“I won’t commit to a date for open-sourcing Launchpad. I think it’s inevitable

“Bandwidth improves at a rate greater than the square of latency.

“I figure overhear.us is made for the FaceBook generation just now entering the workplace..

“Historically, when fewer than 10 percent of Harvard grads go into the six categories of jobs that “depend to a large extent on the stock market” (investment banking, investment management, sales and trading, venture capital, private equity, or leveraged buyouts), it’s a signal that stocks are a long-term buy. When 30 percent or more of HBS alums throng into the industry, it’s a sell signal.

The masters of the case study aren’t bold risk-takers. Despite their reputation as future business leaders, they are perpetually just a bit behind the curve. They take high-paying jobs in consulting, Fortune 500 companies, and on Wall Street rather than striking out on their own.

“At the same time as a number of engineering friends of mine are leaving Google (most common complaint: too big and bureaucratic), MBAs have declared it to be their employer of choice.

“If you’re keeping ‘deleted’ comments anyway, why don’t you just change the ‘delete’ button to an ‘anonymize’ button.. so that replies don’t lose context?

“There is no harsher judgment in all this world, thought Gilead, than that of an Ozark woman for a female that can’t cope. But she didn’t say it aloud, it wasn’t the kind of thing you said to a man..

“I’ve met a lot of fairly powerful people who are very, very nervous about where the New/Global Economy is headed, and how the U.S. is going to maintain its standard of living in the future. If you’re looking for a near-magic solution, which you are if you’re a politician, grabbing onto intellectual property as the salvation of high-cost Western society probably isn’t the stupidest thing you’ll do all day.

“The technical hierarchy is kept very simple and “shallow” so that there is minimal bullshit and over-organization.

“Building something is easy. Evaluating what you build is hard. Iterate between the two as fast as you can.