We can break news really fast. When an earthquake happens, there are people Twittering about it.
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We can break news really fast. When an earthquake happens, there are people Twittering about it.
BIZ STONEIt’s important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They’re the star.
BIZ STONEI was kind of showing the art director a thing or two about how to use a Mac. And one day everyone went out to lunch and I jumped on the computer and designed a book jacket and slipped it in the pile to go to the review board in New York.
BIZ STONEWe realized we weren’t really using Odeo, we weren’t investing our own time creating podcasts.
BIZ STONEWhen I studied graphic design, I learned a valuable lesson: There’s no perfect answer to the puzzle, and creativity is a renewable resource.
BIZ STONEI mean just look at haiku, the idea of it. We want to focus on that singularity, on that simplicity, but we still want to add features and add value, but we want to do it in a way that fits in with that mentality of simplicity. You have to spend a lot of time thinking about it.
BIZ STONEWe can figure it out, it’s not like we all have a disease.
BIZ STONEIf people are passionate about your product, whether it’s because they’re hating or loving it, those are both good scenarios.
BIZ STONEI started out as an artist, and I continue to think of myself as an artist first, and a technologist and entrepreneur after that.
BIZ STONEBoth my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general.
BIZ STONEI thought I was going to stay at Google, because it was a great place to work.
BIZ STONEIf you make the opportunity. you’ll be the first in the position to take advantage of it.
BIZ STONEWe 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.
BIZ STONEPeople first. Technology second.
BIZ STONEWhat if the New York Times gave out free, cheap Kindles to everyone and said this is how we’re doing it now. You know? Maybe that’s a way to go.
BIZ STONEI’ve probably overused this analogy of a flock of birds moving around an object in flight, but, in reality, it’s so simple, real time communication of individuals that allow for this super organism type of organism to happen.
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