Paul Saffo
Paul Saffo
Paul Saffois a technology forecaster based in Silicon Valley. A Consulting Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University, Saffo teaches courses on the future of engineering and the impact of technological change on the future. In 2008, Saffo was named Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Stanford Media X research network...
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absolutely ask computers ears manipulate networks observe organs physical sensory
That's going to change, ... We're going to put eyes, ears and sensory organs on our computers and our networks in absolutely unprecedented ways. We're going to ask them to observe and manipulate the physical world on our behalf.
consumers decide good guarantee guess nobody solutions uses
It will be consumers who will decide those solutions are good ones or not. I can guarantee you that Bluetooth will end up having its most important uses being uses that nobody can guess at today.
consumers decide good guarantee guess nobody solutions uses
It will be consumers who will decide those solutions are good ones or not, ... I can guarantee you that Bluetooth will end up having its most important uses being uses that nobody can guess at today.
lots risks smart taking
They're taking lots of really smart risks and doing things that are very strategic.
anyone faster good people realize steve taking technology turning
The thing that most people don't realize about Steve is that he is not only really good at taking technology and turning it into good-looking, easy-to-use products, he's really good at doing it faster than anyone else.
abba careful enormous lesson lest reminded time
The lesson about all these things, it's the lesson from time capsules, is you have to be careful lest you set yourself up for enormous embarrassment in two decades. Do you really want to be reminded that you thought ABBA was cool?
microsoft
The idea of fiddling with Microsoft applications will evaporate,
butterfly jewels data
Graphic designers are idea embalmers, loving undertakers preserving bits of data like to many butterflies pinned to felt in a jewel box.
social-network defined excluded
The value of a social network is defined not only by who's on it, but by who's excluded,
mind intellectual microsoft
Microsoft is a big intellectual roach motel. All the big minds go in, and they don't come out.
powerful flying use
The Web is a compelling new medium being put to all kinds of uses, by everyone from banks to Cub Scouts to flying saucer cults. That said, it can also be a powerful folly amplifier.
matter assets
Hipness is the only asset that matters.
technology entrepreneur use
We tend to use a new technology to do an old task more efficiently. We pave the cow paths.
player design tools
The future belongs to neither the conduit or content players, but those who control the filtering, searching and sense-making tools we will rely on to navigate through the expanses of cyberspace.