On: Joi Ito Named Director of the MIT Media Lab

[amirhhz]

I first heard of Joi when he made an impromptu visit to the Cambridge (UK) Computer Labs during the "Silicon Valley Comes to Cambridge" conference in November. He really impressed me and my undergrad friends - here are some choice quotes from him that won us over at his talk:

http://twitter.com/#!/amirhhz/status/5611353515491328

http://twitter.com/#!/amirhhz/status/5616077065166848

http://twitter.com/#!/amirhhz/status/5610598578520064 (this one got claps, heh)

[gaius → amirhhz]

That first one is nonsense, tho', and that's easy to prove: the existence of the machine tools industry.