The web is a funny place. I get requests to speak and write for people all the time, but sometimes the requests are from unexpected places, like, say, The U.S. State department. After a short chat with Alexandra M. Abboud, the coolest government employee I’ve ever known, I agreed to write an essay for their newly launched america.gov website, called How to innovate right now.

As a kicker, they run a monthly live webchat: anyone can sign in live and ask me questions.

Go to the Ask America website on Tuesday Feb 5th, 12pm EST. (The site currently says 9am EST, but it will be updated soon).

If you’ve got a question you’ve always wanted me to answer, now’s your chance.

And if you can’t make it, leave a question in the comments. That way when no one shows up in the live webchat, I’ll have something to do.