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" Google Photos is great. I enjoy using it to curate my photo collection online. The integration on iOS to Apple Photos is a bit too much voodoo for me. "
Harper Reed
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" In the U.S., it's all about turnout, which means you have to appeal to every single Democrat to get them to vote. "
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" I programmed computers every day. And one of my favourite apps we built was this thing called Awesome Updater, that all it did is send you a tweet randomly that was like, 'Yo, you're awesome.' "
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" I really think we have a future ahead of us where chat is obviously a big part of it, but I don't think the context of having that little assistant in your pocket is necessarily the only place where it will be. "
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" When you have a good vision and a very large capability of impact, that's very powerful. "
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" I have to say that you don't really know stress until you know that the path of the free world is resting a little bit on your shoulders. "
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" 'Data scientist,' as a profession, is largely a fad. "
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" When you go from building T-shirts to software for a presidential campaign used by a cast of millions, it's pretty easy to think, 'OK, we can build something pretty big.' "
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" I can only speak to the Democrat side, but for the Democrats, everything is aggressively measured, and what that means is if you're going to use Snapchat, you're going to use it for a reason, not just for fun. "
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" People are building apps that are doing super-crazy things, and there's a lot of talk about modeling and microtargeting. Facebook can predict when people are going to break up, and Target is able to predict if a woman is pregnant before she knows just based on the type of lotion she bought. "
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" Ten Internets ago, when PayPal was started, it was all these tools that no one had built yet to bring commerce to the Internet. My first startup used PayPal. "
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" Donald Trump won the election. I think that's true. I also think there was interference. If this was another country, I think we'd be demanding another election. "
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" Our goal is to solve a problem for the retailer, not to solve a problem for my ego - which is big. "
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Our
" Don't eat the pizza; get lots of sleep - you have to take care of yourself. It's about being your tip top self at all times, and if you are unhealthy, or you're sick, or you don't feel good, even it's just because you're sluggish, you're not going to make it because you're not going to be able to react to things. "
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Yourself
Self
Good
" The digital team who were running Twitter, they weren't just going to put out a tweet for fun. They're going to try and figure out how do we measure the impact. Then they'd tweet it, and if it worked, great. "
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Great
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Team
" I read a lot of books. I read because it inspires me and shows me paths that I could never imagine. Sometimes those paths are horrible and sad, and sometimes they are hopeful and amazing. Not always are they paths to the future, and sometimes the paths are actually about the past but make sense when applied to the future. Books are amazing. "
Harper Reed
Amazing
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" When I look for new books, I often struggle to find things that challenge and entertain me. This has caused me to spend a number of cycles thinking about where I can get the serendipitous book discovery experience that we had in physical book stores. "
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Experience
Book
" The thing about Snapchat is it is ephemeral, so you don't - it's not like a video that you post to YouTube and then everyone can see it. It's this video that you get to share this kind of very intimate experience again, this very kind of genuine experience with another person in a more one-on-one sort of way. And I really appreciate that. "
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You
See
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" I find that I often forget that people come from all over. In interfaces, products, experiences, and building for people, we always forget that people are not us. "
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" My entire career has been based around commerce. The Obama campaign was famous for raising boatloads of money online. My question is how do you make conversions better through mobile and e-mail. "
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" There are a lot of people who are unable to take a break to clear their minds. I imagine they are the ones who need it the most. "
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" When you read Trump's tweets or see candidates interact online like Jeb did with Hillary, you're like, 'Yes, it's just like my friends.' That's the magic. "
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" I would say Silicon Valley and New York have inflated salaries. "
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" Instagram is amazing, and I enjoy sharing photos there. However, I don't think it is where my photos will go to live. "
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" Mobile usage is going up; mobile conversion is not. "
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" In New York City, they have their own way of doing things. Every city and every region should do its own thing. "
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" The team that I had built was all white dudes with the same perspective on things that was at times comfortable and easy, but we weren't as innovative as our competitors. "
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" My biggest worry is that no one seems to notice that we are not going to stop the technical progress that is going to continue to displace people through automation. "
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" A lot of people are buying things on the Internet - not just white men. "
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" If there's one thing about Chicago, we take care of our own. "
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" I would still describe myself as a hacker. I still remember feeling the magic, the sense of discovery, when I first connected to a bulletin board. It seemed like the world was somehow brighter, the greens were greener. Like I'd stepped through a portal to the other side. I knew back then that things would never be the same again for me. "
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