The first step in blogging is not writing them but reading them.

The cost of independence has dropped.

Life is a beta. Voltaire said that the perfect is the enemy of the good. Google lives the rule as it introduces every new product as a beta. That is Google's way to say that it trusts us to help it finish its products. It is Google's way to open up its design process to our wisdom.

Make linking to the rest an essential part of what you do best.

Owning pipelines, people, products, or even intellectual property is no longer the key to success. Openness is.

Just as our kids don't understand the difference between broadcast and cable, the line between TV and Internet TV is about to disappear.

I wish that Google would realize its own power in the cause of free speech. Google lives and profits by free speech and must use its considerable power to become a better guardian of it.