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The two things I use the most are the MacBook Air and my iPhone. Those are my two most-used gadgets that are dented, scratched and smashed.
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Air iPhone Macbook Scratched Two
I think you have something really great with all those stories waiting to be told, but I just don’t know how it shapes up exactly. I don’t think there are going to be a lot of newspaper reporters sitting around not writing.
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Exactly Newspaper Shapes Stories Think Waiting
I’m curious about writing in the age of online publishing. Because nobody cares about good writing online.
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Age Care Curious Writing
I knew Mac pretty well. I’d used them when I was younger.
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Macs Pretty Used Wells Younger
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
Even the simplest tools can empower people to do great things.
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Empowering People Tools
When you think about Twitter, there are people all around the world reporting twenty-four seven, every second. They’re reporting what they’re seeing and what’s happening around them. So there’s a lot of potential for breaking news.
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Breaking News People Thinking Twenties
So I taught myself web design, and then in 1999 some friends of mine decided to start a company called Xanga.com, which was a very early kind of social network slash blogging community.
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Blogging Call Community Decide Sort
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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Meaningful Over Phone Social Thinking
I think Twitter has brought something totally new to the table.
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Tables Thinking Twitter
In any leadership position, you’re always going to be disappointing somebody.
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Disappointing Leader Position
Even though running is physically straining, it’s mentally refreshing. Especially when you feel like you’ve accomplished something.
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Like Refreshing Running You
People first. Technology second.
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Firsts People Technology
Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.
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Coworker Culture Empathetic
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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People Running Technology
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

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