Linus Torvalds: The mind behind Linux

Linus Torvalds transformed technology twice -- first with the Linux kernel, which helps power the Internet, and again with Git, the source code management system used by developers worldwide. In a rare interview with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Torvalds discusses with remarkable openness the personality traits that prompted his unique philosophy of work, engineering and life. 'I am not a visionary, Im an engineer,' Torvalds says. 'Im perfectly happy with all the people who are walking around and just staring at the clouds ... but Im looking at the ground, and I want to fix the pothole thats right in front of me before I fall in.'