Things which any idiot could write usually have the quality of having been written by an idiot.

My favorite language for maintainability is Python. It has simple, clean syntax, object encapsulation, good library support, and optional named parameters.

Arimaa's a better game than I thought. It follows a fairly sound approach to making the game difficult for computers.

Technology is not a panacea. I refuse to work on technology to track users, analyze usage patterns, watermark information, censor, detect drug use, or eavesdrop. I am not naive enough to think any of those technologies could enable a 'compromise'.

You get so tired of having your work die. I just wanted to make something that people would actually use.

A good way to have good ideas is by being unoriginal.

It's always hard to predict what's coming up next. My main guess is that content creators will increasingly start using BitTorrent to distribute their own work directly.