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" Across our great nation, we've begun to see an acceleration of the power of data to deliver value. "
Megan Smith
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" What was so special about the Mac, we all know, was the graphical computer interface. "
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" Science class is traditionally taught as science history class - you learn all these facts that someone else discovered, which you need to know, but that's not really an inspiring way to learn science. "
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" 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. "
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" I love to use technology to help people have better lives and to reduce our impact on the planet. "
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" I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo. "
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" Talent is everywhere. Not all talent has access. "
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" There are several places in Vietnam where they're teaching computer science from second grade in class, so they don't have a gender divide because everybody is expected to program. "
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" We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want him to do some calculations about lenses, you would start talking to him about Galileo... Then he would be into the lenses, but if you just start talking to him about lenses, he might not stay with you. "
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" The mandate for the CTO's office is to unleash the power of technology, data, and innovation on behalf of the nation. The CTO's office is really trying to bring best practices, possibilities, pilots, and policy advising. "
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" Malala Yousafzai is all of our daughter, like Iqbal Masih who was all of our son. "
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Son
" Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion. "
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Kid
" 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. "
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" It's an incredibly important thing to make sure we preserve net neutrality. "
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" I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs. "
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Eye
Great
Good
" We know that diversity can sometimes be more uncomfortable because things are less familiar - but it gets the best results. "
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Know
Results
More
" I like to work at the beginning of projects. Once they get stable, I'll hand them off. "
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" You've got Americans who are making Amazon and Facebook and Twitter. That level of American needs to run future government. "
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American
Future
Government
" Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time. "
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Internet
How
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" 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. "
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" We culturally decided, as the personal computer came in, that it was for the boys. "
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Came
" Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally. "
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Our
Really
Expect
" I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do. "
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Government
" I've been working on the lost history of technical women. "
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History
" Take everything you know. Take your whole selves. Be inclusive. Be open. Make history in the infinite ways that your heart takes you. "
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" To me, there's so much talent in the world that's locked out for the wrong reasons, whether it's innovators at the highest end where we need to change the regulation systems, or whether it's the talented people who work here who the bureaucracy's holding back, or the amazing American people. "
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" We need to have making, including computer science, shop, etc. as part of the core curriculum from the beginning, not just an optional afterschool thing. Things like First Robotics and all of those great programs need to become mainstream. "
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" Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code. "
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" Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions. "
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" Thinking through how to make sure we're bringing incredible toys and experiences and that to our girls and our boys at some point is really important for this country for the world in general. "
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