Top 45 Quotes by Evan Williams

A key element of Web blogs is the community element. Most blogs are not self-contained; they are highly dependent on linking to each other.

After high school, I enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, but I stayed only a year and a half. I felt college was a waste of time; I wanted to start working.

Twitter was designed to be this system that you just scan for information that's important or useful to you and then walk away, and if you wanna take a break you take a break.

My brother was the consummate Nebraska boy - the football star who went to the university, was president of his fraternity, hunted with my dad all the time.

The things that keep nagging at you are the ones worth exploring.

What the Internet is great at is building networks.

I used to tweet about the most mundane things - like 'I just bought a soya latte' - but now I try and make it a bit more interesting.

There's something about just hanging around when it comes to success on the Internet.

I subscribe to about 200 blogs. I look for insights and good writing, and I look to get smarter.

I had a blog for many years. Once you develop your readership on your blog, and you can put something out there or direct traffic or get attention - it's like a super power.