Biz Stone

Walking into Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco you’re acutely aware of your existence in the present.

At Twitter, here and now, you are in the heart of a company that is hottest on the internet (and possibly off it) and right now millions of Tweeters are their sending their thoughts via this office. 

This would make Twitter co-founder Biz Stone the man of the moment.

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  • Chris Roper says:

    03:54am | 03/03/10

    I was struck by how bemused he was by some questions. Not in a negative way, just like someone who hadn’t really prepared a corporate PR reply to most things. Entirely unlike the experience of interviewing Facebook. Read more »

  • Maria says:

    02:59am | 03/03/10

    Great article!  I especially love the last big paragraph about global empathy. Read more »

 

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