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

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

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

I was pleased to see NBA Commissioner Adam Silver say this with respect to the controversy over Houston Rockets’ General Manager Daryl Morey’s tweet in support of the protest movement in Hong Kong: The NBA will not put itself in [...]  Read more

I played cards all through college and on and off since then. I don’t have a regular card game right now and I miss playing cards. I was talking to a friend of mine recently and she complained that her [...]  Read more