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Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind

Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind

Biz tells personal stories from his life and careers at Google and Twitter, sharing his knowledge about the nature and importance of creativity.

2014

Stories

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Flying West

I’m originally from Boston but I’ve been living in California for twenty one years now. Let me tell you how that came to be.

Jan 31

Flying West

Jan 31

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My Top Ten Cartoons

I started making cartoons and posting them to Instagram. As of today, these are the top ten based on likes.

Jan 21

My Top Ten Cartoons

Jan 21

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Fireflies and Consciousness

I’ve been spending a lot of time with people who enjoy learning really esoteric stuff. Maybe it’s contagious because I spent my morning…

Jan 16

Fireflies and Consciousness

Jan 16

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Mental Gymnastics

When I was in high school there wasn’t a boy’s gymnastics team but I wanted to learn some gymnastics so, I asked the coach of the girls…

Jan 10

Mental Gymnastics

Jan 10

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Cartoons: An Experiment

I’ve been collaborating with AI to generate single panel cartoons in the style of The New Yorker and it’s a lot of fun. My partners in this…

Dec 17, 2023

Cartoons: An Experiment

Dec 17, 2023

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Remembering

I’ve been contemplating the difference between time and lifetime lately. Each plays a key role in shaping our understanding and…

Dec 13, 2023

Remembering

Dec 13, 2023

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The Beauty and Power of Less

During the production of the classic film Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg, the plan was originally to use a life-sized mechanical shark…

Dec 11, 2023

The Beauty and Power of Less

Dec 11, 2023

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What Is The Public Conversation?

Sometime in 2018, around when I crafted Twitter’s Purpose Statement, I sent out this stream-of-consciousness piece internally. I was…

Dec 6, 2023

What Is The Public Conversation?

Dec 6, 2023

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A Different CEO Ousting

It started in Japan. In the first days of October 2010, I was in Tokyo fostering Twitter’s international relations. This time, my wife…

Dec 1, 2023

A Different CEO Ousting

Dec 1, 2023

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Speed, Observation and Change

When I returned to Twitter in 2017 I sent out messages like this one about my thoughts on the DNA, future, and decentralization of Twitter…

Dec 1, 2023

Speed, Observation and Change

Dec 1, 2023

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Dad, husband, entrepreneur.

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