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.
Biz StoneI started out as an artist, and I continue to think of myself as an artist first, and a technologist and entrepreneur after that.
Biz StoneThere's a lot of social input when you put these things out there. People's ideas cross with other people's thoughts.
Biz StoneThe normal press cycle is to put a company on a pedestal and then knock it down. It's much more interesting that way.
Biz StoneYou don't have to spend the entire day hunched over your computer consuming this information. Maybe, it is as simple as once in a while glancing down at the device that's invaluable to you or many reasons, catching up, or it lets you know when you should know something. But as these things get better and we get more connected in it, it will get more sophisticated.
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