In general, the best advice I can give people is to take criticism seriously, apologize for anything you have done wrong, and pull back from conflict. Of course, if you are right on a content matter, you should press forward in the interest of quality, but conflict often has a way of taking on a life of its own, unfortunately.

Mostly, I try to take a rational approach to life.

If I had some information, the last thing I would ever do with it is send it to Wikileaks.

We've seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that were being ignored by the traditional press.

The real struggle is not between the right and the left but between the party of the thoughtful and the party of the jerks.

I still believe there is a need to open up search and it will come eventually. It is very important to challenge the current models.

It just didn't occur to me, sitting at my computer, that I would end up travelling all over the world.