I generally blog between 5:30 A.M. and 7 A.M. I will from time to time add something during the day, but for the most part blogging is an early morning activity for me.

To see things differently requires you to be wired a little differently.

The Internet is a computing platform built on top of core technology. Applied technology is what gets built on top of that: It's Web services.

Not acknowledging that beauty is complex-that's the problem. I enjoy making it complex for people, because that's my world.

Certainly anything that is news or opinion needs to be free on the Web, because the Web is this very fluid medium that is very much driven by links and the flow of visitors through a discussion via links.

I use beauty as a way of helping people to receive difficult or upsetting ideas. The topical issues are merely a vehicle for making one aware of one's own perceptual shift-which is the real thrill.

There is a difference between hiring a CEO and turning over control of the business.