I have a personal life and a professional life, and there's no way to separate them; for a while I tried, but no one could find me.

Especially if you don't have a job that's providing fulfillment in your technical expertise, there is a lot of reward to working on a very smart and demanding community that will respect you and will give you leadership and authority based on what you do.

We will not build a society that reflects who we are and that has opportunities for equality or justice if we don't make progress for all participants.

Tech, in the sense of... putting things together, that goes back beyond memory for me.

The Internet is the ultimate vanity-publishing medium, and therefore, the ultimate place for those of us who like to watch. The Internet can reach an audience at lower cost than any medium before it.

The Internet has been a great outlet for storytelling. After all, there are web-based shows that have started online and have then gotten picked up. I think it's a great opportunity for artists to get through the network roadblock. It just allows us another venue to be creative in.

TED Women will focus on the ideas and innovations championed by women and girls. These cover everything from community development to economic growth to biodynamic farming to robotics to medical treatments to the use of technology for personal safety and peace making.

I have fun going on Twitter and the Internet. I feel safe and comfortable, and I wish everyone could feel that way.