technology We aren’t ready to own our own data...yet We talk a lot about users owning their own data. Data ownership means control. Having control means taking responsibility. Responsibility is a lot of work! Let me explain… For the
identity Bringing decentralized identity to traditional apps TL;DR: In this technical post for developers, I walk through how we added Blockstack ID support to the Discourse forum software. At Blockstack, we're building a new internet for
blockchain Product/Market Fit in Crypto Token Projects Product/Market fit is the degree to which a product satisfies a strong market demand. Before product/market fit is like playing the game of business on hard mode, acquiring
identity A Guide to Slack Identity Theft TL;DR: Slack removed usernames enabling easy theft of other users' identities. Read on to learn how... Around the world teams everywhere spend their days (and too often nights) glued
blockstack How I built an Ethereum wallet on Bitcoin with 3 lines of code This post is a companion to a talk I did at the Ethereum Classic Summit in Hong Kong on November 13, 2017. Cryptocurrency and token wallets are pretty simple. You
blockstack Proof of Humanity: a Deep Dive into the Blockstack Token Sale Registration App TL;DR: The Blockstack Token Sale Voucher Registration App uses decentralized Blockstack IDs and social media account proofs to make sure registrants are real humans. Read on for a behind-the-scenes
productivity Swimming with a System "goals are for losers." -Scott Adams I became familiar with Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams during the past year's Presidential election - familiar with him outside of his signature
blockstack Blockstack in Asia Meetup Marathon Recap From July 8th to 10th, I co-hosted Asia’s first three Blockstack meetups with Blockstack Labs co-founder Ryan Shea in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Taipei. At each meetup, Ryan presented
blockstack Blockstack meetups come to Asia! The great Bitcoin halvening is upon us in less than 2 short days. To celebrate, Blockstack meetups are coming to Asia! I’m delighted to be organizing three meetups in
apple Live Photos on the Web _Update March 2020: After migrating this blog post, the code on this page no longer works. I'm leaving it here for historical reference. Mealwhile, if you want to display Live
china 2015: The Year the Great Firewall went Global TL;DR: 2015 marked a changing point in China’s relationship with the global Internet. This post takes a look back at 2015 and 16 events in which the effects
bitcoin The Genesis Block While cleaning up after the Scaling Bitcoin workshops in Hong Kong on Monday, Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong co-founder Leonhard Weese had the forethought to save the podium’s logo
china Tantan Responds - Promises Encryption Wow! I am shocked and humbled by the positive reaction to my post last Friday about how Tantan doesn't use encryption. The overwhelming interest on reddit and across Facebook and
china How Chinese Tinder clone screws you Update: Tantan CEO and Co-founder Yu Wang reached out to me via email to acknowledge these issues. Read his email and my response. TL;DR: Chinese Tinder clone Tantan is
china How Apple Censors News in China The release of iOS 9 saw the launch of Apple’s attempt to revolutionize the news industry, Apple News. While Apple has been pretty clear that News is launching first
evernote Can Apple Notes replace Evernote? figcaption { font-size: large; } Update: iCloud Notes's CloudKit got corrupted after moving a few hundred notes from Evernote - I contacted Apple on September 29th & have been promised that I
evernote How to move notes from Evernote to iCloud Notes Update #2: You should use the built in import feature in macOS to move your notes from Evernotes to Apple Notes. This script is no longer supported. Update: I was
china Hop over the Great Firewall with Government Help Ask someone to make a list of #ChinaProblems and the Great Firewall is going to be close to the top. The Great Firewall, usually referred to online as GFW, is
pay4bugs #StartupThisSunday: Part 5 - The Final Stretch This is Part 5 of my 5 part series sharing my 24 hour #StartupThisSunday cross Asia adventure building the human powered website monitoring service wpFlight. In Part 1, Part 2,
pay4bugs #StartupThisSunday: Part 4 - Hong Kong-bound This is Part 4 of my 5 part series sharing my 24 hour #StartupThisSunday cross Asia adventure building the human powered website monitoring service wpFlight. In Part 1, Part 2
pay4bugs #StartupThisSunday: Part 3 - Singapore This is Part 3 of my 5 part series sharing my 24 hour #StartupThisSunday cross Asia adventure building the human powered website monitoring service wpFlight. In Part 1 and Part
pay4bugs #StartupThisSunday: Part 2 - Singapore Bound This is Part 2 of my 5 part series sharing my 24 hour #StartupThisSunday cross Asia adventure building the human powered website monitoring service wpFlight. In Part 1, we talked
pay4bugs #StartupThisSunday: Part 1 - Pre-flight This is Part 1 of my 5 part series sharing my 24 hour #StartupThisSunday cross Asia adventure building the human powered website monitoring service wpFlight. My #StartupThisSunday trip of building
apple Security Researchers Claim Internet Standards are Apple Security Flaws There is a research paper entitled Unauthorized Cross-App Resource Access on MAC OS X and iOS announced by The Register and picked up by Macrumors claiming that security researchers have totally pwn'd Apple's sandbox security. They are quoted as saying: "We completely cracked the
pay4bugs #StartupThisSunday TL;DR: I'm building a new product today I built a new product, wpFlight.com, in 24 hours from start to launch, and doing did it all while on the
