Success Is Never Accidental.

Those Words Are From Lynda Barry's Novel 'cruddy.' I've Carried Them With Me For Some Time. There's A Lot In My Life I Wasn't Expecting. One Is The Realization That I Stood At This Pulpit And Delivered A Reading For My Own Graduation...15 Years Ago. Unexpectedly, I'm Old.

Twitter Has Been My Life's Work In Many Senses. It Started With A Fascination With Cities And How They Work, And What's Going On In Them Right Now.

'luck' Is Recognizing When The Situation Encourages Build Out And Execution.

I'm Less Interested In How People Are Following Each Other And More Interested In How They Are Following Topics And Tweets Themselves. People Are Following More Key Words And Concepts And More Ideas And Acting On Those Rather Than Individuals Or Organizations.

What I Love About New York Is Just The Electricity I Feel Right Away.