He recently answered a few of our questions:

What was your favorite TV show as a kid?
“Sesame Street” — wasn’t that every kid’s favorite show?

What qualities do you like in a person?
Warmth, intelligence, passion.

What qualities do you dislike?
Insincerity, laziness, ambivalence.

Name one thing you will regret never having done (if you never do it).
Attending a Super Bowl the Dallas Cowboys win.

Do you still buy CDs or rent DVDs?
I’m all digital; I haven’t bought a CD or DVD in years.

What would you be doing if you were not in your current job?
I’d aspire to be a doctor (like my parents and sibling) but I couldn’t hack it.

What is your greatest achievement to date?
Having a great relationship with my wife — she’s my inspiration, soulmate and best friend.

iPhone, Android or BlackBerry?
iPhone. I am intensely loyal to Apple.

If you could meet any historical or fictional person, who would it be?
Mahatma Gandhi.

What site/app do you check first when you wake up?
Email, Twitter, New York Times, Nextdoor, ESPN.

What was the last thing you fixed?
A Wi-Fi baby monitor for my newborn son, Deven.

What was your first computer?
Apple 2E.

Do you have a dog or cat or other pet?
No, but does a four-month-old son count? He has similar capabilities.

What’s your favorite mode of transportation?
Uber.

What was the last book you read?
“Brain Rules for Baby,” but my all-time favorite book is “The Count of Monte Cristo.”

Name your favorite guilty pleasure.
A huge Tex-Mex or BBQ meal in my native state of Texas.

Who was your biggest influence growing up?
My parents.

What was your favorite TV show as a kid?
We didn’t have TV, so naturally I thought that all TV was fabulous.

What qualities do you like in a person?
A capacity for forgiveness.

Name one thing you will regret never having done (if you never do it).
Going to Japan.

What’s the single most important issue in the world today?
That would be a long list to choose from, but I think the most interesting thing right now is probably the spread of freedom.

Do you still buy CDs or rent DVDs?
No. I’ve had a Netflix DVD sitting on my table at home for probably six months.

What would you be doing if you were not in your current job?
Real estate development. I’m fascinated by the way spaces get made — I wouldn’t build office buildings, though.

What is your greatest achievement to date?
Being a good friend and a good son. I hope to be a good father.

iPhone, Android or BlackBerry?
BlackBerry. I can’t give up the keyboard.

If you could meet any historical or fictional person, who would it be?
Marie Curie. She lived in a time when not only did no one think that she had a brain, no one thought her entire gender had a brain. But she accomplished extraordinary things nonetheless, and she won two Nobel prizes.

What site/app do you check first when you wake up?
Marginal Revolution. And Grantland.

What was the last thing you fixed?
I fixed a friend’s writing for publication on the Web. Does editing count as fixing? (Editor’s note: Yes, it does.)

What was your first computer?
When I worked at the Washington Post, they gave everyone a Trash-80 (Radio Shack TRS-80) with a telephone interface for filing stories. It was an amazing computer, for its time.

What was your biggest mistake?
Not going to college somewhere really different, interesting and far away, or taking advantage of more possibilities in general when I was younger.

Do you have a dog or cat or other pet?
No. But I wish I had both!

What’s your favorite mode of transportation?
Bicycling. And running.

What was the last book you read?
Nate Silver’s “The Signal and the Noise.”

If you could have any superpower, what would you choose?
The ability to transport myself anywhere instantly, like on “Star Trek” — teleportation.

Name your favorite guilty pleasure.
Spy novels. It’s gotten so I have to look for books from the ’50s and ’60s, because I’ve read everything else.

What was your biggest most recent purchase?
A Volkswagen Golf R. They only make 5,000 a year. It’s totally stealth. It looks exactly like a regular Golf, but it has a sports car engine dropped in — the only thing that distinguishes it from the standard model is a tiny “R” on the grille.

Whom do you idolize?
Tyler Cowen, who publishes Marginal Revolution. I am a huge Tyler Cowen fan.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would be taller and younger — of course!

Below, Cohn answers 10 of our questions.

What was the last thing you fixed?
I built a composting tumbler in my backyard using industrial food barrels. But every year or so, I need to replace the barrel, which begins to sag under the constant weight. I fixed that the weekend before Circa launched, knowing I wouldn’t be able to anytime soon after.

What was your first computer?
An Apple IIc. Well, technically it was my father’s — but he put it in the back den and taught us all how to use it. I was maybe 8 years old and I loved to play King’s Quest and Dr. J vs. Larry Bird, a basketball game.

Do you have a dog or cat or other pet?
I have a cat, Brooklyn. She acts as my assistant and takes my calls when I am in meetings.

What’s your favorite mode of transportation?
I love to bike or take trains. I try to avoid driving if at all possible. I grew up in Los Angeles where public transportation wasn’t that good, so I very much appreciate it now. I love being able to observe the scenery instead of the road when I’m getting somewhere.

If you could have any superpower, what would you choose?
This is a tough one. I suppose I’d go with the ability to freeze time. It just seems like it would be useful. Plus, “Out of This World” was one of my favorite childhood shows. The main character was half-alien and had the ability to freeze time. The crazy next-door neighbor Buzz Belmondo was actually the father of a very good friend of mine growing up.

Describe an ideal day.
A little time in the yard. A burrito. Some time to watch cool sci-fi on Netflix coupled with light reading of my choice. A nice scotch. Yea, I could do that.

What’s the single most important issue in the world today?
I wouldn’t claim to know the single most important issue in the world. I am a big believer that everyone has to fight his/her own battles. What is the biggest issue for one may be nothing to the other. My biggest battle has been around how we can be informed. This is how I ended up in journalism to begin with. How information flows in our society is incredibly important. That is the issue I focus on the most. Would I say it is objectively “the most important in the world”? No, but that’s just the point — what information would one even use to determine what the most important issue in the world is. (Mind explodes).

What qualities do you like in a person?
Moderation. Not somebody too high-strung, but also somebody I can count on. Not somebody too boring/lame — but somebody who doesn’t need to be “funny” all the time. You get the idea. Also shoutout to Megan Cohn — because she has the qualities and said “yes.”

If you could meet any historical or fictional person, who would it be?
Peter Pan. That would be a great adventure.

What’s your favorite guilty pleasure?
Jack in the Box. But can you blame a guy? Their cheeseburger is “Ultimate.”

Below, Levie answers 15 of our questions — hopefully enough to satisfy an online audience.

Name one thing you will regret never having done (if you never do it).
Inventing the mainframe.

What’s the single most important issue in the world today?
The three Ps: Poverty, Politics, Phablets.

Do you still buy CDs or rent DVDs?
If by “buy CDs” you mean listen to Spotify and Pandora, and by “rent DVDs” you mean stream from Netflix, then yes.

What would you be doing if you were not in your current job?
Hopefully something else having to do with cloud computing. Nearly every market that exists today is a fraction of its potential size, creating new opportunities in every direction. So I’d want to still be doing that, or grinding it out as an astronaut.

What is your greatest achievement to date?
Building — and working with — the team at Box.

iPhone, Android or BlackBerry?
My trusty iPhone 4. I know, I’m an embarrassment to the technology community.

If you could meet any historical or fictional person, who would it be?
Thomas Watson Sr., Harry Houdini, or Groucho Marx.

What site/app do you check first when you wake up?
https://twitter.com/larryellison. Followed by Box.com right after that.

What was your first computer?
Not a Mac, and I blame my Dad for that to this day.

What’s your favorite mode of transportation?
Whatever gets you there fastest.

What was the last book you read?
“The HP Way,” a marginally ironic read given the past couple of years, but I’m pretty bullish on Meg. I’m now reading “The Ultimate Entrepreneur” about Ken Olsen and DEC.

Name your favorite guilty pleasure.
Twitter.

What was your biggest most recent purchase?
A bookshelf-like structure from IKEA.

Whom do you idolize?
Too many people to count. I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
My height. And my ability to stay organized.

What was your favorite TV show as a kid?
I watched MTV and Cinemax constantly to drone out my parents’ 24/7 viewing of CNN — I think I saw “Flash Gordon” 45 times.

What qualities do you like in a person?
Intelligence, humanity, a sense of humor and a little madness.

What qualities do you dislike?
Narcissism without talent.

Name one thing you will regret never having done (if you never do it)
Playing Slash in the latest incarnation of Guns N’ Roses … or at least Buckethead.

What’s the single most important issue in the world today?
The global financial crisis, which allows the complete marginalization of global warming and climate change as the single most important issue.

Do you still buy CDs or rent DVDs?
Nope.

What would you be doing if you were not in your current job?
Taking my first turn at driving carpool.

What is your greatest achievement to date?
Having the opportunity to do what I’m deeply passionate about. I’ve worked since the day I left college, but I’ve never felt as if I had a job.

iPhone, Android or BlackBerry?
Android — HTC One S.

If you could meet any historical or fictional person, who would it be?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand — I would have suggested he skip Sarajevo, possibly averting two World Wars and a rather unfortunate band name.

What site/app do you check first when you wake up?
MOG or iTunes — music first thing every morning.

What was the last thing you fixed?
I fixed a 1/4″ guitar cable — soldering wire is a young man’s game.

What was your first computer?
I borrowed computers from friends and companies until I was 34 years old and then bought a Mac tower for my home studio.

What was your biggest mistake?
I made many mistakes in the music business but was fortunate to do so pre-piracy, when they were easily forgiven.

Do you have a dog or cat or other pet?
Two rescued dogs, who are proof you can find perfection almost anywhere.

What’s your favorite mode of transportation?
Any flight over 13 hours, so I can sleep guiltlessly.

What was the last book you read?
“Retromania,” by Simon Reynolds.

If you could have any superpower, what would you choose?
Perfect pitch.

Name your favorite guilty pleasure.
Ben & Jerry’s “Everything But the …”

What was your biggest most-recent purchase?
A new air conditioner for my house — very sexy.

Whom do you idolize?
Anyone deeply creative with courage, conviction and execution.

What do you drive/ride?
I drive a Mercedes E350 and ride a Girl Eric Koston skateboard with Independent trucks and Rain Skates wheels.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would be more patient.

Who was your biggest influence growing up?
My mother — she was very patient with me (among other things), and that took a lot.

Describe an ideal day.
An ideal day would involve me cloning myself so I could send one me to build Beats, one me to be with my family, and the last me to the recording studio to make music all day … Cloning by Dr. Dre!

What was your favorite TV show as a kid?
“Dukes of Hazzard.”

What qualities do you like in a person?
Intelligence, humor, humility.

What qualities do you dislike?
Arrogance.

What’s the single most important issue in the world today?
Poverty.

Do you still buy CDs or rent DVDs?
Nope.

iPhone, Android or BlackBerry?
iPhone and Android.

What site/app do you check first when you wake up?
Twitter.

Do you have a dog or cat or other pet?
A dog named Fido (no joke).

What was the last book you read?
“The Hunger Games.”

Name your favorite guilty pleasure.
“The Bachelorette.”

What was your favorite TV show as a kid?
As a teenager — “I, Claudius.” Derek Jacobi was my favorite actor for years. That’s how I got the idea for my oldest son’s name.

What qualities do you like in a person?
Integrity, intelligence, humor, openness.

What qualities do you dislike?
Any dishonesty, even of the white lie variety, and too much “the world revolves around me.”

Name one thing you will regret never having done (if you never do it).
Spending time with many grandchildren.

What’s the single most important issue in the world today?
Lack of education and opportunity for women in the third world.

Do you still buy CDs or rent DVDs?
Yes, particularly Netflix-mailed DVDs, as the selection is larger than download.

What would you be doing if you were not in your current job?
Before I decided to go into business I wanted to be in the foreign service.

What is your greatest achievement to date?
My children — they are great people. I look forward to seeing how they contribute to their world.

iPhone, Android or BlackBerry?
Blackberry from 2003-2008, then iPhone.

If you could meet any historical or fictional person, who would it be?
Albert Einstein.

What site/app do you check first when you wake up?
Email.

What was the last thing you fixed?
I’m our home IT manager — the last thing I fixed was getting the wireless working in my husband’s office despite our 1920s home being all lath-and-plaster walls.

What was your first computer?
An ATT PC 6300.

What was your biggest mistake?
I wish I had moved our family abroad for a year so the kids could have gone to school in a foreign country and learned the language.

Do you have a dog or cat or other pet?
No — I prefer to focus on people rather than animals.

What’s your favorite mode of transportation?
For pleasure, I most enjoy hiking/walking.

What was the last book you read?
“Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War” by Nathaniel Philbrick.

If you could have any superpower, what would you choose?
Teleportation — my family lives all over the country — I would love to be able to see them instantly.

Name your favorite guilty pleasure.
A large popcorn at the movie theatre.

What was your biggest most recent purchase?
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100.

Whom do you idolize?
Nobody. I don’t believe in putting anyone on such a high pedestal. We’re all human.

What do you drive/ride?
A 2002 Lexus SC430.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I wish I had a better singing voice.

Who was your biggest influence growing up?
Of course my parents — accomplished physicians, parents, grandparents and community members. I was particularly influenced by my maternal grandfather in terms of the values he shared with me and practiced himself.

Describe an ideal day.
Be on vacation visiting a new place — some exotic city or place in nature. I’m with my entire family and we’re walking and exploring and seeing new things all day. Then we have dinner together, then a concert.

What was your favorite TV show as a kid?
Barbapapa as a child, The Avengers and The Persuaders as a teen.

What qualities do you like in a person?
Engaging and passionate, original thinking, genuine.

What qualities do you dislike?
Boastfulness, lack of caring, disconnectedness.

Name one thing you will regret never having done (if you never do it)
Surfing Jaws in Maui.

What’s the single most important issue in the world today?
We do not have a vision for the future of ALL of humanity.

Do you still buy CDs or rent DVDs?
No.

What would you be doing if you were not in your current job?
Can’t imagine.

What is your greatest achievement to date?
Believing in a few crazy ideas, like Jawbone and One Laptop Per Child. Having a great family and being happy.

iPhone, Android or BlackBerry?
iPhone, but I’m always hungry.

If you could meet any historical or fictional person, who would it be?
Living: Charles Eames, Fictional: Papillon.

What site/app do you check first when you wake up?
UP by Jawbone to see how long I have slept.

What was the last thing you fixed?
The training wheels on my son’s bicycle.

What was your first computer?
Some kind of Mac.

What was your biggest mistake?
I make many, my biggest mistake is not to acknowledge them fast enough.

Do you have a dog or cat or other pet?
No pets, I like animals and plants to live in the wild.

What’s your favorite mode of transportation?
Skateboard or any kind of board (surfboard, snowboard, kite-board).

What was the last book you read?
Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue by Maurice Sendak.

If you could have any superpower, what would you choose?
To make people happy with a magic touch.

Name your favorite guilty pleasure.
A straight-up high-end tequila.

What was your biggest most recent purchase?
A Tesla Model S.

Whom do you idolize?
Charles Eames, Paul Rand.

What do you drive/ride?
Soon that Tesla Model S.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Inner peace and passionate creativity bundled into one person. I seem to achieve each of these things at separate times.

Who was your biggest influence growing up?
My dad said “you can be good at anything you put your mind to if you work hard” and “imagination is what makes you most happy.”

Describe an ideal day.
An ideal day for me is a combination of a fun-exciting creative moment with work partners, some laughs and games with my kids, a good surf session, and great conversation with friends around a meal. This actually happens sometimes.

What was your favorite TV show as a kid?
“Good Times.”

What qualities do you like in a person?
Courage, humor, original thinking, loyalty.

What qualities do you dislike?
Insecurity, narrow thinking, prejudices, bitch-assness.

Name one thing you will regret never having done (if you never do it).
Ending the oppression of women worldwide.

What’s the single most important issue in the world today?
Global women’s rights.

Do you still buy CDs or rent DVDs?
Yes.

What would you be doing if you were not in your current job?
CEO of a technology company.

What is your greatest achievement to date?
Professional: Helping turn LoudCloud into Opsware and making Opsware successful.
Personal: Marrying up.

iPhone, Android or BlackBerry?
iPhone.

If you could meet any historical or fictional person, who would it be?
Thomas Clarkson.

What site/app do you check first when you wake up?
Twitter.

What was the last thing you fixed?
My mom’s MacBook.

What was your first computer?
TRS-80.

What was your biggest mistake?
Signing a $30,000,000 letter of credit on a building lease for company expansion in early 2000.

Do you have a dog or cat or other pet?
Nope.

What’s your favorite mode of transportation?
Adidas.

What was the last book you read?
“The Tanning of America” by Steve Stoute.

If you could have any superpower, what would you choose?
Speed like The Flash.

Name your favorite guilty pleasure.
Drinking Hine Cognac, listing to old Lil Weezy mixtapes.

What was your biggest most recent purchase?
Professional insulated neoprene BBQ gloves from Ole Hickory Pits.

Whom do you idolize?
Andy Grove, Michael Ovitz, Kanye West.

What do you drive/ride?
BMW b7 Alpina.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
My singing voice.

Who was your biggest influence growing up?
My mom.

Describe an ideal day.
Wake up early, but not too early.
Breakfast at Lois the Pie Queen.
Meet with an entrepreneur who has a great new idea.
Help a CEO figure out an impossible problem.
Write a good blog post.
Dinner with my family.
Read something good.
Watch Manny Pacquiao fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. while drinking yak with my fight buddies Sebastian, Jagoda, Joey, Cartheu and Michel, then listen to Prince, Kanyeezy and Weezy on my Krells.
No throwing up.

What was your favorite TV show as a kid?
“Six Million Dollar Man.”

What qualities do you like in a person?
Intelligence.

What qualities do you dislike?
Dishonesty.

Name one thing you will regret never having done (if you never do it).
Taking a multiweek bike trip.

What’s the single most important issue in the world today?
Hunger.

Do you still buy CDs or rent DVDs?
I still rent DVDs from Netflix.

What would you be doing if you were not in your current job?
I thought about being a history professor and would still entertain that, but not at the expense of what I’m doing now.

What is your greatest achievement to date?
Helping to raise Leah Rachel Lashinsky.

iPhone, Android or BlackBerry?
iPhone.

What site/app do you check first when you wake up?
I read three newspapers when I first wake up, before checking email or looking at anything else electronic.

What was your first computer?
An IBM laptop I bought to take to Japan in 1994.

What was your biggest mistake?
Not moving to New York in my 20s or 30s.

Do you have a dog or cat or other pet?
No.

What’s your favorite mode of transportation?
Walking.

What was the last book you read?
“The Cat’s Table” by Michael Ondaatje.

If you could have any superpower, what would you choose?
Instantaneous travel. I’d like to zap to New York in seconds and be home for dinner.

Name your favorite guilty pleasure.
Watching television.

What was your biggest most recent purchase?
A “new” iPad for my wife.

Whom do you idolize?
Writers like Calvin Trillin and Robert Caro.

What do you drive/ride?
I drive a 2001 Nissan Pathfinder.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I’d like to find time to read more books and watch more movies.

Who was your biggest influence growing up?
My mother.

Describe an ideal day.
Up around 6 am to drink coffee and read the papers by myself. Breakfast with my wife and daughter. Several hours of work, a vigorous workout, lunch and dinner with my daughter. Seeing a really good play or movie at night.

Asa Mathat | All Things Digital

What was your favorite TV show as a kid?
“Bosom Buddies.” Look it up. I’ll wait.

What qualities do you like in a person?
Curiosity, integrity, and a desire to make things better.

What qualities do you dislike?
Complacency, unwillingness to learn and change and get better.

Name one thing you will regret never having done (if you never do it).
I can’t think of anything, really — I don’t tend to think much about regret.

What’s the single most important issue in the world today?
Inequality of income and information. The gap between the haves and have-nots, the informed and the disconnected.

Do you still buy CDs or rent DVDs?
Nope, all online digital, all the time. Movies and TV shows online and (gasp) over the air.

What would you be doing if you were not in your current job?
Probably something like my last job at Mozilla. Or starting up. Or teaching. Or making something new. There are a lot of amazing things to be involved in.

What is your greatest achievement to date?
I’m proud of the work we did at Mozilla to change the way that the Web developed.

Android, iPhone or BlackBerry?
Well, all of them. Except BlackBerry. Do people still use those?

If you could meet any historical or fictional person, who would it be?
Long list. I’d love to meet Haruki Murakami and Cormac McCarthy. And Dr. Horrible. And Bob Loblaw. Moe Szyslak. But especially Sterling Archer.

What site/app do you check first when you wake up?
Mail. Then Twitter. Then Google Reader, if I make it that far without getting sidetracked.

What was the last thing you fixed?
I changed a bunch of the electrical switches in our house.

What was your first computer?
Sinclair Z-80. It came in a kit we had to put together.

What was your biggest mistake?
Long list. Probably changing my own electrical switches is not in my hall of fame of greatest decisions ever, though.

Do you have a dog or cat or other pet?
No.

What’s your favorite mode of transportation?
Anything that isn’t United Airlines.

What was the last book you read?
“Wool,” by Hugh Howey.

Name your favorite guilty pleasure.
I like watching “The Voice.” And listening to Maroon 5, for that matter. Embarrassing.

What was your biggest most recent purchase?
We just bought a house in Palo Alto.

Whom do you idolize?
My wife, who’s helping me fill this out, says that obviously she’s the answer to this particular question. My 7-year-old son thinks it might be him. Too close to call.

What do you drive/ride?
My favorite ride right now is my new Spot bike. Love riding it around town with my family.

Who was your biggest influence growing up?
After my parents, I was really lucky to have some unbelievable teachers in high school. It’s going to sound a little nerdy, but marching band in my Texas high school was a tremendous life experience for me all along the way. It taught me a ton about how to lead and how to follow, and a million other things. And in an (incredibly) even nerdier vein, my Latin, math and physics teachers in high school really changed and enriched my life.

Describe an ideal day.
We’ve got a brand-new baby in the house now, so an ideal day starts by sleeping in until 5:30 am (!) and spending a little time with my wife and sons, getting a run in if I can. Getting to connect with a few entrepreneurs/designers/makers who are building awesome things, and helping where I can. Hearing about a way someone is thinking about changing the world. Dinner with family and friends. A little time to read to my kids. A little time to read for myself before bed.

What was your favorite TV show as a kid?
Star Trek: Next Generation.

What qualities do you like in a person?
Conviction, Energy, Inventiveness.

What qualities do you dislike?
Indecisiveness, Dispassionate, Inertia.

Name one thing you will regret never having done (if you never do it).
Go on a sub-orbital space flight.

Do you still buy CDs or rent DVDs?
No, streaming all the way!

What would you be doing if you were not in your current job?
Dancing classical ballet.

What is your greatest achievement to date?
Building a platform that empowers people to do the things they love.

iPhone, Android or BlackBerry?
iPhone.

If you could meet any historical or fictional person, who would it be?
Neil Armstrong, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Amelia Earhart.

What site/app do you check first when you wake up?
Path.

What was the last thing you fixed?
I fixed myself a sandwich today ;)

What was your first computer?
The one my husband, Kevin, built for my family and me in high school.

What was your biggest mistake?
Making mistakes is part of building a company – the important thing is focusing on what you’ve learned from them.

Do you have a dog or cat or other pet?
The inspiration of TaskRabbit, my Yellow Lab, Kobe!

What’s your favorite mode of transportation?
My Honda Metropolitan 49cc Scooter!

What was the last book you read?
The Hunger Games trilogy.

If you could have any superpower, what would you choose?
Super speed!

Name your favorite guilty pleasure.
Tequila.

What do you drive/ride?
A Mini Cooper.

Who was your biggest influence growing up?
Sarah Sabatini, my high school math teacher.

Here, in keeping with the Ten Things tradition of sharing more than 10 things, are 11 things about Rosenblatt:

What qualities do you like in a person?
I admire people who are curious, innovative, respectful to everyone and eternally optimistic. I firmly believe that the best days are in front of us and we must always try new things while learning from others, in order to continually grow as people.

What qualities do you dislike?
People who are constantly negative rather than being constructive, or those who are jealous of another’s success. Being positive is a state of mind and all about how you perceive a situation — is it a permanent fall or a chance to learn and get back up? I’m also disillusioned by how negatively people react to another’s success when it’s not a zero sum game.

What’s the single most important issue in the world today?
Education. No question. Whether it’s formal or informal. There is unlimited knowledge available via the Internet, and we need to find an effective way to spread this knowledge globally to people who can benefit from it.

Do you still buy CDs or rent DVDs?
No, I download all media on my iPad or stream it through services such as Spotify or Netflix.

What would you be doing if you were not in your current job?
I’d be looking for the next opportunity to innovate in the online media landscape and increase my lecturing opportunities at UCLA and USC.

What is your greatest achievement to date?
Raising three respectful kids who are curious, innovative and optimistic.

iPhone, Android or BlackBerry?
All iPhone all the time.

What site/app do you check first when you wake up?
Twitter to get some news and tweet some info. Then eHow.com, Livestrong.com and Cracked.com to see what’s new and exciting on our properties. And then I’m tweeting again.

What was the last thing you fixed?
Boy, that’s a tough one. I’d say (and my wife would punctuate the point) that “handiness” is not one of my strengths. But, I inflated a flat tire on my son’s bike last weekend, and, as of now, it’s holding air.

If you could have any superpower, what would you choose?
Freeze time, so we would all have more time in the day!

Name your favorite guilty pleasure.
Wine, paddle tennis and pizza (without cheese). The perfect day would be enjoying all three at once!

Asa Mathat | AllThingsD

What was your favorite TV show as a kid?
Growing up in Greece, we had a little black-and-white TV, so I spent most of my time playing outside — it’s the ultimate reality show.

What qualities do you like in a person?
Empathy, fearlessness and humor.

What qualities do you dislike?
Multitasking — i.e., having dinner with someone and engaging with someone else on one of your devices.

What’s the single most important issue in the world today?
Being hyperconnected to everything and everyone, but disconnected from ourselves.

What would you be doing if you were not in your current job?
Trying to start up some other version of it.

What is your greatest achievement to date?
My two daughters.

iPhone, Android or BlackBerry?
BlackBerrys (four, to be precise). And oh, dear God, can someone please save BlackBerry?

If you could meet any historical or fictional person, who would it be?
William Shakespeare. On his birthday last week, I tweeted my feelings about him: “Whoever you were, there’s never been anyone like you.” And hardly a day goes by when we don’t unknowingly quote him.

What site/app do you check first when you wake up?
That’s not fair … HuffPost, of course.

Do you have a dog or cat or other pet?
I once shared ownership of a dog with my daughter Isabella. The dog was Oliver Pistachio Huffington, and it was shorter than its name.

What’s your favorite mode of transportation?
I love trains.

What was the last book you read?
“What Money Can’t Buy,” by Michael J. Sandel.

Name your favorite guilty pleasure.
A single-shot Venti cappuccino with 2 percent milk and a green straw, followed by a second single-shot Venti cappuccino with 2 percent milk and a green straw, followed by a third …

What do you drive/ride?
A Toyota Prius.

Who was your biggest influence growing up?
My mother. She gave me unconditional love and unconventional wisdom. And the belief that if her children didn’t eat every 20 minutes, something terrible would happen to them.

Describe an ideal day.
An ideal day is any day that follows a good eight-hour sleep.

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What was your favorite TV show as a kid?
I didn’t watch much TV, I preferred reading fiction. So much so that my parents would yell at me for bringing my books everywhere (even to St. Louis Cardinals football games, much to my father’s dismay).

What qualities do you like in a person?
Curiosity, cleverness and confidence.

What qualities do you dislike?
Lack of those three.

Name one thing you will regret never having done (if you never do it).
Sail around the world.

What’s the single most important issue in the world today?
The increasing gap between poverty and wealth.

What would you be doing if you were not in your current job?
Walking around India with my sketchbook.

What is your greatest achievement to date?
Building a company of people who love their work.

iPhone, Android or BlackBerry?
I had the first RIM device, an email pager, the RIM 850. I was on Blackberry until the iPhone arrived.

If you could meet any historical or fictional person, who would it be?
Abraham Lincoln and Virginia Woolf.

What site/app do you check first when you wake up?
Twitter.

What was the last thing you fixed?
I don’t believe anything is ever truly “fixed”; I’d rather be in a constant state of editing.

What was your first computer?
A 1984 Macintosh and IBM PCjr.

What was your biggest mistake?
Too many to name! I’ve learned from most of them.

Do you have a dog or cat or other pet?
No.

What’s your favorite mode of transportation?
Walking.

What was the last book you read?
“Born to Run.”

Name your favorite guilty pleasure.
Cheez-Its.

What do you drive/ride?
The public bus (SF Muni).

Who was your biggest influence growing up?
My Aunt Sandy. She’s extremely clever, confident, grounded, and a great storyteller.

Describe an ideal day.
Waking up early, going for a run, working with a small team on the details of a big idea, dinner with friends and coworkers followed by a late walk home to sleep.