'What is Twitter?' has always been a tough question to answer. Evan Williams answerquestiontough Change image and share on social
My life has been a series of well-orchestrated accidents; I've always suffered from hallucinogenic optimism. Evan Williams accidenthallucinogenichave Change image and share on social
Where you are defines what you're interested in. Evan Williams defineinterest Change image and share on social
In the best cases, Twitter makes people smarter and faster and more efficient. Evan Williams caseefficientfast Change image and share on social
I was broke for more than 10 years. I remember staying up all night one night at my first company and looking in couch cushions the next morning for some change to buy coffee. Evan Williams breakbuychange Change image and share on social
Traditional news is often full of mistakes, but I think that people are getting more sophisticated in knowing what to trust and what not to trust. Evan Williams fullknowmistake Change image and share on social
While GeoCities isn't cool, it isn't a bad thing. It did a great thing - enabled great people to instantly publish to the Web. Evan Williams badcoolenable Change image and share on social
Every major communication tool on the Internet has spam and abuse problems. All email services, blogging services and social networks have to dedicate a significant amount of resources and time to fighting abuse and protecting their users. Evan Williams abuseamountblogging share on social
Google started out when the dot-com boom was happening. It grew under the radar of big companies that were competing in but basically ignoring search. Then they were able to really invest during the bust for a long time. Evan Williams basicallybigboom share on social
My strong belief - in being in blogging before Twitter - is that in trying to create more information out there, in trying to create the democratization of media in general, is that the more voices there are out there then the likelihood is that the truth bubbles up to the top. Evan Williams beliefbloggingbubble share on social