People I would like to meet
In the spirit of: if you don’t ask, you don’t get…
There are some people I’d like to meet! They are ”speculatively things I do professionally in the world”-related though not immediately work related.
So here’s my wish list.
Books! I have a couple ideas for nonfiction books. Accessible stuff, more airport book than coffee table or theory book; more “biz” than pop sci. It would be great to kick around some thoughts with a relevant-ish London-based agent.
Data centres! You know, I’d really love to get a tour of a modern data centre, like… one of the main cloud providers. I haven’t been onto a data floor for maybe 15 years. I used to have a server on a rack a buddy owned on the Isle of Dogs. I’d be so curious to just pick up the ambiance, see how it’s all changed. What do endless racks of GPUs look like? Sound like? Smell like??
Art! I’ve almost been at the point of building installation incarnations of both Poem/1 and also Galactic Compass but the opportunities didn’t quite pan out. If anyone has a venue and a budget, or some other kind of possibility, I’d still love to do either or both.
Boards! I feel like I should be getting board experience? I’ve advised dozens of startups, some in the capacity as investor via an accelerator, some as equity advisor; I’ve run companies and been a charity trustee. I enjoy those situations. So… what’s the next level of that? I don’t know. I’d like to.
Do I know anyone who could make any of these happen? Email me! Do I know someone who knows someone? Please fwd them this blog post! ty :)
Gonna do some cosmic ordering in 2025 haha
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In the spirit of: if you don’t ask, you don’t get…
There are some people I’d like to meet! They are ”speculatively things I do professionally in the world”-related though not immediately work related.
So here’s my wish list.
Books! I have a couple ideas for nonfiction books. Accessible stuff, more airport book than coffee table or theory book; more “biz” than pop sci. It would be great to kick around some thoughts with a relevant-ish London-based agent.
Data centres! You know, I’d really love to get a tour of a modern data centre, like… one of the main cloud providers. I haven’t been onto a data floor for maybe 15 years. I used to have a server on a rack a buddy owned on the Isle of Dogs. I’d be so curious to just pick up the ambiance, see how it’s all changed. What do endless racks of GPUs look like? Sound like? Smell like??
Art! I’ve almost been at the point of building installation incarnations of both Poem/1 and also Galactic Compass but the opportunities didn’t quite pan out. If anyone has a venue and a budget, or some other kind of possibility, I’d still love to do either or both.
Boards! I feel like I should be getting board experience? I’ve advised dozens of startups, some in the capacity as investor via an accelerator, some as equity advisor; I’ve run companies and been a charity trustee. I enjoy those situations. So… what’s the next level of that? I don’t know. I’d like to.
Do I know anyone who could make any of these happen? Email me! Do I know someone who knows someone? Please fwd them this blog post! ty :)
Gonna do some cosmic ordering in 2025 haha