Harper Reed Quotes

You push the button, we do the rest.

There's a mobile app for almost anything you may want to do, any situation you confront.

You ain't got to wait on a cab no more; just call your Uber, and it pulls up. But waiting isn't an option: that's just a big part of life.

When people want transportation, they want it now.

We worked very hard to make extensions very simple.

I love my Kindle, but there are many books that I need to physically own. I think having the choice makes all the difference. Instant gratification - buying a book digitally and owning it sixty seconds later - really is a revolutionary act.

But with carefully chosen keyboard macros to activate it, Mass Copy is quick, convenient, and powerful. Most users who have mastered it depend heavily on it. That certainly includes me.

Instant access to anything is the future. So if you need a tutor or a baby sitter or a massage or any service, it's going to be instantly available, 24 hours a day, through your phone, with one click.

The mobile phone... is a tool for those whose professions require a fast response, such as doctors or plumbers.

Downloading is definitely on the rise, but not because it's free - that's probably third on the list - but because it's immediate and the selection is virtually unlimited.

The most important thing about technology is that it can seamlessly work its way into your routine and your life.

I have been known to buy e-versions of my books because I was in a hotel room and I needed one right away to look up something in it; very handy for that - you can have it just the next minute; you can press the button and just have it.

When technology reaches that level of invisibility in our lives, that's our ultimate goal. It vanishes into our lives. It says, 'You don't have to do the work; I'll do the work.'

With something like Dropbox, it was immediately like, 'Wow, this is literally something that anyone with an Internet connection could use.' Everyone needs something like this; they just don't realize it yet.

I guess I just want everything to be available immediately.

I like buying iTunes. It's instant.

Smartphones are always in your pocket. They're about reactive capture.

In many ways, we look at Uber as the safety net for a city.

Uber has to design for the global platform.

There's a reason why VOD is so popular. You don't have to wait. There's instant gratification.

The ability for somebody to put their arm out and get a taxi is fundamentally different then having a 10-minute pickup time. It just is.

What I hope is, over time, users should not have to read a training manual. They should say, 'I totally get the Workday iPad app, because it runs the way my consumer apps run.'

We refer to Lyft as a 'mullet app.' Simple up front, a lot going on in the back.

Uber is a good car service, and that's exactly what they were when we launched.

What's great about the iPad and iPhone is that they are easy-on, easy-off.