The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.
People might start with LiveJournal or Blogger, but if they get serious, they'll graduate to WordPress. We try to cater to the more powerful users.
I am an optimist, and I believe that people are inherently good and that if you give everyone a voice and freedom of expression, the truth and the good will outweigh the bad. So, on the whole, I think the power that online distribution confers is a positive thing for society. Online we can act as a fifth estate.
A common quality I see of people who are successful is that they are voracious readers.
If you're building a startup or any sort of organization, take a few moments to reflect on the qualities that the people you most enjoy working with embody and the user experience of new people joining your organization, from the offer letter to their first day.
You can learn practically anything you want in the world online.
Technology is best when it brings people together.
I think the furthest I ever got was Guitar Hero. If I could start a band like that, I think I could do it.
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
I was raised to be charming, not sincere.
Across the continent, on the shores of small tributaries, in the shadows of sacred mountains, on the vast expanse of the prairies, or in the safety of the woods, prayers are being repeated, as they have for thousands of years, and common people with uncommon courage and the whispers of their ancestors in their ears continue their struggles to protect the land and water and trees on which their very existence is based. And like small tributaries joining together to form a mighty river, their force and power grows.