The rise of broadband and growing ubiquity of Internet access excites me the most. The world changes a lot when, no matter where you are - in the middle of a deserted highway or in a bustling city - you can get high speed broadband access.

I don't have big ideas. I sometimes have small ideas, which seem to work out.

Akismet started on a $70 dollar-a-month server. Anyone can scrape together $70.

Technology is best when it brings people together.

A common quality I see of people who are successful is that they are voracious readers.

It's good to work for someone else. Because then you appreciate it more when you are an entrepreneur.

Simperium seems like a genuine utility for our own apps, and for other people as a service. And Simplenote, as a product, I love, and it's just darn handy.