Oculus
I've seen a handful of technology demos in my life that made me feel like I was glimpsing into the future. The best ones were: the Apple II…
"We leverage the billions of dollars spent on the consumer mobile phone business"
NYTimes has an excellent profile of Planet Labs, a startup that makes low-cost satellites: These satellites are powered by batteries…
"There's just a tremendous amount of craftsmanship in between a great idea and a great product"
Steve Jobs in 1995: There's just a tremendous amount of craftsmanship in between a great idea and a great product. And as you evolve that…
Full stack startups
Many of today's most exciting startups were tried before in a different form. Suppose you develop a new technology that is valuable to some…
Stored Hashcash
One of the greatest inventions in the history of computer security is Hashcash. Internet blights like spam and denial-of-service attacks are…
Four categories of Bitcoin-related projects
New Bitcoin-related software projects are launching every day. From what I can tell these projects fall into four main categories: Bitcoin…
"I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies"
"I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal…
If you asked people in 1989...
"If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they would have said that a decentralized…