“Greenlight is a bad example of an election process. We came to the conclusion pretty quickly that we could just do away with Greenlight completely, because it was a bottleneck rather than a way for people to communicate choice.” PeopleWayChoicesProcessExampleElectionCommunicateConclusionBottlenecksElection Process Author:Gabe Newell
“What's the right way to think about the distribution part of Steam? You need to worry about viruses and people trying to publish other people's content, but the underlying thing is to eliminate that barrier between people who create stuff and people who want to have access to it.” PeopleThinkingWayWantNeedsTryingStuffWorryAccessBarriersRight WayDistributionPublishVirusesSteam Author:Gabe Newell
“A lot of times I make people better by getting stupid, distracting, bureaucratic stuff off their desk. That's an incredibly easy way to make a senior person more productive.” PeopleWayPersonsEasyStuffStupidProductiveDesksSeniorEasy Way Author:Gabe Newell
“When I worked at Microsoft, I got to go and visit a bunch of different companies. Probably a hundred different companies a year. You'd see all the different ways they'd work. The guys who did Ventura Publisher one day, and then United Airlines the next. You'd see the 12 guys in Texas doing Doom, and then you'd go see Aetna life insurance.” WayYearsDifferentGuyNextUnitedCompanyOne DayHundredBunchDifferent WaysTexasPublishersDoomMicrosoftAirline Author:Gabe Newell
“We came up with the name and logo pretty much the same way we do everything else.” WayNamesLogos Author:Gabe Newell
“The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It’s by giving those people a service that’s better than what they’re receiving from the pirates.” PeopleWayGivingTechnologyWorking ItReceivingPiratePiracy Author:Gabe Newell
