• Smithsonian
    Institution
  • Travel
    With Us
  • Smithsonian
    Store
  • Smithsonian
    Channel
  • goSmithsonian
    Visitors Guide
  • Air & Space
    magazine

Smithsonian.com

  • Subscribe
  • History & Archaeology
  • Science
  • Ideas & Innovations
  • Arts & Culture
  • Travel & Food
  • At the Smithsonian
  • Photos
  • Videos
  • Games
  • Shop
  • Innovators

The Last Word: Jon Kleinberg

A quick questionnaire with Jon Kleinberg

| | | Reddit | Digg | Stumble | Email |
  • Smithsonian.com, October 03, 2007, Subscribe
 

Related Links

  • America's Young Innovators

More from Smithsonian.com

  • Net Worker

1. My greatest professional influence is my family, my colleagues, a series of amazing mentors(and several people who fit in more than one of these categories).

2. The last books I read were Michael Chwe's "Rational Ritual," Don DeLillo's "The Names" and David Macaulay's "Shortcut."

3. My advice for those just starting out in this profession is to focus on questions that are important, but that also interest you personally. And not to be a snob in evaluating research areas.

4. The most important lesson I ever learned was never to send a piece of email that you wouldn't be willing to see posted to the Internet.


1. My greatest professional influence is my family, my colleagues, a series of amazing mentors(and several people who fit in more than one of these categories).

2. The last books I read were Michael Chwe's "Rational Ritual," Don DeLillo's "The Names" and David Macaulay's "Shortcut."

3. My advice for those just starting out in this profession is to focus on questions that are important, but that also interest you personally. And not to be a snob in evaluating research areas.

4. The most important lesson I ever learned was never to send a piece of email that you wouldn't be willing to see posted to the Internet.

    Subscribe now for more of Smithsonian's coverage on history, science and nature.


| | | Reddit | Digg | Stumble | Email |
 

Add New Comment


Name: (required)

Email: (required)

Comment:

Comments are moderated, and will not appear until Smithsonian.com has approved them. Smithsonian reserves the right not to post any comments that are unlawful, threatening, offensive, defamatory, invasive of a person's privacy, inappropriate, confidential or proprietary, political messages, product endorsements, or other content that might otherwise violate any laws or policies.

Comments


Advertisement


Most Popular

  • Viewed
  • Emailed
  • Commented
  1. The 20 Best Small Towns in America of 2012
  2. How Do Death Valley’s “Sailing Stones” Move Themselves Across the Desert?
  3. 16 Photographs That Capture the Best and Worst of 1970s America
  4. The Gut-Wrenching Science Behind the World’s Hottest Peppers
  5. The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2013
  6. Seven Famous People Who Missed the Titanic
  7. Jack Andraka, the Teen Prodigy of Pancreatic Cancer
  8. The Scariest Monsters of the Deep Sea
  9. For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of WWII
  10. The 20 Best Food Trucks in the United States
  1. Jack Andraka, the Teen Prodigy of Pancreatic Cancer
  2. Lincoln's Whistle-Stop Trip to Washington
  3. How Do Death Valley’s “Sailing Stones” Move Themselves Across the Desert?
  4. The Amazing Grace of Underwater Portraits
  5. Lee Bontecou's Brave New World
  6. The Treasures of Timbuktu
  7. Goodbye, Columbus
  8. The 20 Best Small Towns in America of 2012
  9. The Revolutionary Effect of the Paperback Book
  10. Would You Eat Something Wrapped in a WikiCell?
  1. How Do Death Valley’s “Sailing Stones” Move Themselves Across the Desert?
  2. Touring New York's Most Dynamic Neighborhoods
  3. Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple?
  4. Photo of the Day: Last Light on Half Dome
  5. How the DC-3 Revolutionized Air Travel
  6. Meet the Real-Life Vampires of New England and Abroad
  7. How Annie Oakley, "Princess of the West," Preserved Her Ladylike Reputation
  8. From Close Up or Far Away, Amazing Volcano Photos
  9. For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of WWII
  10. The Scariest Monsters of the Deep Sea

View All Most Popular »

Advertisement

Follow Us

Smithsonian Magazine
@SmithsonianMag
Follow Smithsonian Magazine on Twitter

Sign up for regular email updates from Smithsonian.com, including daily newsletters and special offers.

In The Magazine

June 2013

  • The Mind on Fire
  • Burning Desire
  • 10 Epiphanies
  • Rocket Fuel
  • Accounting for Taste

View Table of Contents »






First Name
Last Name
Address 1
Address 2
City
State   Zip
Email


Travel with Smithsonian




Smithsonian Store

Stars and Stripes Throw

Our exclusive Stars and Stripes Throw is a three-layer adaption of the 1861 “Stars and Stripes” quilt... $65



View full archiveRecent Issues


  • Jun 2013


  • May 2013


  • Apr 2013

Newsletter

Sign up for regular email updates from Smithsonian magazine, including free newsletters, special offers and current news updates.

Subscribe Now

About Us

Smithsonian.com expands on Smithsonian magazine's in-depth coverage of history, science, nature, the arts, travel, world culture and technology. Join us regularly as we take a dynamic and interactive approach to exploring modern and historic perspectives on the arts, sciences, nature, world culture and travel, including videos, blogs and a reader forum.

Explore our Brands

  • goSmithsonian.com
  • Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
  • Smithsonian Student Travel
  • Smithsonian Catalogue
  • Smithsonian Journeys
  • Smithsonian Channel
  • About Smithsonian
  • Contact Us
  • Advertising
  • Subscribe
  • RSS
  • Topics
  • Member Services
  • Copyright
  • Site Map
  • Privacy Policy
  • Ad Choices

Smithsonian Institution