A part of my story that doesn’t get much attention is the intersection between ART & Technology, overwhelmed as it is by my time building the Internet (Razorfish, Schematic) and Video online (BBC, iPlayer, Schematic, Videoplaza, etc.) But a hardware project I was intimately involved in early in its inception…

As I’ve blogged previously, I have almost ~65k contacts spread across contacts+, apple, five google accounts, and some cell phones and tablets. Given I know, at last count: 65k+ people across Venture Capital, startup, blockchain, AI/ML, FinTech, Space, Advertising, journalism (or just media in general), gaming, entertainment, burning man, ladies…

Over the past 90 days, I’ve experienced shock, awe, amusement, and fascination with the unimaginable events of our living history. I haven’t thought this hard or deeply in such a short period of time, we’ve seen a group of people on the losing side of an election, egged on by…

As a young child, I remember playing at my Grandfathers feet while he conducted business by telephone. Handgun on a tray near his feet. When he finished one particular argumentative call he seemed quite upset. I asked him, Why don’t you fire that man? He said, whatever for? “In my…

Since I was invited by Barney Pell, for what will be four years this fall — I continue to be honored and challenged to be a part of the Creative Destruction Lab. My work, first as an associate, then mentor, and now, a Fellow has been immensely rewarding both personally…

[This is a repost of a blog I’d shared previously on Typepad which is now dead. Many of you may not know that I was once a senior executive at the BBC — my title, get this, was Controller of Future Media for the BBC. I hope you enjoy this…

For the past few days, my social media feed has been overwhelmed with comments, opinions, and notes about the announcement of Libra, Facebook’s new global blockchain protocol and cryptocurrency. A few reached out to me both in private and on social media and in public to ask for my take…

— in the electric vehicle arena — I suspect I’m like a lot of people at my age where it seems like every third news article inspires me to make a note to “write a blog about the thing that reminds me of.” Current potential blog count 2353. Current actual blog count 23. Channeling my inner Samuel…

— in the electric vehicle arena — I suspect I’m like a lot of people at my age where it seems like every third news article inspires me to make a note to “write a blog about the thing that reminds me of.” Current potential blog count 2353. Current actual blog count 23. Channeling my inner…