Paul Tepper Fisher first started working in technology at Johns Hopkins University, where he spent several years developing a distance learning application for neuroscience while completing graduate school there. He has founded two technology startups: SmartPants Media, Inc., a software development company specializing in interactive multimedia technology; and dialmercury.com, which develops telephony applications using VOIP and Java. Currently, Mr. Fisher is manager of technology at Wired.com, where he leads the software development team for the online publication of Wired.com, webmonkey.com,...