Talk to people no one else is talking to.

I don't have a TV or watch movies. I don't like to be broadcast to, I want to participate.

That's really been my passion: to communicate to a broad audience why the technology matters for you.

You just want to be judged against everyone fairly.

We're living at a time when attention is the new currency: With hundreds of TV channels, billions of Web sites, podcasts, radio shows, music downloads and social networking, our attention is more fragmented than ever before.

The Internet was appealing partly because it was something I could do in bed and feel like I was achieving something. I had an operation when I was 13 and ended up with complications, so I was in and out of the hospital. The bottom line is you can get through health challenges. It's part of why I was so driven.

I kept my age quiet for a good few years. I didn't see it as a positive. I worked remotely, so I just didn't tell people.