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.
BIZ STONEI 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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I think Twitter has brought something totally new to the table.
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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 don’t have to spend the entire day hunched over your computer consuming this information.
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I’ve seen people twitter in haiku only.
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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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A personal belief is that if you’re not personally invested in what you’re working on, you’ll fail.
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Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.
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Constraint inspires creativity
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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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Embrace your constraints.
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I think that’s a really important role that people sometimes forget about, especially with all these newspaper shutting down and having trouble, where are all these stories going to go?
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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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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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I knew Mac pretty well. I’d used them when I was younger.
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What 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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