Programming is how we talk to the machines that are increasingly woven into our lives. If you aren't a programmer, you're like one of the unlettered people of the Middle Ages who were told what to think by the literate priesthood. We had a Renaissance when more people could read and write; we'll have another one when everyone programs.

In social networks, you gain and bestow status through those you associate with.

There's not a single business model, and there's not a single type of electronic content. There are really a lot of opportunities and a lot of options and we just have to discover all of them.

A key function of a publishing brand is the bestowal of status by who and what you pay attention to.

Share what you do profusely, because it will be remixed by others into something new, rich and strange.

It's a great discipline to have to report to somebody, even if you're the sole owner

When you have to prove the value of your ideas by persuading other people to pay for them, it clears out an awful lot of woolly thinking.