I want the public as well as libraries and schools to enjoy unlimited access to public-domain books. This means no charges for… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
I am confident that for the foreseeable future (barring some catastrophic event affecting economic, energy, electrical, and communications systems), many subpopulations that… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
One potential long-term problem with many current digital libraries is that they grew out of and aresupported by bricks-and-mortar libraries. Although there… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Authors and publishers want fair compensation and a means of protecting content through digital rights management. Vendors and technology companies want new… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
If, as I anticipate, a wide array of personal, portable information/communication devices becomes increasingly important and widespread for information-intensive users, it will… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
It may be primarily property taxes in the case of a public library, or state taxes and tuition in the case of… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Many flagship state universities have wonderful digital libraries that are accessed by people around the world. In future, if not current, budget… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Community. A friend started a real estate brokerage a few years ago. By the time she'd added her second employee, she was… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Because nearly all digital libraries are tied to bricks-and-mortar institutions, the funding base tends to be quite localized. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
People of all demographic categories and geographic regions will access a good digital library. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Usage tends to be global, while funding tends tobe local. When we allow it to happen, usage of a digital library is… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
We all know of the dangers and inequities of the traditional digital divide: People who have good access tocomputer networks have a… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The market may never coalesce around one basic design, or even around two or three dominant devices. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
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… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Leaders' careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
I don't know what it means to manage the human imagination, but I do know that imagination is the main source of value in… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
If there is a single tragic flaw that mars our biggest enterprises, it is conservatism - the failure to fail, and fail big, in… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Think about the market, think about the design, and think about who is going to design for that market. Hit the mark. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
“The “Excellence Standard” is not about Grand Outcomes. In Zenlike terms, all we have is today. If the day’s work cannot be assessed as… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
