Tom Anderson Quotes

Tom Anderson

Tom Anderson

American Businessman

Born: Nov 8, 1970

Me Music Myspace People Will You

Safety' hysteria destroyed MySpace in the press. It got MySpace banned from schools, Apple stores, and by well-meaning parents who had been terrorized by what they were reading. Tom Anderson

Safety Parents Reading Press Destroyed Myspace Had Hysteria Schools Well-Meaning Got Were Been Stores Banned Who Apple

If you knew me before Myspace, you'd probably thought I'd have been a scholar teaching philosophy in a university my whole life. If you met me before college, you'd probably have thought I'd be a musician for my entire life. Tom Anderson

Life Me You Thought College Met Before Philosophy Musician Entire Entire Life Myspace Scholar Knew Been Teaching Whole University

MySpace is the site I wanted to be on. Tom Anderson

Myspace Site Wanted

I'd heard comedians working MySpace into their routines and giving out their URLs as early as 2004. Tom Anderson

Giving Out Myspace Comedians Heard Working Routines Early

We want people to stay on MySpace. We'll give them whatever they might want to do. Tom Anderson

People Whatever Stay Give Myspace Want Them Might

I mean, my mom knows Google, but she doesn't know MySpace. Tom Anderson

Mom Google Myspace Know She Knows Mean

The less the camera is able to capture what you're seeing in a scene, the more editing it needs. Tom Anderson

Needs You Editing Able Seeing More Scene Camera Less Capture

Time is the most important thing to me - how can you do all the things you want to do with such limited time… I'm hoping science of life extension makes progress. Tom Anderson

And I always say sign up for MySpace and see what your kid is doing. Be his friend on MySpace. Know what your child is doing online because you're going to know more there than you'd ever know when he goes to school. Tom Anderson

You School Say Kid Sign See Online More Myspace He Know Because Always Doing His Friend Up Than Child Goes Going Your Your Child Ever

We asked people why they didn't go to MySpace. A lot of people thought it was too hard to use, they thought it was a music site, or a content site. Privacy was a concern, or they'd say it was a site for teenagers. Tom Anderson

Music Privacy People Thought Too Teenagers Say Myspace Concern Content Go Lot Site Asked Use Hard Why

Expensive gear helps for night shots, but I wouldn't recommend beginners overspend on a camera. Tom Anderson

Recommend Gear Camera Beginners Expensive Shots Helps Night

I have a very negative attitude toward business and businessmen. Tom Anderson

Attitude Business Negative Toward Very Businessmen

Celebrities have been using MySpace since the site's launch and it's a natural extension for us to now offer them an aggregated channel where they can be in control of their own image. Tom Anderson

Natural Own Control Channel Launch Myspace Since Been Celebrities Offer Site Where Them Us Using Now Extension Image

Photography has literally changed my life. Tom Anderson

Life Photography My Life Changed Literally

We didn't expect it to be cool, with people trading URLs instead of phone numbers. Tom Anderson

People Phone Instead Trading Expect Cool Numbers

When I was a kid, everyone wanted to be in a band - that was the path to girls, adulation, money. Tom Anderson

Money Path Girl Band Everyone Kid Adulation Wanted

But for those who really want to make the world a better place, can we start looking at Bill Gates's path instead of Steve Jobs? I like my iPad, but Gates is one of the greatest heroes of our time. For me, that has nothing to do with Microsoft and everything to do with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Tom Anderson

Time Me World Better Path Heroes Looking Nothing Our Everything Those Our Time Jobs Better Place Instead Like Steve Steve Jobs Make Greatest iPad Microsoft Want Place Really Bill Who Foundation Start Gates

Facebook really has made the world a better place. Tom Anderson

Facebook World Better Made Better Place Place Really