The most important thing is, we really want to make sure the American people are able to get to any Web site they'd like to get to. Megan Smith americanimportantmake Change image and share on social
You've got Americans who are making Amazon and Facebook and Twitter. That level of American needs to run future government. Megan Smith amazonamericanfacebook Change image and share on social
The American government will be whatever we all make of it. Megan Smith americangovernmentmake Change image and share on social
I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves. Megan Smith biaseelementaryimportant Change image and share on social
It's much easier to fail when you're in the pilot, early stage, when it's less expensive and you're exploring than when you're way out the door and you've spent all this money. Industry is smart: structured to have skunkworks and pilot phases. Megan Smith doorearlyeasy share on social
We very much use a prototyping model, play with ideas, and then get stuff started that way, which is how the greatest projects get started. Megan Smith greatideamodel Change image and share on social
There's this fabulous innovation ship called Unreasonable at Sea, where I'm a mentor. One of the companies there was called Protei, and they're an open hardware ocean exploration and monitoring idea. Megan Smith callcompanyexploration Change image and share on social
I went to an inner-city school in Buffalo. We had no money. But our teachers believed in hands-on active learning - there was a mandatory science fair, which was critical. Megan Smith activebelievebuffalo Change image and share on social
There are hundreds of historic and current examples of women and minorities doing groundbreaking work in technology, but so many of these stories are not well known, and in some cases, the stories have been all but lost. Megan Smith casecurrentexample share on social
It's so interesting that when somebody's pregnant, we are obsessed with knowing the gender of the child so we can figure out what we need to buy that child, what the present would be. Like we're pre-programming the kid before they were born. Megan Smith bearbuychild share on social
