With Instapaper, I can take a few months off. I can't stop publishing 'The Magazine' for two months and work on something else.

Instapaper is much bigger today than I could have predicted in 2008, and it has simply grown far beyond what one person can do. To really shine, it needs a full-time staff of at least a few people.

As long as I manage investments properly and don't spend recklessly, Tumblr has given my family a strong safety net and given me the freedom to work on whatever I want. And that's exactly what I plan to do.

Keep building and supporting new tools, technologies, and platforms to empower independence, interoperability, and web property ownership.

With Instapaper, I can take a few months off. I can't stop publishing 'The Magazine' for two months and work on something else.

People will pay for something they like because they want to ensure its future.

People have different interpretations of "urgent".