Redbubble 25% off sale ON NOW
Redbubble has a 25% off sale!
no idea how long it runs, so GET IN THERE
https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com/
T-shirts! Mugs! Good stuff!
2025-08-13 16:51:59 +0000 UTC View Post
davidgerard posts
I'm back!
Shoulda noted this yesterday. I appear to be back to health. w00t! Returned with "Open source projects reject AI code over copyright concerns":
Pivot to AI is unwell
I got Saturday's 20-minute video of Veo 3 fails produced in a tour de force, ignoring my increasing headache and difficulty thinking clearly. But it's done, it's up, and it's fantastic. Tell all your friends!
By the time I went to b...
2025-07-13 20:55:03 +0000 UTC View PostPivot to AI merch is 20-40% off TODAY!
https://www.redbubble.com/people/pivot-to-ai/shop
There's a sale on, ends midnight tonight (not sure what time zone) - all your Pivot to AI and Bitcoin...
2025-06-02 16:49:02 +0000 UTC View PostPhil Ferguson Show interview
I did an interview on Thursday with Phil Ferguson, a financial advisor with a podcast. First half is crypto, second half is AI. This came out very well!
Sound is not awesome (Zoom being weird?) but you can hear all the words just fine.
New Patreon beg video
You're all in with the in crowd, of course, but I thought you might enjoy the new video, just up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2S_3kkoBx0
Yes, ...
2025-05-26 23:06:40 +0000 UTC View PostCrime is legal — but the actual dollars aren’t showing up (text)
Here's the post version of the video posted earlier. This adds stuff on Twenty One Capital.
I was...
2025-05-24 21:28:05 +0000 UTC View PostCryptocurrency! Crime is legal — but the actual dollars aren’t showing up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zISd2dKyI5w
yes, it's another video!
There will be a post later containing all the text for this video and more — but...
2025-05-24 17:42:09 +0000 UTC View PostIn 2025, venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any more
I posted this to Pivot, but those of you who are here for the finance writing may enjoy it.
(No, not even the VCs are talking seriously about crypto.)
Adding the Pivot podcast to Apple Podcasts
John Brewer on Mastodon just told me this method:
Tap the "Library" tab.
Tap the "..." button in the upper right.
Tap "Follow a Show by URL..."
Paste in the URL (in this case 2025-04-28 13:42:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Audio-only podcast up now
HEY CHECK THIS OUT https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/
yes it's the youtube version without the pictures!!
I'm checking how to upload backdated episodes too, i got gul...
2025-04-27 22:56:49 +0000 UTC View PostSuitable newsletter plugins? Suggestions needed
A lot of you have signed up to get emails from Pivot to AI. The Pivot posts are canonically 250 words, so they'll fit on the front page. But many have been longer lately - I tend to write a post, then expand it for video, then blog it - so they ha...
2025-04-24 08:34:19 +0000 UTC View PostRedbubble 25%-off sale this weekend — tweaked mug designs, the Bitcoin: It Can't Be That Stupid shirt
People seem to like the T-shirts and merchandise, which warms my heart. And there’s a 25% off sale running as I write this. I have no idea how long it’ll last, so grab stuff while you can.
I’ve also tw...
2025-04-21 22:03:17 +0000 UTC View PostVideo: The Røde NT-USB Mini is a lovely little podcast mic (2025)
I just posted a new video, which is a love song to my microphone. Here's the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aT2-7_wxck...
2025-04-15 09:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostT-shirts! Merchandise!
The Redbubble store has been approved!
https://www.redbubble.com/people/pivot-to-ai/explore?asc=u&page=1&s...
2025-04-14 08:38:11 +0000 UTC View PostStatue to Buttcoin Unveiled in Lugano, Switzerland
it is evident I have far too much time on my hands
https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2025/03/31/statue-to-buttcoin-...
2025-03-31 18:43:48 +0000 UTC View PostCRYPTO INTERRUPT: Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain on video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gozi23ze218
I have the new microphone and I thought, why not just ... ramble like I'm on a podcast?
So I ...
2025-03-28 15:07:24 +0000 UTC View Postnew toy get!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUdGOmDljpA
first test: 40cm away, room echo, raw sound
second test: holding 15cm from face, 18dB noise reduction appli...
2025-03-26 12:16:01 +0000 UTC View PostCrypto update: LOL who cares, crime is legal
Yeah finally wrote another bitcoin newsletter. I haven’t forgotten crypto! I’ve just spent the past nine months...
2025-03-25 21:17:44 +0000 UTC View PostHow I make the Pivot to AI YouTube videos
1. Various people have asked how I make the Pivot YouTube videos, so I wrote a long post on how you ca...
2025-03-24 00:10:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Foreign Policy: The U.K. Pivot to AI Is Doomed From the Start
Pivot has covered the UK government's ongoing AI disaster at length. My editor at Foreign Policy asked for something similar for the lay audience, and it's up...
2025-03-10 17:03:31 +0000 UTC View PostPivot to AI pivots to video
Hey, look what I just did!
Get a portable monitor, they’re great
Yes, I do hardware reviews too - when they're the stuff I'm actually using to write with. If I can deduct it, it's on topic.
This one is about setting up the new 2025-02-11 16:14:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Trump starts a presidential shitcoin
This was commissioned by a US magazine, but legal weren’t entirely happy — so it was spiked. I got a kill fee and I’m free to reuse the piece. 2025-02-05 19:34:42 +0000 UTC View Post
State of the art, 2024
Merry christmas to you all!
Pivot to AI is on a break until the new year. The last FP crypto piece seems to be spreading in influential pundit circles - FP pay is middling, but its exposure levels are off the charts.
I got made redunda...
2024-12-25 13:05:20 +0000 UTC View PostForeign Policy: Bitcoin and Hawk Tuah Aren’t So Different
Here’s my latest for Foreign Policy! I thought crypto was finally dying off. But just when I thought I was out, they...
2024-12-19 01:32:41 +0000 UTC View PostDark mode on Pivot to AI broken then fixed
Dark mode on Pivot to AI broke yesterday because of updates to both the Blocksy theme and WP Dark Mode. Steve Farrugia and I tried to fix it and eventually concluded that Blocksy and WPDM were fundamentally adversarial to users - which is basicall...
2024-12-16 12:14:24 +0000 UTC View PostCrypto magnate Barry Silbert pivots to AI for a 2018-style ICO token pump
w00t, two crypto posts in two days!
The collapse of Genesis risked taking down Digital Currency Group with it. So Barry Silbert is trying a pivot to AI with his new AI-on-the-blockchain company, Yuma!
SPOILER: it’s crypto token pumpi...
2024-11-23 22:39:39 +0000 UTC View PostI hear bitcoin is supposed to be good now. Is it a new bubble yet?
Bitcoin is almost at $100,000! So I wrote a post. There's also some news a...
2024-11-22 20:57:59 +0000 UTC View PostCall to action for Apple-using patrons!
If you signed up for my Patreon in November 2024 using the Patreon app on an iPhone or iPad, then please remove that subscription and rejoin through my Patreon web page!