Er, Ev Williams was probably not the best example to use for "it's better to focus on one thing." Would the author have told Ev to focus on Odeo rather than work on that crazy, silly side project called Twitter? Perhaps Billy Chasen shouldn't have been "distracted" by Turntable.fm?<p>The article is essentially one big tautology: don't be distracted by distractions! Well, the problem is no one knows what's a distraction and what's the next Twitter. That's the skill that matters - not ignoring "distractions" altogether.<p>It's perhaps important to remember that Clay Christensen remarked that nearly all disruptive innovations look like toys at first.