If I have been even harder to usual to reach, it is because I have spent much of this week as a guest on Richard Branson's private island in the British Virgin Islands, Necker Island. This has been a wonderful time, jampacked with every imaginable watersport during the day, then spontaneous roundtable discussions about the future of the Internet at night. I also learned all about the space rides being planned by Virgin Galactic, was taught the finer points of film financing, and even got to wrestle in one of those fat sumo suits. I feel very lucky to be here especially among a group of frighteningly intelligent people.
From here, I leave tomorrow heading for Oxford. While the English climate will likely shock my system after being on Necker, I am just as eager for this next leg of my journey and the engaging conversations I hope to have with many of you.
(By the way, this post would be replete with links if I were not accessing the Internet from a cripplingly slow Iridium satellite connection.)