1. Bloggers met with Bill Gates, one question and answer was:
Q) What would you be looking at today if you were an independent entrepreneur?
A) Something dramatic like artificial intelligence. Biology. Energy. Link
2. Aaron Swartz on Google childish simplexity: “Everyone I know who works there either acts childish (the army of programmers), enthusiastically adolescent (their managers and overseers), or else is deeply cynical (the hot-shot programmers). But as much as they may want to leave Google, the infantilizing tactics have worked: they’re afraid they wouldn’t be able to survive anywhere else.” Link via Dentonite
3. Sergey Brin on Apple simplicity in December Business 2.0: “…simplicity was one of the reasons that people gravitated to Google initially. … Success will come from simplicity. Look at Apple, the success they have had, and what they are doing.” Link via regularly buying the magazine offline
