Chris Shipley Quotes (14 Quotes)

DEMO continues to be a successful platform because it is focused on new products -- and who isn't a product geek at heart DEMO 2006 has launched into the marketplace a stunning and varied collection of compelling business efficiency tools, consumer services, network optimizers, and enabling technologies that are designed to make life and work easier, more enjoyable, richer. This is an exciting moment in our industry, as the DEMO 2006 demonstrators prove the innovations are first class and investor interest is overwhelming. The technology market is on the rise again.

I think it will be awhile before we have casual conversations like this with our computers, ... but I think we're getting there much faster than we might have thought.

Small businesses are moving onto the Internet at a phenomenal rate, ... A number of hardware and software companies are offering turnkey packages for catalog-building and e-commerce that will allow just about anybody to get on the Net.

There's a belief that whatever it is I'm looking for is out there, but I have a really difficult time finding it. Search algorithms alone are falling short in being able to provide real context around information.

System uptime, data protection, and identity theft are weighty issues. It takes real ingenuity to out-think the fraudsters who are trying to steal identities and hack into enterprise systems. The 12 smart companies that debuted security solutions today at DEMO have designed serious, and seriously clever, innovations.

It takes time for old industries to reinvent themselves. I think we are seeing that in the music industry.

I wanted to find some products that had broader implications than just our ability to send e-mail faster or share photographs,

You no longer have to miss the action because you ran to the restroom.

I think I'm fortunate that so many people talk to me about the products they're developing, the technologies they are working on, the ideas they have,

Don't confuse simplistic with simple. It takes great technology to make a product simple.

Location based services use the mobile medium to the fullest, allowing a person to experience the world around them as never before. Smarter Agent gives new importance to the phrase location, location, location.

New business must be built on real market needs, ... not just college students hoping for a home-run IPO.

The bottleneck of PC computing is the laborious nature of hierarchical command structures. It limits the user experience and leads to feature underutilization. The 205PRO can dramatically change this. In commercial applications, the productivity improvement is direct and measurable. For the rest of us, it makes software more interactive and engaging.

Kaboodle.com is a great example of people-powered search, allowing the work of one to be leveraged for the benefits of others.