I've always tried to be involved with new technology and how it is involved in communication.

A rival editor in Philadelphia said that the spreading railroad network carried "New York everywhere" in terms of the city's predominant influence.

I have seen that technology has contributed to improved communication, that it's contributed to better health care, that it's contributed to better food supplies, that it has contributed to all the basic human needs.

If connectedness is the chief difference between rural and urban areas, then broadband technology and other communication technology goals rise to the top of the list.

Reliance on portable technology for communication, information and entertainment is becoming dominant for all ages and professions. This proliferation of handheld electronic gadgets has intensified the age-old tendency for people to leave behind valuable items, which can be disruptive or even dangerous.

It's worth remembering that every time that a new communication technology becomes popular there's usually a moral panic. When the telephone was introduced in the 19th century, there was widespread fear that it would decrease the authority of parents over their daughters, that men would be entering the house through the telephone line. That's something we are going through now with the Internet, the fear that strange men will enter the house through the DSL line.