NSFW: Ένα άλλο έτος, μια άλλη ενδεχομένως πιέζοντας επίσκεψη στο Λονδίνο

Another day - another year, actually - another airport. This time I'm at gate A11 at SFO waiting for my flight to London. My plan was to use the 10 hour flight to write a column about how I'm looking forward to see London again but how I'm depressed nervous at the idea of catching up with the state of the city's tech entrepreneurial scene. From what I've learned from Brit friends who have visited the Valley, it seems that London 2.0 has remained - at best - stagnant since i was last there twelve months ago. In some cases, comically so. This time last year, we were all eagerly anticipating the imminent US roll-out of Spotify - the next big UK-based startup that was going to change the world (see previously Bebo - subsequently killed by AOL - and Last.fm - now set in amber by CBS). Twelve months on and, uh, we're all eagerly anticipating the imminent US roll-out of Spotiy. And that's it. As far as I can tell, there's almost nothing else out of London that's making even the smallest blip on the rest of the world's radar.