We've been open less than a week and already have consistently more people than when we were Uptown.

This ensures a future for the Boiler Room, if we can pull it off -- owning our own business.

A lot of the kids felt like their whole world was being taken away.

I think I'm fortunate that so many people talk to me about the products they're developing, the technologies they are working on, the ideas they have,

Kaboodle.com is a great example of people-powered search, allowing the work of one to be leveraged for the benefits of others.

When I hear people flatteringly say, 'You're an expert on East Asia...' I'm certainly an observer of East Asia, and central Asia, and ASEAN, and to a lesser extent South Asia and the Gulf, but there's always something behind the wall in China.