I'm pretty skeptical about a lot of the toys on the market, especially for young kids. Most of them just add these new technologies just to make more flashing lights.

When you become fluent with language, it means you can write an entry in your journal or tell a joke to someone or write a letter to a friend. And it's similar with new technologies.

I enjoy learning about the new technologies. I enjoy getting to know the new fans and dealing with them on their turf.

I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies.

With 'Scratch,' we want to let kids to be the creators. We want them to create interesting, dynamic things on the computer.

For me, the most important and distinguishing property of new media is interactivity. But how many people can actually create interactive games, animations, or simulations? Not very many. So, in my mind, very few people are truly literate with new media.