“Blogging has been declared dead at least five times. But that’s like saying creativity is dead, or personal expresion is dead. Ultimately some percentage of the people who get a taste for it through Facebook and Twitter want their own space. And for the most part, that’s a blog.” -Matthew Mullenweg
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Quoting IT: Innovation
"Innovation is an art, but it is an art where “managerial” interventions can accelerate or retard the rate of progress. Much of this concerns the sources from which ideas originate, the speed by which ideas move through an organization, the invitations to participate, the attitudes of the key decision-makers and the sources of inspiration that they draw from."
- Bill Fischer, The Virtues of Having Strange People Close By, Forbes.com, May 17, 2012
Quoting IT: Learn from Success
"People say that failure is important because it teaches you. I think that you can learn more from success. You learn what works as opposed to what doesn’t work. As no success is perfect, you still learn from the effort and improve from there.
That ability to learn is how you become a successful CMS professional."
- Laurence Hart, The Content Management Expert Paradox, Word of Pie, March 26, 2012.
Quoting IT: Guy Kawasaki on Google+
"I think it's easier to be a search engine adding social networking than a social network adding a search engine. Google is adding this social component to search. It totally makes sense. I think it's going to be a long time before people go to Facebook and type in "Hockey" to find the score for a game."
- Guy Kawasaki, Guy Kawasaki's Social Media Secret, Inc.com, February 28, 2012
Quoting IT: What SharePoint Really Is
"The most important thing to remember is that outside some very basic functionality, SharePoint is a platform. With enough time, money, and painkillers, you can get it to do almost anything. But then you or your integrator fall into the business of software development (and maintenance)."
-Tony Byrne, Avoid the Enterprise SharePoint Surprise, Real Story Group, February 14, 2012.
Quoting IT: Blogging is not a Business
"There are people who can call a blog as their business. In this case, their revenue is mainly from ad sales on their blog. But, that is not a very sustainable or long term business approach you should have. Your online business must solve a person’s problem."
- Marieke Hensel, Why Blogging is Not a Viable Business Mode", Branding Personality, January 30, 2012
Quoting IT: Absolute Certainty
"The history of science and technology suggests that such absolutism on both sides of a scientific debate doesn't often lead to practical solutions."
-Daniel B. Botkin, president of the Center for the Study of the Environment
Quoting IT: Encourage Innovation Within
"It's often the employees--rather than outside consultants--who know a company's products and processes best. According to management experts, many of the most innovative companies tend to solicit ideas from staff throughout the organization, not just the executive ranks."
-Rachel Emma Silverman, "For Bright Ideas, Ask the Staff", The Wall Street Jorunal, October 17, 2011.
Quoting IT: The CMS is Broken
"Nesta, Wordpess and Drupal produce great blogs. However, we are making new-media newspapers, next-gen magazines, and hyperlocal, pulse-finding micro streams. We can’t save journalism without demanding more from our CMS."
-Erik Hinton, The Twilight of the CMS, TPM, July 11, 2011.
Quoting IT: Mullenweg on the Power of Developers
"If you’re a developer you’re already five steps ahead of everyone else. Scripting is the new literacy, and the ability to learn and execute on your ideas without relying on anybody else is going to be invaluable as you iterate and experiment on building something."
-Matt Mullenweg, The future of WordPress: Q&A with founder Matt Mullenweg, memeburn.com, July 8, 2011.

