The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols. Tom Peters More Quotes by Tom Peters More Quotes From Tom Peters I would not be surprised to see interesting new forms of expression and literary genres develop as the e-book movement matures. Tom Peters literary-genre expression book When it comes to e-book playback devices and software, I have always thought that the emphasis on ergonomic concerns as a tipping point for the end-user population was misplaced. Tom Peters tipping population book I think economics, content, and the ability to interact with content in new and different ways are what will drive the adoption of e-books. Tom Peters adoption book thinking Now that gigabytes of accessible, malleable information can be carried in one's pocket, we probably will start to see some widespread shifts and trends in how and where people interact with digital documents. Tom Peters trends pockets people I still read quite a few printed books, but if something is available in digital format I do not print it before I read it. Tom Peters print digital book For me, reading is reading. Tom Peters reading The delivery and presentation media are important, and each format has its advantages and disadvantages, but ultimately I just want to read what I want to read, when and where I want. Tom Peters media important want If, as I anticipate, a wide array of personal, portable information/communication devices becomes increasingly important and widespread for information-intensive users, it will be a major challenge for libraries to adapt their content and services to such a diverse technological environment. Tom Peters communication important challenges An era similar to the one in which the black rotary phone dominated its product category may not recur anytime soon. Tom Peters black phones may A vibrant, rich, growing corpus of public-domain books is a vital public good - similar to parks, the infrastructure of basic services, and other hallmarks of any advanced society. Tom Peters parks growing book I want the public as well as libraries and schools to enjoy unlimited access to public-domain books. This means no charges for these kind of texts themselves. Tom Peters mean book school A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch. Tom Peters free-lunch library lunch I am confident that for the foreseeable future (barring some catastrophic event affecting economic, energy, electrical, and communications systems), many subpopulations that use information intensively (e.g., students, academics, library patrons, white collar workers) will be using some sort of portal information appliance. Tom Peters library communication white MP3 players and flash memory devices are good for data storage and playback of music and digital talking books, but they offer little or nothing in the way of visual presentation of information and communication. Tom Peters communication memories book Digital ink technology holds substantial promise in terms of legibility, portability, and power consumption, but I am less confident about the communication aspect. Tom Peters communication technology promise Some people have argued that listening to a work of literature does not really promote literacy in the same way that reading does. Having tried this for several months, however, I can report from the trenches that, for me, immersive listening is as intellectually challenging, stimulating, and rewarding as immersive reading. Tom Peters reading challenges people I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything. Tom Peters internet age believe Had Twitter been invented earlier, my books would have been shorter. Tom Peters has-beens book I'm about as far from being a flag-waver - you won't find any American flag pins in my drawer - as someone can be. Tom Peters drawers american-flag flags The Chinese are quite entrepreneurial. Remember when Lenovo bought IBM's PC division. It was said that China didn't need a brand name, China didn't need to buy Lenovo to get into the PC business, I remember reading a one-liner somewhere which struck me as quite possibly true, it said the one thing that the Chinese had not been able to copy or figure out was the way, in terms of systems, that Americans - it probably would be true for Europeans as well - that Americans install and live by their management systems, while China is still quite half-assed. Perhaps that is a true statement. Tom Peters chinese reading names
