Marco Arment: I don't even like being quoted in a press release.

If you sit on, sleep on, stare at, or touch something for more than an hour a day, spend whatever it takes to get the best.

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whatever-it-takes hours sleep

Writing your own blog platform is like roasting your own coffee: it's impractical and you probably shouldn't do it, but for people who really, truly care about it, it's worthwhile to them for their own personal priorities that sound crazy to everyone else. Well, I write my own blog platform and I roast my own coffee.

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coffee crazy writing

Microsoft loves losing money with online services, so this should stay free forever... unless they get a new CEO who isn't crazy about pouring billions into a hole.

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microsoft crazy forever

Attention to detail can't be (and never is) added later. It's an entire development philosophy, methodology, and culture.

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details philosophy culture

Keep building and supporting new tools, technologies, and platforms to empower independence, interoperability, and web property ownership.

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independence empowering technology

Google won't break into your home. You'll invite them in.

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google break home

I don't need every customer. I'm primarily in the business of selling a product for money. How much effort do I really want to devote to satisfying people who are unable or extremely unlikely to pay for anything?

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effort pay people

With Betaworks' drive and resources now behind it, I'm confident that Instapaper has a very bright future. I'm looking forward to seeing what they can do.

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bright-future looking-forward resources

One reason I love the Kindle, more so than the iPad, is that on the Kindle you can't do anything else but read. It's the best, because it does the least. It doesn't even show a clock.

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ipads reason doe

I've worked with many large and small publishers, and nearly all of them love the value that Instapaper provides to their readers.

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values publishers reader

People have different interpretations of "urgent".

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different business people

Emphasizing and rewarding length over quality results in worse writing and more reader abandonment.

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abandonment quality writing

Charge for something and make more than you spend.

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People will pay for something they like because they want to ensure its future.

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want pay people

Instapaper does support paywall sites. I have a list of them, that when someone saves something it sends a copy of the page as they are viewing it only to them. If you subscribe to a paid site, you can save the content. I'm not really touching the money.

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support touching doe

I started out from a pretty modest background, so I always had a pretty good sense of money. I always had to work for my money, save my own money, I always bought my own stuff with my money... trying not to waste money unnecessarily.

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waste stuff trying

As long as I manage investments properly and don't spend recklessly, Tumblr has given my family a strong safety net and given me the freedom to work on whatever I want. And that's exactly what I plan to do.

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safety strong long

Instapaper wouldn't be of as much value if it weren't for these mobile and e-reader devices. They give you a separate physical context for reading.

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reader reading giving

Making a product better often requires removing features.

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features products

With a Web and iPhone app, I try to find new and tiny ways to delight my customers. They may not notice, but it helps drive goodwill and makes your product remarkable.

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delight iphone trying