A compilation of this past week’s Twitter messages – from the serious to the whimsical – from some top names in technology.
“Having an Apple announcement at the same time as GDC is truly crossing the nerd-streams.”
– Dylan Collins, executive chairman of Fight My Monster. Founder of Jolt Online, DemonWare + Phorest
“Pilot’s name was ‘Willy Butler’. Yep, I’m back in Ireland.”
– James Whelton, tech entrepreneur and first person to hack the iPod Nano
“People leaving comments on my blog that are longer than the original post. *eyesroll*”
– Damien Mulley, owner of Mulley Communications and organiser of the Web Awards and Social Media Awards
“There’s always this feeling with Apple announcements of like, please just finally say what it is so we can all get on living our lives.”
– Joshua Topolsky, editor-in-chief of The Verge
“Entrepreneur Mantra: Failure is not an option. It’s inevitable. Success is just failing repeatedly until you find what works.”
– Art Jonak, CEO, Network Professionals
“Received 140 cupcakes today from someone interested in a role at Twitter. Changing my profile bio to ‘Tesla Lover’.”
– Katie Jacobs Stanton, head of international strategy at Twitter
“Kind of baller to just call the new iPad ‘New iPad.’ Right?”
– Jenna Wortham, tech reporter, The New York Times
“Every time a celeb nude-photo phone hack happens & goes viral, I’m reminded that we love our own privacy but love invading everyone else’s.”
– Kashmir Hill, tech writer at Forbes
