Independent reporter. Focusing on the most influential figures shaping AI, interviewing founders CEOs, and policymakers at the center of the industry.

Founder of Indispensable Marketing & Thinking OS™. I write about strategic marketing, systems, judgment, and how trust becomes infrastructure.

Covering the Web since 1994. Backchannel. NewCo Daily. Wordyard.com. Say Everything. Dreaming in Code. Grist. Mediabugs. Salon. Berkeley, CA. Real person.

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