7. @mjays #weirdshit
“A single mysterious computer program
made up 4 percent of all quote traffic in the
U.S. stock market last week[,…]”
“The motive of the algorithm is still unclear.”
— CNBC
8. @mjays #weirdshit
“A single mysterious computer program
made up 4 percent of all quote traffic in the
U.S. stock market last week[,…]”
“The motive of the algorithm is still unclear.”
— CNBC
11. @mjays #weirdshit
“The truth is no online
database will replace your
daily newspaper, no CD-ROM
can take the place of a
competent teacher and no
computer network will change
the way government works.”
— Newsweek, 1995
12. @mjays #weirdshit
“The truth is no online
database will replace your
daily newspaper, no CD-ROM
can take the place of a
competent teacher and no
computer network will change
the way government works.”
— Newsweek, 1995
15. @mjays #weirdshit
“The conference is dedicated to the post-
digital era. Why? Because the digital
revolution is over, digital has won. It is
no longer new and innovative, as today
we take its use for granted.”
— NEXT Conference, 2012
22. @mjays #weirdshit
Jevons Paradox
“technological progress that
increases the efficiency with
which a resource is used tends
to increase (rather than
decrease) the rate of
consumption of that resource.”
27. @mjays #weirdshit
“Rather than reserve computing power for core information processing, Kay used outrageous
amounts of it for frivolous stuff like drawing cartoons on the screen. Those cartoons—icons,
windows, pointers, and animations—became the graphical user interface.”
36. @mjays #weirdshit
“Car Surprise – when you find your car
somewhere unexpected and witness your
vehicle engaging in unexpected activities
e.g. pickup up flowers at the mall”
— Jan Chipchase
37. @mjays #weirdshit
“Trailer Trashing – where dodgy looking
vehicles are assigned to trail an otherwise
apparent owner either as a joke or to send
a message, e.g. a hearse sent by a debt
collection agency to scare-up payment”
— Jan Chipchase