Writing

Normally when we travel, The Gotham Gal posts about the things we do. She is a way better travel blogger than I am. But today we did something that I want to talk a bit about. We visited the Auschwitz [...]  Read more

It is fascinating to see at the moment how much China is flexing its power. And maybe as importantly how little the world is pushing back. Certainly on the commercial side we are finding that companies such as Apple which [...]  Read more

I am sitting in the airport lounge in Geneva waiting to board an airplane. I am here because yesterday was the inaugural Libra Association member council meeting. The Libra Association is a Swiss organization which will operate the Libra blockchain [...]  Read more

Last Monday in my series about the climate crisis , I posted about the potential of reversing the carbon cycle : grow plants to remove carbon from the atmosphere and put it back into the ground. Here now are some [...]  Read more

We are sitting in the gate at London City Airport waiting for an early morning flight. Next to every seat in the waiting area is a bank of power outlets that look like this: You will notice that there is [...]  Read more

It has always been possible to search AVC. You click on the search icon in a desktop browser or you click on the menu button in a mobile browser. But there is another way to search my blog posts, both [...]  Read more

Amir Haleem, founder and CEO of USV portfolio company Helium , gave this talk last year and it explains why he started Helium. Read more

I backed this project this morning. I am a big fan of artistic collaboration and the amazing things that come from it Read more

The Gotham Gal and I are heading to Europe for a couple of weeks of vacation. I will not be working the next two weeks but do plan to blog about whatever is on my mind. The Gotham Gal , [...]  Read more