Constraint inspires creativity
BIZ STONEYou can shut down a service, and yet people will find ways to communicate.
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We realized we weren’t really using Odeo, we weren’t investing our own time creating podcasts.
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A Twitter update is simple and fast and gets the information and news, and it spreads it very quickly, and it can contain links so you can then link to this whole context of information.
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Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.
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I think Twitter has brought something totally new to the table.
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Success isn´t guaranteed, but failure is certain if you aren´t truly emotionally invested in your work.
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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.
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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.
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People first. Technology second.
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Creativity comes from constraint.
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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.
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I thought I was going to stay at Google, because it was a great place to work.
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I’m curious about writing in the age of online publishing. Because nobody cares about good writing online.
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Even though running is physically straining, it’s mentally refreshing. Especially when you feel like you’ve accomplished something.
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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.
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In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.
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