Design is a career where you learn creative decision making.

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.

With Twitter, it's as easy to unfollow as it is to follow.

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

Constraint inspires creativity

Creativity is a renewable resource. Challenge yourself every day. Be as creative as you like, as often as you want, because you can never run out. Experience and curiosity drive us to make unexpected, offbeat connections. It is these nonlinear steps that often lead to the greatest work.

We can figure it out, it's not like we all have a disease.