You can game the social media in the short run, but not for long.

The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes.

At least at first, the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you'll never begin.

We need to care enough to connect, to put ourselves at emotional risk and play one note worth hearing.

Those that spend the most effort in search of shortcuts are often the most disappointed and the least successful.

Sign your work...If you're not proud of it, don't ship it. If you are, sign your work and own the results. We'll know who to thank. If you work for a place where work goes unsigned (internally, in particular) it's worth asking why.

It takes three years to be an overnight success, sometimes more.