People are watching TV, they’re watching some clips on their iPhone. I mean, some folks are sitting there on the iPhone, watching the Colbert Report, and meanwhile there’s a huge plasma TV right in front of them that they could be watching it on.
BIZ STONEI’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.
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In any leadership position, you’re always going to be disappointing somebody.
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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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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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Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general.
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Willingness to take risks is the path to success.
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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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Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.
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I never even graduated college. I never finished learning, as it were, and I have a psychological need to be in a learning environment at all times.
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When I studied graphic design, I learned a valuable lesson: There’s no perfect answer to the puzzle, and creativity is a renewable resource.
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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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We can figure it out, it’s not like we all have a disease.
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I think Twitter has brought something totally new to the table.
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Have confidence in your ideas before they even exist.
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A Twitter update is simple and fast and gets the information and news, and it spreads it very quickly, and it can contain links so you can then link to this whole context of information.
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If people are passionate about your product, whether it’s because they’re hating or loving it, those are both good scenarios.
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