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So its goodbye San Fransisco after a slightly unreal week in Silicon Valley. Last year I lost my father Tim Pollard to cancer. He was many things, Robin Hood, an omni nerd, a sci-fi buff, avid collector and gadget addict. We shared that love of science fiction and futurism.

And San Fransisco was a landmark in the geography of that as the ‘future’ site of the Star fleet Academy of Star Trek fame. It was wear the ‘good’ future would come from. And as I grew up and bought my first Mac that “designed by Apple California” became an unmistakable sign this place was special.

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Now I’m visiting it for the first time, as much more a part of this industry than I ever knew I would be and in some ways building out a future I don’t think my Dad could have believed. I really do hope that I can hold to some of what made that future feel bright and aspirational