I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets.
I'm a big fan of technology; I've been a geek since 1986... and I was spending all my paper money on gadgets.
Cell phones, mobile e-mail, and all the other cool and slick gadgets can cause massive losses in our creative output and overall productivity.
Generations of thinkers have made typewriters their frenemies, and long before there were Gmail inboxes, print correspondence stacked up, some hastily written and impulsive on the steel gadgets.
Counterterrorism isn't really about the nunchakus, the guns and gadgets. It's about psychology.
Since the iPhone, the most transformative products have not been gadgets but services. Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat have changed lives, but they didn't launch to massive fanfare.
Because the series is situated in the next century, and for the most part under water, there are many innovative technical gadgets. It's a kind of StarTrek. When I first came there, I was really impressed myself.
I am like a child when it comes to gizmos and gadgets.
