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?
BIZ STONEI’m curious about writing in the age of online publishing. Because nobody cares about good writing online.
More Biz Stone Quotes
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I’ve seen people twitter in haiku only.
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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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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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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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If you make the opportunity. you’ll be the first in the position to take advantage of it.
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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 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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Understand that you dont have all the answers, you just have to start somewhere and keep an open mind.
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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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Even though running is physically straining, it’s mentally refreshing. Especially when you feel like you’ve accomplished something.
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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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Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.
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Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.
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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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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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