Global collaboration is something that Wiki mastered in a small way and here we can master it in a big way.

And then there are difficulties. Computers are famous for difficulties. A difficulty is just a blockage from progress. You have to try a lot of things. When you finally find what works, it doesn't tell you a thing. It won't be the same tomorrow. Getting the computer to work is so often dealing with difficulties.

I don't claim to be a methodologist, but I act like one only because I do methodology to protect myself from crazy methodologists.

I can't tell you how much time is spent worrying about decisions that don't matter. To just be able to make a decision and see what happens is tremendously empowering, but that means you have to set up the situation such that when something does go wrong, you can fix it.

When I was at Tek, I was frustrated that computer hardware was being improved faster than computer software. I wanted to invent some software that was completely different, that would grow and change as it was used. That's how wiki came about.

The shortest path to exceeding expectations doesn't generally pass through meeting expectations.

The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it's to post the wrong answer.