I got an idea: people like news why don’t we write the news down on a piece of paper, and we’ll gas them up and drive them to everyone’s house. I mean, if you were going to say that now, it doesn’t sound like a great idea, because there are other ways you can distribute the news.
This idea that the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact is being proven over and over again around the world nearly on a daily basis – and for Secretary Clinton to recognize that, I think, is a huge step.
I haven’t been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.
You have to have an emotional investment in what you’re doing. If you don’t love what you’re doing, failure is pretty much guaranteed.
Twitter provides a great amount of timely information, but we still need those people to fill out the rest of the story and the context.
Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.
Doing startups is all about making mistakes.
Willingness to take risks is the path to success.
I’ve seen people twitter in haiku only.
If people are passionate about your product, whether it’s because they’re hating or loving it, those are both good scenarios.
The thing that excites me, and the thing that excited me about Twitter, is the idea of a flock of birds moving around an object in flight.
Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general.
A personal belief is that if you’re not personally invested in what you’re working on, you’ll fail.
It’s important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They’re the star.
With Twitter, it’s as easy to unfollow as it is to follow.
The two things I use the most are the MacBook Air and my iPhone. Those are my two most-used gadgets that are dented, scratched and smashed.
When I studied graphic design, I learned a valuable lesson: There’s no perfect answer to the puzzle, and creativity is a renewable resource.
We hired a CSR person at Twitter, years before we hired our first sales person, to make sure we had a culture and impact of doing good.
I don’t think of Twitter as a social network. I think of it as a messaging system that has a lot of social components to it.
I knew Mac pretty well. I’d used them when I was younger.