The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they've got is probably better than the risk and fear that come with change.

Cheap is the last refuge of a product developer or marketer who is out of great ideas.

Viewing the web as a platform for generosity is very different than seeing an opportunity to turn it into an ATM machine.

If it's work, we try to figure out how to do less, If it's art, we try to figure out how to do more

The rules are now clear: no one is going to inform you, but it's easier than ever to inform yourself.

The thing about goals is that living without them is a lot more fun, in the short run. It seems to me, though, that the people who get things done, who lead, who grow and who make an impact . . . those people have goals.

Getting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it's not a plan. It's a version of waiting and hoping.