I knew I wanted to do something at the nexus of what I call global development and technology.

Buzz is not what I am looking for.

I went to boarding school Southern, religious, and straight, and I left boarding school not being at all religious and not being straight.

What's really interesting is the introduction of the tablet - not just the iPad, but the Nook and the Kindle. While they aren't going to solve all of our problems, I do think they make it easier for people to pause, linger, read and really process very important ideas.

Many of us get our news from social networks, blogs, and daily aggregators.

By 2007, we were finally living in a culture where people get what networks are and what technology can do to connect people.

The audience might not be the size of Facebook, but how much time can you spend online and think, 'What did I just learn?