I don't care how someone lives or how good their spoken English is. I do all of my interviews on Skype text chat - all that matters is their work.

For me, it always comes back to the blogger, the author, the designer, the developer. You build software for that core individual person, and then smart organisations adopt it and dumb organisations die.

If you're not embarrassed when you ship your first version, you waited too long.

If I were to wish for two things, they would be as much bandwidth as possible and ridiculously fast browser engines.

I am an optimist, and I believe that people are inherently good and that if you give everyone a voice and freedom of expression, the truth and the good will outweigh the bad. So, on the whole, I think the power that online distribution confers is a positive thing for society. Online we can act as a fifth estate.

I like to read first thing in the morning. I'm addicted to the Kindle. I read a lot of business books, because I feel like I should figure out how to be a real businessman before someone figures out that I'm not one. I really enjoy reading classics as well, which I try to work in once every two months.

Simplicity not simplistic.