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.
BIZ STONEThe 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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We realized we weren’t really using Odeo, we weren’t investing our own time creating podcasts.
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It’s important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They’re the star.
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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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In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.
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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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You can shut down a service, and yet people will find ways to communicate.
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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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I think Twitter has brought something totally new to the table.
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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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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 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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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 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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Creativity is an infinitely renewable resource – you are not going to run out of it – so don’t be afraid to use it.
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Inventing your dream is the first and biggest step toward making it come true.
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