Quotes from Rachel Sklar

Women as a raw demographic unit exercise incredible power across every element of American life.

There's a lot of money to be made by taking women seriously, and letting them know you're taking them seriously.

I took a job at a white-shoe NYC law firm, with an office, business cards, and a fat starter paycheck.

I am not an 'unplug' person. I like being plugged in.

Twitter is all about user experience - the fact that it is so easy, so clean, so unencumbered has won it so many users and fans, for so many different reasons.

In university, in a vain attempt to stave off the frosh fifteen, I used to melt fat-free cheese over broccoli, onions and cauliflower in the cafeteria microwave. That earned me few friends.

Flying over New Orleans on our approach, I got it. There was no view of land without water - water in the great looming form of Lake Pontchartrain, water cutting through in tributaries, water flowing beside a long stretch of highway, water just - everywhere.

My first introduction to New Orleans was from the air, flying high over the city with a view of the land - and water - below.

I started as kind of an outsider - freelancer working from home, building contacts from the ground up etc. - so I didn't have too many relationships holding me back.

I not only work online through my various projects, but I am an avid user of online technologies to connect and engage with friends as well.

I use iTunes for downloading music, but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version.

I'm constantly maxing out my Gmail account, and that is hard to do.

I'm Jewish, but not overly religious, and have certainly never formally observed the Fourth Commandment, other than via the tradition of wearing white on Friday nights at summer camp, which never seemed to dovetail with the fact that Fridays were also the night for grape juice.

For video clips, you can always assume that there is a creative component since you are literally dealing with production values.

'The Crumbling of America' should be required viewing for local and national government, not to mention the local and national media who should be keeping their feet to the fire on guarding against disaster.