When Corbin Ball, MP, Corbin Ball Associates and chairman, 2007 EIBTM WorldWide Technology Watch judging palnel, isn't playing with new gadgets, you might find him biking through China.
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If you could be anywhere in the world, where would you be?
I enjoy culturally diverse adventure travel. I just returned from bicycling 600 km through the Dong villages of southern rural China. Other trips are being planned for India and Peru. -
What is playing on your MP3 player?
Diana Krall, Madeleine Peyroux, Karrin Allyson, Nora Jones, Eva Cassidy, Cassandra Wilson, and Kelly Sweet. -
What's the best book you read in the past year?
China Road by Rob Gifford, 17-year NPR China correspondent — an extremely interesting work on the past, present, and future of China. -
If you could be a superhero, what super power would you want?
Time travel would be great. Omniscience would also be good. -
It's time for a second career. What do you choose?
Astronaut -
When your life story is made into a movie, who should they cast as you?
John Lithgow, from 3rd Rock From the Sun -
Who inspires you?
Leaders who have changed the world: Churchill, Kennedy, Gandhi -
If you could trade places with anyone (living or not) for a week, who would you choose?
George Washington, my great-uncle -
What's your hidden talent?
Guessing the end of movies -
What is your favorite cause/charity?
My most passionate cause is helping others to understand and use technology. -
What is your greatest strength?
Curiosity -
If you could go back in time, what would you change about your life?
I would like not to have been so shy as a teenager.
