I’ve always believed that government tends to screw up whatever it touches, but Obama in particular seemed different. He understood tech issues that left the other candidates bewildered. Part of it may be his age. But whatever the reason, I had real hope that he could help lead us into a new century of technology leadership and growth. Michael Arrington Read Quote
If we want to get beyond this whole I’m-cool-because-I-care-about-women thing, what we really need to do is we have to start encouraging women to get engineering degrees in college. Michael Arrington Read Quote
Some people ask why we don’t just wait until we have the whole story before posting. The fact is that we sometimes can’t get to the end story without going through this process… When a story is up and posted, it’s amazing how many people come out of the woodwork to give us additional information… And readers love it. Michael Arrington Read Quote
I remember endless Apple v. Windows debates in the early ’90s when I was in college. Macs were better machines, everyone said; the whole Office thing was a huge pain. It was difficult to transfer files between operating systems, and generally speaking, if you wanted to do Office stuff, you needed a Windows machine. Michael Arrington Read Quote
Sometimes I have so many financial conflicts of interest that I can’t even keep them straight. Michael Arrington Read Quote
I always try to find the truth in a situation. That unvarnished, pure nugget of truth at the core of every issue that I write about. Michael Arrington Read Quote
If you really care about Facebook likes, don’t just post your stuff to Twitter and then rely on it being republished automatically to Facebook. In my sample size of one, Facebook penalizes you significantly for that and shows that content to far fewer people. Michael Arrington Read Quote
Just pick a political story at random and read the comments. There is no logic or reason on either side – only hypocrisy and hate. Michael Arrington Read Quote
