My original business model - I actually wrote this down - was 'interesting work for interesting people.'
Tim O'Reilly
A lot of my energy is going to Code for America, Jen Pahlka's non-profit startup. We're doing a lot of great work teaching government how to... →
A lot of the websites built through the 1990s used Perl. The first webmaster of Sun Microsystems coined a wonderful phrase. He said Perl is the duck... →
I believe people are fundamentally good and want to find things that make life better for themselves. There are social dynamics for people that work... →
There is a possibility of fresh talent coming to work for the government. Millennials are the most public-spirited generation since the 1960s. There... →
Juarez had become a failed city. The mayor of Juarez lived in El Paso. Not only did he not live in his own city, he didn't live in his own... →
Beto O'Rourke
One of the ideas I've clung to most of my life is that if I just try hard enough it will work out.
Meghan O'Rourke
Most people sort of enjoy going to work because of the socialisation, a chance to flirt with co-workers and so on, but actually hate the job they do.
P. J. O'Rourke
The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are... →
To mistrust science and deny the validity of scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You'd better go look for work as a plant or wild... →