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.

The determination that led me to create a new sports team taught me an important lesson: opportunity is manufactured.

I started designing book jackets, which was great because I was good at it. And then from there I decided to become a freelance graphic designer and I needed to expand beyond book jackets, so I taught myself web design, and then in 1999 some friends of mine decided to start a company called Xanga.com, which was a very early kind of social network slash blogging community.

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.

It's important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They're the star.

Constraint inspires creativity

If people are passionate about your product, whether it's because they're hating or loving it, those are both good scenarios.