Growing up, I was always involved in the deaf community.

I never danced growing up.

My mom did a great job because ever since I was born, she would put me into any type of sporting activity with hearing teams.

I have always aspired to be the type of role model who can bridge the deaf and hearing communities.

Though the S8, like all premium Samsung phones, runs Android with the basic Google suite of apps, Samsung keeps trying to duplicate Android functions with its own software. It wants to be a software platform like its rival Apple, but it uses someone else's operating system and core apps. Awkward.

It used to cost money to disclose and distribute information. In the digital age it costs money not to.

Five or ten years ago, when it was clear the Internet was becoming a mainstream phenomenon, it was equally clear that a lot of people were being left out and could be left behind.

That's really what the Paralympics is about: these amazing athletes and this technology that's allowing them to reach their full potential.