Hello! My name is Alx Klive (not a misspell - long story) and my day job is CEO of WorldTV.com - this site... actually. I'm an ideas guy at heart but I also like being entrepreneurial and making stuff. This is my personal blog, and I've been blogging in one form or another since 1999.

This is quite a lengthy background. If you fancy something shorter, my professional bio is here (PDF). This is more fun and informal I hope...

I grew up in London running a series of ventures in my teens... mail order software for Commodore computers, jokes and stink bombs at school (made me popular with the teachers), scratch & win cards for students (this works surprisingly well as a business model), and a roving mobile disco. It was a growing interest in nightlife that ultimately led me to working at the Mud Club - London's answer to Studio 54. It was the end of the 80's and a crazy time in clubland.

When the club finally closed its doors in '91, I set off for North America seeking adventure, and began my own events company - Chemistry. Details Magazine called Chemistry "one of the best nights out in North America" and I was later credited for kick-starting the electronic music scene in Canada. I just threw some large parties.

Following a DJ appearance on the North American TV show Electric Circus, I began working on the show, installing dancers on the roof of the TV station and in backlit, silhouetted windows across the building. Later I moved into news as an Assignment Editor, before becoming a roving Videographer for CityTV/MuchMusic/Bravo - the best job I've ever had.

Somehow I got to travel the world, interviewing the likes of Hunter S Thompson, Dennis Hopper, Hilary Clinton, Isabella Rosellini and The Fugees to name a few. My 'big break' came when I found myself in London at the time of Princess Diana's death. I was thrown into the spotlight literally, presenting the lead story for the 6 O'Clock News. My most insane experience in TV though was getting 'drunk' with Hunter S Thompson. A story for another time.

I had begun learning HTML and began developing websites for CityTV and others. Picking up an idea I'd conceived in '95, I left CityTV in 1998 and began working on WorldTV.com - "a global Internet News and Content Network produced by amateur videographers from around the World". When it became clear the Internet bubble was about to burst, I shelved the plans, vowing to relaunch WorldTV later on.

Instead I launched the Millennium Photo Project, a crowdsourced effort to document the 24 hours at the turning of the Millennium - through the eyes of thousands of photographers worldwide. Covered by CNN, the BBC and Wall Street Journal, it quickly grew into the largest photojournalism project in history. A book, Dawn of the 21st Century was made of the project. It's the thing I'm most proud of.

I returned to the UK in 2001, working as a Technology Reporter for CNBC Europe and interviewing a revolving door of CEO's. In 2007 I filed a patent application for a Virtual Reality Time Machine and inventing things is my hobby. The patent system makes this very hard for individuals and is insanely broken. It's a cause I'm increasingly committed to fixing.

My main entrepreneurial influence is Steve Jobs. The nightlife scene has also been a major influence on my life, and the myriad of awesome people I've met through that scene continue to shape my generally positive outlook on life.

I don't write here nearly as often as in the past... and the design could certainly do with an update. But if I do have something long form to muse or rant about, it'll probably be here that I do...