Writing your own blog platform is like roasting your own coffee: it's impractical and you probably shouldn't do it, but for people who really, truly care about it, it's worthwhile to them for their own personal priorities that sound crazy to everyone else. Well, I write my own blog platform and I roast my own coffee.

With Betaworks' drive and resources now behind it, I'm confident that Instapaper has a very bright future. I'm looking forward to seeing what they can do.

With Instapaper, I can take a few months off. I can't stop publishing 'The Magazine' for two months and work on something else.

Attention to detail can't be (and never is) added later. It's an entire development philosophy, methodology, and culture.

Making a product better often requires removing features.

Keep building and supporting new tools, technologies, and platforms to empower independence, interoperability, and web property ownership.

With a Web and iPhone app, I try to find new and tiny ways to delight my customers. They may not notice, but it helps drive goodwill and makes your product remarkable.