Our leadership [in Microsoft ] has that - "hey, we are the best in certain ways," and so we get the best people. That any kind of positive dynamic is quite good, so I love what's going on there, it's fun.

Some people read off of their Palms and Pocket PCs, but the real immersible reading experience takes a full-screen device.

The nuclear approach I'm involved in is called a traveling-wave reactor, which uses waste uranium for fuel. There's a lot of things that have to go right for that dream to come true - many decades of building demo plants, proving the economics are right. But if it does, you could have cheaper energy with no CO2 emissions.

When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.

Common Core is a big win for education.

If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work.

I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. And I'm still fanatical, but now I'm a little less fanatical.