This document contains a collection of short quotes and passages on various topics ranging from technology to business to information consumption. Some key points discussed include the role of technology in mediating human life, how businesses can differentiate themselves and focus on authentic benefits, and questions around who decides what information is important and how information presentation can shape interpretation. The presentation concludes by suggesting businesses unleash sexy content, design long-tail synergies, visualize cross-platform markets, and remember to keep hunger locked until lunch.

1. If someone sweats for
you, you change his
shirt.
bostonian
1:49:30, Fri Aug 10, 2012

2. “ Do you realize if it
weren't for Edison
we'd be watching TV
by candlelight? ”
—Al Boliska

3. Time is an illusion. lunchtime - doubly so
· But such an assertion leads us to enter into a chicken
and egg debate.
· The only protection you have is in the business model.
· And if I can get it the moment that it's finished, even
better and I pay another premium.
· But such a project raises some important questions:
Who decides what details are important?

4. If you want the rainbow, you must put up with the
rain
Incubate back-end podcasts

5. In a cat�s world, all things belong to cats
· It is concerned with what we sell, how profits are earned,
and which authentic, human benefits "grow.
· You have to be different, unique, and honest; have a
powerful persona; and know your brand.
· Google is offering free music in China
· Chapter Information Environments Human life is
increasingly driven and mediated by technology.

6. “ Leaders have to act
more quickly today.
The pressure comes
much faster. ”
—Andy Grove

7. Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.
· To make this possible, broadband subscribers would
have to pay a nominal fee of as little as �1, or $1.
· Advertising as interruption is finished.
· It's all about the packaging! In terms of future sales,
think Freemium, and think access not just copy.
· And how does this decision, to favour certain types of
information, affect our interpretation of what is actually
there?

8. In conclusion
· Unleash sexy content
· Design long-tail synergies
· Visualize cross-platform e-markets
· and remember: Keep hunger locked up til lunch

9. Thank You
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10. Credits
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SETUP Utrecht, Stuck in Customs, amymyou,
· Fiction is Friction - Gerd Leonhard
sake028, um.dentistry
· The End of Control - Gerd Leonhard
· Music 2.0 - Gerd Leonhard
· New Aesthetic, New Anxieties - David M. Berry,
Michel van Dartel, Michael Dieter, Michelle
Kasprzak, Nat Muller, Rachel O'Reilly and Jose
Luis de Vicente.