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.
BIZ STONEWhen 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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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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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 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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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.
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Success isn´t guaranteed, but failure is certain if you aren´t truly emotionally invested in your work.
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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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A personal belief is that if you’re not personally invested in what you’re working on, you’ll fail.
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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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Embrace your constraints.
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I’m curious about writing in the age of online publishing. Because nobody cares about good writing online.
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Willingness to take risks is the path to success.
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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.
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Constraint inspires creativity
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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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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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