BlockFi Step-by-Step Account Setup
This step-by-step article on setting up a BlockFi account is for my lovely daughter Sara. She, like many people, is tired of investing in a CD that provides 0.5% APY (Annual Percentage Yield). There...
Category: Technology
HODLing, Stacking, Staking and Interest Accounts
I’ve previously written an article on cryptocurrency investing that compares simple / traditional investing strategies that non-crypto investors are familiar with to similar crypto-currency investing strategies. This article expands on those concepts by pulling...
Cryptocurrency Investing: Interest Accounts and Staking as Alternative Investments
With bank savings account interest rates close to zero, alternatives need to be found for both personal and business savings. This article will review recent alternatives utilizing cryptocurrency investing, including stable coins and other...
Blockstack 2.0 testnet – neon
Introduction I’ve participated in several testnet blockchains by setting up nodes or doing smart contract test development. We used to call this alpha or beta testing back in the day (I could date myself...
SXSW 2019 Day 2 – This is Why We Like It
SXSW is diverse. An attendee can fill their brain to capacity by choosing diverse sessions, and let your mind work to connect the dots. I attended five sessions/movies today, March 9, 2019. By far...
book notes – Failure Is Not An Option by Gene Kranz
For about four years (before I was in kindergarten until the 2nd grade) my family and I lived in Indian Harbor Beach, Florida, which is just a few miles from Cape Kennedy. The first...
Po.et on Mainnet – Testing po.et beta plug-in
Some of you may have noticed the po.et badge on my blogs posts; if all goes well with the beta testing described in this post, you can scroll down to the bottom to see...
Twilio SIGNAL 2018 (Twilio Developer and Partner Conference)
Because one of my developers could not go at the last minute I attended the Twilio Signal conference held October 16-18, 2018 at the Bill Graham Auditorium near City Hall in downtown San Francisco....
Publishing, reputation and the blockchain
Since this post in May of this year, I’ve been experimenting with publishing on the blockchain with a plug-in from a blockchain company called po.et. The concept of po.et is quite simple: utilize a...
iTunes shuffle – how to fix stuck on shuffle
This is a note to myself on iTunes shuffle. I can never remember how to find the hidden button when an album seems to be stuck on shuffle in iTunes. And as much as...