I write occasionally for the World Economic Forum on big technology shifts and what they might mean for us, and on sound, technology, and music for Record Collector magazine.

 

I post here and on LinkedIn as time off for good behavior while working on my first book. My literary agents are Rick Broadhead Associates.​

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For more than 20 years I led marketing, product, and strategy teams at Microsoft and startups. I sat between engineers, scientists, and hundreds of millions of people who used what we had to offer, including search engines, voice assistants, AI chatbots, and navigation apps. In interviews on NPR and local breakfast radio, and with Fast Company, The Financial Times, USA Today, and The LA Times, I’ve discussed how AI predicts elections, why Siri pauses for breath, and how Borges’ 1:1 scale map is getting closer and less true (it was more interesting and less pretentious than that sounds). I’ve chaired panels in Silicon Valley and Europe on flying cars and digital twins.

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I was born in London and live in Seattle. My wife and two sons tolerate my compulsion to put record sleeves over their faces when I take their pictures.