“I used to sneer at email publishers who were only monthly because I thought in this super-speedy age, who’s going to remember or notice you with just one lone email a month? As of today I’m totally reversing my position. If your monthly has true value to the end reader — it’s not just self-promotional we-we-we talk — and you make it clear it’s a monthly (perhaps in the name or subtitle), then even if your subject line sucks I’ll probably open it.”

“These rising stars have already accomplished more than most of us ever will. But trust us, they’re just getting started.”

“The increased speed of informational flow has served to compress our sense of time’s abundance. Not only are there never enough hours in the day, but those hours are now measured in nanoseconds, and those nanoseconds are quantified by productivity.”

“Microsoft once ran a great ad for Office, its business-software cash cow. It went something like this: ‘Over 94 percent of the business world uses Microsoft Office. What are we doing wrong?’ …The world waited for a contender that was so compelling, people might actually consider filing for Microsoft divorce. Now there is one. It’s called OpenOffice, and it has a killer feature: It’s free.”