Even the simplest tools can empower people to do great things.

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.

We realized we weren't really using Odeo, we weren't investing our own time creating podcasts. We were building a tool that was a great idea for some other people. That's a dangerous way to go because if you don't actually use it yourself and love it, then you aren't going to be as fully invested in it from the start. That's what leads you to doing side projects.

I'm curious about writing in the age of online publishing. Because nobody cares about good writing online.

Inventing your dream is the first and biggest step toward making it come true.

When you hand good people possibility, they do great things.

I started out as an artist, and I continue to think of myself as an artist first, and a technologist and entrepreneur after that.