Evan Williams
Evan Williams
Evan Clark Williamsis an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur who has founded several Internet companies. Williams was previously Chairman and CEO of Twitter, one of the internet's top ten websites...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth31 March 1972
CityClarks, NE
CountryUnited States of America
blog develop direct power readership super
I had a blog for many years. Once you develop your readership on your blog, and you can put something out there or direct traffic or get attention - it's like a super power.
blogging
Blogging got the concept of personal publishing, but it didn't really take advantage of the network.
blogging twitter work
Blogging and traditional media work together. Twitter complements traditional media.
blogs community dependent element highly key linking web
A key element of Web blogs is the community element. Most blogs are not self-contained; they are highly dependent on linking to each other.
belief blogging bubbles create information likelihood truth trying twitter voices
My strong belief - in being in blogging before Twitter - is that in trying to create more information out there, in trying to create the democratization of media in general, is that the more voices there are out there then the likelihood is that the truth bubbles up to the top.
closed practice until
I never closed my practice -ÊI just did not take any new commissions until recently.
freedom
I'm not a big-company guy. I need freedom and control.
mistrust wants
I mistrust anyone... if they're saying, 'Well, that market wants this,' and you're not part of that market.
cases complain stupid
I've done a lot of stupid things, but in most cases I can't complain about the outcomes.
'What is Twitter?' has always been a tough question to answer.
bigger derogatory gotten pages somewhat
'Vanity pages,' is somewhat of a derogatory term; personal pages are still the heart of blogging, but now there are more topic-oriented blogs. It's really about personal expression, and that's just gotten bigger and broader.
success
There's something about just hanging around when it comes to success on the Internet.
either happened incredibly lack sheer worked
Anything I've done that really worked happened because, either by sheer will or a lack of options, I was incredibly focused on one problem.
tweet
I used to tweet about the most mundane things - like 'I just bought a soya latte' - but now I try and make it a bit more interesting.