I’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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The normal press cycle is to put a company on a pedestal and then knock it down. It’s much more interesting that way.
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I never even graduated college. I never finished learning, as it were, and I have a psychological need to be in a learning environment at all times.
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Inventing your dream is the first and biggest step toward making it come true.
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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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Creativity comes from constraint.
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You curate information that you want to receive. It’s a lot different because I’m not asking you if it’s okay, I’m just saying I’m following your updates. That’s why I don’t think of Twitter as a social network.
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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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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 haven’t been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.
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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.
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Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general.
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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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I’ve seen people twitter in haiku only.
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Have confidence in your ideas before they even exist.
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In any leadership position, you’re always going to be disappointing somebody.
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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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We actually created Twitter and Odeo at the same time. When we realized we didn’t really want to be running Odeo anymore we looked around for anyone who wanted to buy Odeo, but not acquire us as a technology. But people aren’t as interested in that.
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Embrace your constraints.
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I realized ceativity is a renewable resource. You never run out of good ideas
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Willingness to take risks is the path to success.
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What 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.
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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.
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Doing startups is all about making mistakes.
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I think Twitter has brought something totally new to the table.
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You don’t have to spend the entire day hunched over your computer consuming this information.
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