Take-Home Messages from Stanford So Far

1. "Buy a Kindle." –Paul Saffo, technology forecaster and professor at Stanford

2. "Publish fewer books." –Bruce Harris, former COO of Workman, former president of Random House

3. "Is Twitter stupid? Kind of." –Michael Gold, publishing consultant

4. “History does not repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes.” –Mark Twain

5. "Doesn't hurt to have a heart." –Greg Curtis, former Texas Monthly editor-in-chief

6. "Authors must make a commitment to marketing themselves." –Bruce Harris

7. "Set your out-of-office a few days before you leave." –Mary Small, publisher Hardie Grant

8. "Remain calm. No need to abandon books and magazines." –Michael Gold

9. "Cherish failure* (*especially someone else's)." –Paul Saffo

10. "You've got to be more techie than you're inclined to be." –Ed Feigenbaum, professor of computer science at Stanford


Sites you must check out, if you haven't already:

• This video, made in 1987, was made to show the future. Scary how accurate it was: Apple Computer Knowledge Navigator
• www.hulu.com
• www.secondlife.com
• www.twitter.com: You can even follow our every move if you subscribe to sppclive.