Technology should be about exceeding our graspMichael Gartenberg has covered the personal technology beat for more than two decades at places like Gartner, Jupiter Research and Altimeter Group. Most recently, he spent a few years at Apple as Sr. Director of Worldwide Product Marketing.
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A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or else what's a heaven for? — Robert Browning
I had lunch yesterday with someone who was a recent transplant to New York from Silicon Valley (as opposed to a returning native like me). They commented on what a great thing it was to finally ditch the car, as it's a bit of a hindrance to own one in Manhattan.
I thought about this for a while afterward, mostly remembering the few years I lived in New York in the late 80's. I owned a car back then and kept it in the city. I never drove it anywhere for fear of losing the most sacred of things in New York: my parking space. As a result, it mostly sat unused except to move it from one side of the street to the other twice a w...
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Technology should be about exceeding our grasp
