Every feature has some maintenance cost, and having fewer features lets us focus on the ones we care about and make sure they work very well.

Today there are millions of people making stuff and putting it into the world: that's become part of our identity and it shouldn't be limited to people who fancy themselves writers, or who are particularly witty or talented.

Tumblr gets better faster with more resources to draw from.

I think appointments are caustic to creativity.

Rituals, even unhappy ones, provide a measure of comfort. Like a superstitious ballplayer who will only use certain bats, my depression rituals have become a fixed, normal part of my life. ... I need rituals to prevent unnecessarily rocking my already shaky emotional boat.

People tell me I need an assistant, but I dont want one.

Tumblr was simply a tool for anyone to make a blog like mine.