John Collison Quotes

The Internet is not just one thing, it's a collection of things - of numerous communications networks that all speak the same digital language.

I don't know why, but I'm continually amazed to think that two and a half billion of us around the world are connected to each other through the Internet and that at any point in time more than 30 percent of the world's population can go online to learn, to create and to share.

I wouldn't be anywhere without the Internet.

There's no such thing as the 'Irish Internet.' It's just the Internet.

We have recently moved into an era when... everybody can share an inconceivably enormous amount of information just by stroking a few keys on a terminal.

The Internet is a clear example of how our lives have changed in ways we couldn't have imagined: a distributed information source, which is invisible to everyone, where you can access anything, and it's distributed throughout the whole world. Basically, communication is instantaneous.

The Internet makes it possible for everyone to collaborate.

Online is another way for all of us to reach people.

Reading the text of my blog itself is not really the interesting part. The exciting part is how the Internet allows me to be the eyes and ears for the people sending me postings from Africa.

Smart phones and social media expand our universe. We can connect with others or collect information easier and faster than ever.

Anyone can use these sites - companies and colleges, teachers and students, young and old all make use of networking sites to connect with people electronically to share pictures, information, course work, and common interests.

It's nice to be able to communicate digitally with people around the world.

I am no technophobe. I like being able to calibrate communication, depending on the situation - texting for the simple and immediate; email for business or when I want to put some lag time into the exchange; Twitter to promote something; Facebook to draw a crowd.

I'm one of those people that thinks the Internet is amazing, and I can't believe it exists.

There will never be a replacement for that ongoing physical contact. But I don't think blogging is meant to replace the face-to-face of friendships and meetings. Blogging is a way to keep in touch with a larger group of people on an ongoing basis, in a more efficient way.

With over 1 billion users and counting worldwide, the Internet has quickly become a critical place for individuals, business communities and governments to share and distribute information.

It's a whole new world out here. The online world is like a blackboard on which, when you write, the whole world can see - and I'm thrilled about this development. I want to make full use of it.

Video just accesses international information so much more readily.

Through historical accident, we've ended up with a global network that pretty much allows anybody to communicate with anyone else at any time.

The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.

The Internet enables us to share the ideas we have without having to create another hierarchy.

The Internet has brought communities across the globe closer together through instant communication.

The thing about the Internet is the openness. People can link to each other themselves.

The Internet has become the phenomenon of the new century. It has become the voice of the people in the first genuine experiment in democracy yet conducted in America. It stands ready to serve every facet, every faction. It creates neighbors where once we were foreigners. It carries our individual voices to new communities formed through the magic of electronics. The electronic village has been born, and the village voice, via the internet is being heard.

I find the Internet to be the most wonderful thing there is. It connects people. Everyone can have input.