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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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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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Interesting Pedestal Way
You can be hyperconnected, then you can take a break for a couple days and it’s fine.
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Break Couple Days Hyperconnected
I knew Mac pretty well. I’d used them when I was younger.
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Macs Pretty Used Wells Younger
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
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
In any leadership position, you’re always going to be disappointing somebody.
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Disappointing Leader Position
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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Asking Different Networking Thinking Update
We realized we weren’t really using Odeo, we weren’t investing our own time creating podcasts.
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Creating Ideas People
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
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
Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general.
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Animal Compassion Wife
Lesson number one: opportunity can be manufactured.
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Fall Graduation Inspirational
I realized ceativity is a renewable resource. You never run out of good ideas
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Ideas Renewable Resources Running
Creativity comes from constraint.
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Business Creativity Entrepreneurship
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
We can break news really fast. When an earthquake happens, there are people Twittering about it.
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Earthquakes News People

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