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From Bitcoin to AI: 9 of My Predictions That Aged Badly (and a Few That Didn’t)

I’ve made tech predictions that soared and others that crashed: from laughing at Bitcoin to betting on Linux. Turns out I’m sometimes good at spotting solid tech, bad at predicting people. My next bet? Generative AI + Model Context Protocol will redefine software.

Jul 29, 2025
 

Dashed — Writing Like a Machine

I like dashes of all kinds: the hyphen, the syllable-breaking dash, the dialogue dash. I like diacritics, I like commas. Whenever I can, I use non-breaking spaces between…
Jul 23, 2025

Power Shift: From Passive Consumers to Grid Players

Energy flexibility means the ability to adjust power generation and demand, so that they match exactly. It’s going to be a big topic in the following years, and it is very likely to impact our comfort, our wallets, but also our climate.

Jul 22, 2025

AI: Our Chilling and Thrilling Child

Insights from Stephen Fry and Yuval Noah Harari at the Octopus Energy Tech Summit on AI as humanity’s child

Jun 28, 2025
 

Light Under Fire: Energy Lessons from Ukraine

How Ukraine maintained their power grid through three winters of attacks and the strategic advantages of renewable energy

Jun 27, 2025
 

The Green Transition Should Not Be About Sacrifice

Insights from Octopus Energy on making decarbonisation about abundance and better quality of life, not sacrifice

Jun 26, 2025

RSECon25: Beyond Traditional Apps with LLMs

My accepted talk for RSECon25 on how Large Language Models might replace traditional app interfaces through conversational agents

Jun 20, 2025

What I Am Doing Lately: EDOL and Energy Research

Leading the development of EDOL (Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory) to understand home energy use patterns

Jan 15, 2025
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