technology The death of Jabber Why federated chat protocol XMPP died and lessons for today's decentralization movement
china Buying tea with WeChat Pay in a dystopian future China's WeChat Pay gives us a glimpse of a dystopian future where your money isn't yours.
blog Names on plane tickets are for profit, not safety Names on airline tickets help them make more money, not keep you safe.
blog Viral growth doesn’t mean writing viruses The software we write is a guest on our users' computers. It should behave like one.
blog Opting out of face scanning at Hong Kong International Airport Opting out of face scanning at Hong Kong International Airport","description":"I tried to opt out of face scanning at Hong Kong's Airport. It was hard.
blog Success by removing temptation How I arranged my life so that healthiness is the path of least resistance.
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 [https://blockstack.org], we're
blockchain Product/Market Fit in Crypto Token Projects Product/Market fit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product/market_fit] is the degree to which a product satisfies a strong market demand. Before product/market fit is like playing
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)
stacks 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 [https://youtu.be/mpW1EEfbpR0?t=41m17s] on November 13, 2017. Cryptocurrency and
stacks Proof of Humanity: a Deep Dive into the Blockstack Token Sale Registration App TL;DR: The Blockstack Token Sale Voucher Registration App [https://blockstack.com] uses decentralized Blockstack IDs and social media account proofs to make sure registrants are real humans. Read on
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
stacks Blockstack in Asia Meetup Marathon Recap From July 8th to 10th, I co-hosted Asia’s first three Blockstack meetups [https://larrysalibra.com/blockstack-meetups-come-to-asia/] with Blockstack Labs [https://blockstack.com] co-founder Ryan Shea [https://onename.com/ryan]
stacks Blockstack meetups come to Asia! The great Bitcoin halvening [http://www.thehalvening.com/] is upon us in less than 2 short days. To celebrate, Blockstack [https://blockstack.org] meetups are coming to Asia! I’m
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
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 [https://larrysalibra.com/how-chinese-tinder-clone-screws-you/]. The overwhelming [https:
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 [https://larrysalibra.com/tantan-responds-promises-encryption/]. TL;DR: Chinese
china How Apple Censors News in China The release of iOS 9 saw the launch of Apple’s attempt to revolutionize the news industry [http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/06/08Apple-Announces-News-App-for-iPhone-iPad.html] , Apple News [https:
evernote Can Apple Notes replace Evernote? 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 will
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 [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23chinaproblems&src=typd] and the Great Firewall is going to be close to the top. The
pay4bugs #StartupThisSunday: Part 5 - The Final Stretch This is Part 5 of my 5 part series sharing my 24 hour #StartupThisSunday cross Asia adventure [http://startupthissunday.com] building the human powered website monitoring service wpFlight [https://wpflight.