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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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't drink coffee; I drink a lot of green tea and water. "

" 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. "

" Oftentimes in tech, people think, 'I'm the only one that has this.' I call them the Atlas People. They're like, 'The weight of the world is on the shoulders. I'm the only person who can solve this problem.' But you can't do that. "

" Mobile usage is going up; mobile conversion is not. "

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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. "

" We developed our product called Dashboard, which was a software tool that was designed to be a virtual campaign office to help volunteers communicate and collaborate through emails and interacting online. It was our attempt to take an offline field office and merge it online. "

" 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 usually hire people who have very exemplary work experience. Where they went to school, or what degree they have, really has no play into the hiring decision. "

" I want to involve creativity more in technology and business. It is obvious that for us to be successful, a healthy relationship with creativity is needed. "

" If you want to go and build a company that exists in Silicon Valley, then you should go and do it there. But if you want to build a company that is Australian, that represents your culture and your being, then you should do it in Sydney. "

" I am patiently waiting for the singularity. "

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" Not every time you open Messenger do you want an Uber, but when you do want an Uber, it appears. That is the goal. "

" If you get a WhatsApp message, you're probably going to open it. That's the interesting thing. "

" I think there are a lot of hurdles between a normal consumer brand figuring out their mobile strategy - let alone their chat app strategy - and programming a Facebook Messenger chatbot. "

" 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. "

" One of the things that I used to make sure I'd do was to always make sure I'd have dinner at home because I needed that disconnect from work. Even when it was crazy, I'd go home at, like, 10 o'clock and have dinner. That way, I had time where I could decompress a little bit and then go back in. "

" TechStars offers a network, and being a part of that network is an awesome opportunity. "

" 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. "

" Security is very difficult. You have to be very careful about security, and I think oftentimes people just forget; they don't invest in the right things. "

" 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. "

" The information diet of a senior campaign staffer is insane. We were all addicted to our chosen email delivery devices and were aggressively tethered to them. It made sense and wasn't an issue during the campaign because of the importance of the situation. However, once the campaign was over and we were successful, the information flow dried up. "

" I try and wake up relatively early. I listen to some music and check Twitter. I also make sure I weigh myself and check how long I slept. I do that because knowing that data seems better than not knowing it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm a white male in power. In many cases, I'm the enemy. "

" We were orbiting around the idea of intent and context. We would take the bus into work, and if you said, 'Here's a shirt you might like,' and I open it on my mobile phone, I'm not going to pull out my credit card and wallet. We thought, 'How does someone do this? An e-mail to yourself, or you try to remember?' "