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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 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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Meditative Purposes Problem Purpose Running
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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Artist Entrepreneur Thinking
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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Network Social Thinking
In any leadership position, you’re always going to be disappointing somebody.
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Disappointing Leader Position
You can shut down a service, and yet people will find ways to communicate.
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Communicate People Way
I think Twitter has brought something totally new to the table.
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Tables Thinking Twitter
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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Communication Moving Real
Understand that you dont have all the answers, you just have to start somewhere and keep an open mind.
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Answers Mind Open
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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Distribute Mean Say Sound
Doing startups is all about making mistakes.
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Making Mistakes Mistake
We didn’t have anything before Twitter that allowed a group of people roaming around a city to communicate instantly, in real time, and in a coordinated way, in a group.
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Around Cities Communicate Real Roaming
Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.
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Coworker Culture Empathetic
Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general.
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Animal Compassion Wife
They picked my jacket and when the art director got back to Boston, he wanted to know who designed it and I said, “Me.” He was like, “The box guy?”
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Designed Director Guy PIcked Wanted
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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Ideas Impact Secretary Thinking
We realized we weren’t really using Odeo, we weren’t investing our own time creating podcasts.
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Creating Ideas People

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