Diversity, or lack thereof, is consistently lacking in the high-tech world. Based on actual funding for start-ups, you'd think that privileged white kids and Asians are the only people that use the Internet. And when you point out the lack of funding for non-white start-ups, most people seem offended that you even attempt to discuss such an issue. Affirmative action and equal-opportunity start-up funding is not only the "right" thing to do, it's a vastly untapped source of potential markets and revenue.

The other day I read a comment by somebody that hoped the next Mark Zuckerman was a woman. My thought at the time was "Big deal. Imagine if the next Mark Zuckerberg was black."