6 days agoThe Global Town Square is for EveryoneGM. A unified online space is vital for humanity. Building it the right way is perhaps our greatest challenge but part of that challenge is that there’s never been anything like it. Meatspace is defined by barriers. Geography, citizenship, language and other affiliations constrain communication while in cyberspace anything is…Internet2 min readInternet2 min read
Sep 8Books Are Worth Fighting ForEverywhere I look, there they are. Crowding the night stand, filling the fireplace and out in the garage. I’ve got a bad case of The Books. Dozens and dozens of unread books! OK, there are worse afflictions. Isn’t this what technology is for? An e-reader perhaps? Sometimes but paper books…Literacy6 min readLiteracy6 min read
Feb 26, 2021Gross Individual Product: A long term measure of valueIn Feb 2021 in San Francisco, a Crunchwrap Supreme combo which includes a Crunchy Taco (upgraded to Supreme for $0.80) and a large Diet Pepsi is $8.73. Due to unfortunately high personal transaction volume, fast food is where I feel inflation most. …Economics4 min readEconomics4 min read
Jan 9, 2021PUBG and its Highest Strategic Principle“GG.” The fourth circle just popped. Your squad is strung out on a long rotation in the blue. You’re almost to safety but one of your mates got knocked off a bike by an uncanny bolt. Meds running low and prospects uncertain, you scout and crash the only compound that’s…Pubg4 min readPubg4 min read
Jan 7, 2021Living with the Algorithm — Side-stepping Social Media AddictionIt’s 4am and you haven’t slept. Tomorrow starts in three hours but you can’t stop scrolling. You’ve seen it all and yet you continue to reach for some last hint of novelty. Excited by a new thumbnail you tap. A repost. …Social Media2 min readSocial Media2 min read
Jan 6, 2021A 3d Printer is an Open DoorIn 2015, 3d printing started to go viral. Printers came under $1000 and everyone who was crafty and technical-enough was getting onboard. Some enjoyed gadgets, others made art, most everyone used a banana for scale. It looked like a hell of a lot of Fun! …3D Printing2 min read3D Printing2 min read
Jan 6, 2021Beyond Masks and Mail-in Ballots ~ Rebuilding American RepresentationToday’s Senate runoff in Georgia stands to end an historic election cycle in America, one perturbed by a) the effects of the pandemic on voting process and b) the high-stress state of the union as a whole. Under the hood is a democratic engine that has been deteriorating for decades…Election 20203 min readElection 20203 min read
Oct 9, 2020The Viral Nature of Bitcoin inside Publicly-traded Company StocksIn mid-August of this year Microstrategy, a public business intelligence and enterprise analytics company, announced that it had acquired 21,454 bitcoins at an aggregate purchase price of $250 million ($11,653/BTC). Yesterday, Square Inc., a payment and point-of- sale solutions provider founded by Jack Dorsey of Twitter, announced the purchase of…Bitcoin4 min readBitcoin4 min read
Aug 16, 2019Why Software Extensions and Social APIs Are Essential to Fight Fake NewsWhile planning next steps for Corgi, I considered creating a browser extension that could display a trust score on stories, tweets, and other content. A trust score that could be related to the original author of a work. A trust score that could take into account context. …Social Media3 min readSocial Media3 min read
Aug 9, 2019Strategies to Fight Fake NewsWhile researching the current state of the news world, I’ve been drawn to the noble core of journalism. We all have some idea what journalists are supposed to do. …Journalism2 min readJournalism2 min read
