Geez, I had no idea you were so interested in my vision on a car 😊. I’m flattered. As my dear departed grandfather used to say: cool down before you judge. So, I did. I took long walks over the weekend, calmed down in the stiff breeze at Zeebrugge beach (don’t ask…). Here it is: …
Cars. I passionately love them since I was a little boy. Their seductive lines, the raw power, the hissing of the rubber as it kisses the highway, the happy roaring of a V8 as it thunders to the horizon. The smell of leather, fuel, and oil. The kick in the stomach as horses get unleashed, …
SXSW 2019 slowly powers down. My 15th one, and, -once again- a splendid edition. Austin is still weird. SXSW still inspiring. We’ve found the answers to some questions, and part with a gazillion new questions spinning in our heads. Mission qua brain fuel: accomplished. I tried to synthesize some highlights, before the maelstrom of things …
My planet hopping book project 100.000 Miles brought me to New York, where I had the tremendous pleasure to talk to John. John C. Havens is the Executive Director of the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems. He was at the very beginning of podcasting, and was one of the first …
A line in the news. As an ex-journalist, I experienced the terrible and bitter agony of losing the crucial part of a story in translation. No matter how good you can write, your words will never be able to capture the feeling you experienced. The sense of danger, the fear trembling in the voice of …
We saw it coming. It was long overdue. It was whispering in the shadows, so ready to break out… Our computers got smaller. Our phones: cordless, mobile. Home computers sneaked into houses, offices and bedrooms. We were there when the first hesitant steps on the social web were set. We met in the BBS hot …
I can remember it as if it was yesterday. My first interview as a young journalist with a real international celebrity. I can still picture myself on the train to London, nervous as hell, on my way to interview Ray Kurzweil for Meridien News Services. Trying to think down at my level I can remember …
To say that president Trump and Sadiq Khan like each other, would be a lie. The American president repeatedly hate-tweeted the Mayor of London, criticising the way Sadiq Khan dealt with terrorist attacks on London. Sadiq Khan delighted the world with a swift uppercut, making sure that Trump understood that the Mayor of London does …
Well, there you go. What started like a small whisper through the back alleys of the SXSW Austin convention centre, roared into a giant excitement tsunami: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, The Boring Company, Solar City and SpaceX is in town! He crashed the Westworld panel at SXSW on Saturday, invited by Jonathan Nolan the …
Sometimes you just know you’re at the right place, at exactly the right time. You feel that a shimmering energy dips its pen in red ink, and writes history. You’re witnessing an event that will shift the status quo. That will cut the universe in a before and an after. When the charismatic Roy Spence, …