While having a profound impact on the development of values is surely an important job of a good parent, force-feeding opinions to them is not.

As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.

It's not all silliness, as interactive SXSW is filled with aggressive learning, discussing, and a whole lot of futurizing.

One of my favorite vacation memories was the Thai foot massage and Internet access salons in Bangkok, followed up by my testing cellphone coverage while wading in Provincetown Harbor on Cape Cod.

When I started performing, there was no Internet; I didn't really have anything to copy. I kind of had to just make up what I thought burlesque was, based on photographs of Sally Rand or whatever.

I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing.

Technology is a very important part of cinema.

The more we are involved in social media, the easier it is for someone to lie about who they are and to kind of fabricate a story about them, fabricate a life that is grander than the one that they lead.