. Nik was in tech forever, but he decided to take some time to think about his next steps after we had our second child.

I believe GamerGate is at its core a positive movement that fights against obvious corruption in journalism and the tech industry.

I guess for me, I keep saying the words 'consumer electronics,' 'consumer tech' - the biggest purchase decisions people make a lot of times are the phones they buy and the tech they buy. To be able to influence other people's decisions on that front is pretty game changing.

Claims of anti-conservative bias in the tech industry are baseless.

OK, my funniest tech I ever got in the NBA was for looking at a ref.