The widespread adoption of broadband and the continued advances in personal computing technology are finally making it possible for the collective creation of an online world on a realistic scale. Mitch Kapor adoptionadvancebroadband Change image and share on social
Both VisiCalc and MultiPlan were available when the IBM PC shipped in October 1981. 1-2-3 didn't hit the market until January 1983. Mitch Kapor hitibmjanuary Change image and share on social
Often, the disconnect between the marketing hype around a new product and what the product actually does is astounding. Mitch Kapor astounddisconnecthype Change image and share on social
I actually built a tiny computer as a junior high school project. Mitch Kapor buildcomputerhigh Change image and share on social
There's an admirable belief about the virtues of meritocracy - that the best ideas prove the best results. It's a wrong and misguided belief by well-intentioned people. Mitch Kapor admirablebeliefidea Change image and share on social
If advertisers want to decorate their ads to increase their conversions by showing what users think, that's a good thing. Mitch Kapor advertiserconversiondecorate Change image and share on social
The culmination of all of that was the decision to start a company, which became Lotus, to do a product, which became 1-2-3. By the time I reached that point it had been four years, and it felt like a lifetime, but really it was kind of evolutionary. Mitch Kapor companyculminationdecision share on social
The main languages out of which web applications are built - whether it's Perl or Python or PHP or any of the other languages - those are all open source languages. So the infrastructure of the web is open source... the web as we know it is completely dependent on open source. Mitch Kapor applicationbuildcompletely share on social
StumbleUpon has humanized the Web and mastered a way for people to discover online content by incorporating an individual's personal preferences and recommendations of friends and like-minded people. Mitch Kapor contentdiscoverfriend Change image and share on social
Startups, in some sense, have gotten so easy to start that we are confusing two things. And what we are confusing, often, is, 'How far can you get in your first day of travel?' with, 'How long it is going to take to get up to the top of the mountain?' Mitch Kapor confusedayeasy share on social
