“No won­der they shut down the inter­net. It’s more pow­er­ful than guns. Smart mobs with online capa­bil­i­ties are defeat­ing sta­tus quo orga­ni­za­tion ruled by hier­ar­chy and unfa­mil­iar with coor­di­nat­ing tech­nolo­gies. These mobile smart mobs can be built on the fly in a mat­ter of hours or days and they will con­tinue to get smarter. Reac­tion rates are get­ting much, much faster.”

Worth hear­ing, as a coun­ter­point to the stu­pid bull­shit that’s more often pro­mul­gated by busi­ness devel­op­ment and investors.

“…In my reflec­tive mood, I’m won­der– ing, was its advice cor­rect at the time, is it still rel­e­vant, and do Istill believe that met­rics are a must for any suc– cess­ful soft­ware devel­op­ment effort? My answers are no, no, and no.”