It’s important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They’re the star.
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.
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When I studied graphic design, I learned a valuable lesson: There’s no perfect answer to the puzzle, and creativity is a renewable resource.
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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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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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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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I think Twitter has brought something totally new to the table.
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In any leadership position, you’re always going to be disappointing somebody.
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People first. Technology second.
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I haven’t been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.
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I think before Twitter people didn’t think that way, not in any sort of meaningful or specific way, so what I’m trying to say, if we’re trying a bunch of stuff, a lot of cool and great social stuff, a lot of platform stuff, then some of it will stick, and some of it will be junked over.
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You can be hyperconnected, then you can take a break for a couple days and it’s fine.
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If you make the opportunity. you’ll be the first in the position to take advantage of it.
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The reason I really started running was for meditative purposes. I would pick some problem to have in my head while running.
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Even the simplest tools can empower people to do great things.
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I started out as an artist, and I continue to think of myself as an artist first, and a technologist and entrepreneur after that.
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The most rewarding thing for me has been this affirmation for me that people are basically good and smart, and if you give them a simple tool that allows them to exhibit that behavior, they’ll prove it to you every single day.
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