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 STONEI 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.
More Biz Stone Quotes
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Understand that you dont have all the answers, you just have to start somewhere and keep an open mind.
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I knew Mac pretty well. I’d used them when I was younger.
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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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You can be hyperconnected, then you can take a break for a couple days and it’s fine.
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We hired a CSR person at Twitter, years before we hired our first sales person, to make sure we had a culture and impact of doing good.
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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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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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In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.
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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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We can break news really fast. When an earthquake happens, there are people Twittering about it.
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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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It’s important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They’re the star.
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You can shut down a service, and yet people will find ways to communicate.
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You have to have an emotional investment in what you’re doing. If you don’t love what you’re doing, failure is pretty much guaranteed.
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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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