I wrote a long reply, and then decided a short one was better. I stand atop mountains and throw pebbles at the snow - I’ve only had 25 years or so of being rea

I wrote a long reply, and then decided a short one was better. I stand atop mountains and throw pebbles at the snow - I’ve only had 25 years or so of being really active in the world, but I’m satisfied that some of the pebbles I’ve thrown have turned into avalanches - either the thing has been an idea which proved popular, or it has been something which enabled someone else to do something else, or it was the collaborations and partnerships I spawned through the people I put together in my past ventures. Some of the things I flung out into the aether changed the world. For instance, in ‘03, I cheerily introduced SMS based microblogging, along with proof of concept code and the ability for friends to subscribe, and I know, based on who used it, what it went on to spawn. I rode an avalanche once, and it was hard work - it’s just as satisfying to watch them from afar, and know that you were a key component to making that causal chain occur.