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.
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.
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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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Creativity is a renewable resource.
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I realized ceativity is a renewable resource. You never run out of good ideas
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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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You can shut down a service, and yet people will find ways to communicate.
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People first. Technology second.
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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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I got an idea: people like news why don’t we write the news down on a piece of paper, and we’ll gas them up and drive them to everyone’s house.
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Have confidence in your ideas before they even exist.
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I was writing and developing software for alumnae to be able to connect and communicate.
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Inventing your dream is the first and biggest step toward making it come true.
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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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I 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.
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Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.
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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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