Trams and Wifi at 30,000 feet

My first post of my personal blog and my first blog post at 30,000 feet whilst online (just passing over Kansas City); thanks to Virigin America.

I am around 21 hours into a flight from Newcastle, via London and New York to San Francisco. Yes I know I could have flown directly to SFO but it was prohibitively expensive by the time I booked it and it matters because I am the one picking up the tab.

Why? To try and learn how Yanks nurture start-ups better than us Brits. I tried to explain to my three year old son why I was going away - "because I need to get on an airplane to talk to some people much smarter than daddy".

Over the next week, I will be speaking to incubators, accelerators, start-ups and VCs in Silicon Valley. And I might just also have a rant about Hullomail, TripIt, Google Voice and Wifi at 30,000 feet if all goes according to plan.