Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.

I would not be surprised to see interesting new forms of expression and literary genres develop as the e-book movement matures.

Take someone NEW AND WEIRD to lunch today

Now that gigabytes of accessible, malleable information can be carried in one's pocket, we probably will start to see some widespread shifts and trends in how and where people interact with digital documents.

Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation - and about fundamental relations with one's fellows.

Passion. The life of an entrepreneur is occasionally exhilarating, and almost always exhausting. Only unbridled passion for the concept is likely to see you through the 17-hour days (month after month) and the painful mistakes that are part and parcel of the start-up process.

If, as I anticipate, a wide array of personal, portable information/communication devices becomes increasingly important and widespread for information-intensive users, it will be a major challenge for libraries to adapt their content and services to such a diverse technological environment.