737 check ride here in Singapore went well yesterday. Ha-ha. I wish! 😁

"This is an era when international relations have moved from rigid bipolar and unipolar systems to a more complex, decentralised state of affairs." A thought-provoking perspective, notwithstanding that previous attempts at "non-alignment" largely failed.

Interesting and salient talk with @patrickc. While our local media are busy trivialising startup failure - greater minds only see opportunity ahead.

Deeptech startups are high risk. Everyone involved knows it. I'm not sure why this is newsworthy. Must be tall poppy harvesting season.

"A case study in everything that has gone wrong with how New Zealand is governed." Unsurprising that failed Stats NZ CEO Liz MacPherson, now deputy Privacy Commissioner, is implicated here as well. How do these people keep getting recycled into highly paid "senior public

Our native tree plantings around the property are finally starting to pay off. First little skink spotted.

Institutional collaboration and co-investment is the only way forward for research commercialisation. A short case study I wrote up @GeniusReFi over the last few days.

Best Christmas present I got this year was finishing up 18 gruelling weeks of chemotherapy. I've been super fortunate to have had almost no nausea. But when required the McCashin's Stoke ginger beer has been a real tonic. See - I'm an influencer now! 🤣

Mount Bruce - Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre back from the brink (again). A sanctuary for our rarest native birds, this place should never have been put at risk. Need to get our priorities back on track in this country! https://t.co/PQmwThveIO

I feel your presents. Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄

Lovely. Reminds me of the peonies that @Renea and I had as our wedding flowers. We also had a decent crop from our garden this year.

In 2026, I expect we’ll see the birth of the first AI-native university. Over the past several years, universities have dabbled in AI-enabled grading, tutoring, and scheduling. But what’s emerging now is deeper, an adaptive academic organism that learns and optimizes itself in

The missing link. To the 97% of deeptech startups that don't get selected - you are welcome to join our virtual community of entrepreneurs, investors and industry folk.

Innovator, entrepreneur with a flying background. Cool story story @nzherald this morning. I too recall a few hour-building flights over to Great Barrier Island back in the day.

The ascendency of China compared to the steady decline of Euro innovation and productivity. (Swiss being separate from EU, have achieved success in their own way however).

Coster finally gone - but not forgotten. 😏

So looking forward to this book. Capital allocation is already changing. Most people just don't recognise it yet. @_Daniel_Ospina doing amazing work @RnDAO__

Breaking news. Foreshadowed in the RS&T reforms of 2024 when TTOs were put on notice. NZ to unlock more science innovation. More on this shortly... https://t.co/izm3a3I2Qp

Forgot to mention that my lovely wife @Renea cleverly managed to locate the nest just before dark. 😍 Don't think "Plucky" would have survived a night out alone with predators everywhere in our neighbourhood.