Fortune interviewed Bret Taylor on his present at Friendfeed and his past at Google [video]. Bret says (small edits for clarity):
I had a number of accomplishments that I"m really proud of at Google. But I think for me I really wanted to sort of, you kow, forge my own path, if we can do it on our own. When we make decisions, I get to just look up from my computer and say, "Hey, you think we should do this?" And then people say, yes, we should do it.
I haven"t made a single PowerPoint presentation. We don"t even use Microsoft Word documents; we just talk to each other.< ...
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