My last novel, 'The Keep,' was very explicitly technological, about the quality of living in a state constantly surrounded by disembodied presences, and I was thinking very much about the online experience.
The Internet is a really strange place to be.
Ads shouldn't be in people's way.
The Internet is such... it's so not real. But it's big and it feels big when you're on it.
I think Facebook has a lot of work to do to make sure people are seeing meaningful things and not garbage.
I'm very persistent; I know the Internet very well, because I grew up on the Internet. I had Internet when there was just dial-up, and the Internet was my social outlet.
Fox Interactive Media's acquisitions of Newroo and kSolo demonstrate our commitment to empowering users with interesting tools that they can use to further enhance their online experience and online identity.
Nothing really says ... interactivity - which was so exciting and captures the real, the Web Zeitgeist of 1995 - than 'Click here for a picture of my dog.'
I think it's both annoying and beneficial that there's so much freedom online.
What's so interesting about the internet - I keep saying this - is the web has gotten worse over the last five years as opposed to better.
As a young adult, we all go through things now on social media. It's a part of our everyday lives.
We didn't discover online and think, 'Oh, this is really lucrative. We've got to get on board with it.' We've been here since 2003.
When I'm online, I'm alone in a room, tapping on a keyboard, staring at a cathode-ray tube.
When we heard that little dial-up sound, that eeeeee, and then you connected, and you then go and you check your mail and you get that 'you got mail,' you were excited. I mean, that was the thing.
Essentially, I'm a 21-year-old who's a millionaire through gaming, vlogging, and my online experience. Yo, I'll take it!
People enter Web sites hoping to be led somewhere, hoping for a payoff.
Surf the Web is a happy coincidence.
Everybody has a different Internet.
When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
Everyone should have ten megabits and then the web will be a wonderful thing.
I was an early adopter: have been on the internet continuously since late 1989, barring a six-month loss of access in the early 90s.
I was late to the Internet. I didn't really understand what it was. I didn't know what an email was.
While stores continue to be a very important part of our business, there is no mistaking the fact that the customers' shopping preference, measured by both traffic and sales, continues to move to a virtual experience.
Is Amazon truly the best online buying experience? Absolutely not. Is eBay the best platform for auction? Probably not. Are dating sites like match.com really a reflection of the way people date? Probably not.
Browseability is the key online.
