So, for example, there’s no “objective” measure of how good an annotation is. Annotation, like literature, ultimately comes down to “being interesting.”

But of course in practice you don’t want to reach too far, as Genius is known to do! So it’s a balance.

This has been a tough pill for me to swallow over the years, but now I’m a true believer!

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

We were really careful with the first songs but they were still kind of terrible and I think that itself encourages contribution in its own way.

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

This specifically was a bit arrogant—you can build a 100 things and none can take off and even if one does, luck, and in particular timing, is super-important—but I still believe in the overall sentiment.

“Want to become a great potter? Easy—just make 10,000 pots.”

Or, put more simply: “Don’t Quit.”

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

Truly! Google Wave was sick…

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

The original code for Genius was actually a copy-paste of the BetterMetroNorth code and so “still exists” is actually a double entendre!

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

Parachute was imagined to deliver premium quality bedding at an accessible price, to put an end to the confusing marketing gimmicks like thread count…

This was basically Bomb Sheet’s exact value proposition! We even had a whole blog post about how thread count was BS.

“Great Sheets, No Hassle” was our tagline.

(Calling it “bedding” instead of “sheets” is a good call though I wish we had thought of that)

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

The original FB app platform was actually pretty cool because you could build an app that actually lived on a page on facebook.com.

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.