Never tired of making things. Only tired of meetings about making things.

Most mornings start in the water off Ericeira. Paddling out since the age of eleven — not for the exercise, for the reading. The ocean teaches timing, commitment, and when to let go. The rest of the day follows the same discipline through different material: guitar since twelve, keys since six, a Fujifilm at 50mm in the bag, and code on the screen.

Eight companies across six countries happened along the way. Five countries lived in. A PhD in AI because the machines fascinated me long before they were fashionable. Co-created a unicorn. Ran four intrapreneurship seasons inside a major bank, proving that heavy institutions move fast when you ignore enough of their rules. One of Estonia's early e-residents. None of it was a plan. All of it was compulsion.

I chase primary sources — AI lab research papers, surf history archives, gear schematics, producer interviews from the analogue era, photographer monographs. The gap between a primary source and a summary is the same gap between understanding and opinion. No influencer junk. No secondhand takes. The work itself is the fuel.