Sometimes, we're so focused on being consistent that we also lower the bar on amazing. After all, the thinking goes, if we can't be amazing all the time, better to reset the expectation to merely good. Which robs us of the ability to (sometimes) be amazing.

The best way to be missed when you're gone is to stand for something when you're here.

Keep starting until you finish.

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

What marketers used to do is make average products for average people. That's what mass marketing is. They would ignore the geeks, and - God forbid - the laggards. It was all about going for the center. I don't think that's the strategy we want to use anymore.

Just saying yes because you can't bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.

Piracy is not the problem, obscurity is.