“I wouldn't say that I know a lot about 'Silicon Valley'. I live in Bos...” — Daniel Lyons Quote

I wouldn't say that I know a lot about 'Silicon Valley'. I live in Boston, for one thing. And I don't live and breathe this stuff the way most of the guys out there do.

You realize that if you're in the media business, technology is fundamentally what's driving the change in that business.

With the iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad, and iMac, Apple is the most powerful tech company in the world. It's also the No. 1 music retailer in the U.S. and among the top sellers of online movies, too.

Net-neutrality proponents howled when Comcast started throttling traffic from BitTorrent, a bandwidth-hogging program people use to swap video files. The Federal Communications Commission sided with the open-Internet folks, ruling that Comcast could not selectively choke off traffic.

I think the people from Boston are an incredibly passionate fan base.

Now, as a 29-year-old, you're a little bit different than a 26-year-old. But I actually felt really comfortable in Boston. I felt that I was one of the best players in the league at the time. I thought Boston was going to be the home for me for the rest of my career.

Listen, I'm a guy from Boston. Secretary of Labor. Former mayor.

I ain't got no problem with Boston.

I am from San Diego, and I went to college in Boston, so I have seen the opposite coasts.