We often look with indifference on the successive parts of something that, if the whole were seen together, would shake us with emotion.
Birthday Alarm was a very simple site based on being reminded of your friends' birthdays.
I don't have any great ambition to go out and make money. But I am still fascinated in starting up businesses and starting it in a way and running in a way that I want to do it.
People can live without a Facebook account: my 13-year-old daughter has cancelled her account because it's not cool anymore.
If you are going truly viral, you don't need press. I mean, MySpace grew for a very long time without any press.
When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I found computers to be like an eight-hour day chess game.
Myspace was always a bit edgy. People identified it with edginess and music.
I agree that marijuana laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of marijuana -- if it's prescribed by a physician. I cannot understand why the federal government should interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, nor why it would ignore the will of a majority of voters who have legally approved such legislation.
The more credible you are, the more confidence people place in you, thereby allowing you the privilege of influencing their lives.
I think a lot of people have had their eyes open, shocked that the team they thought they were on didn't exist, and that the games were not being played to win. I guess it's shocking to a lot of people.
Something as important as marriage equality, which is now a constitutional right [in the USA], is something that cannot be denied. It's also very un-Christian, if you think about the way Christ was and Christ's teachings. This is not loving. This is anger. This is hatred. This is bigotry. And it's wrong.