Oculus

2014-03-25

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"

2014-03-17

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"

2014-03-16

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

2014-03-15

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

2014-03-14

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

2014-03-13

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"

2014-03-13

"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...

2014-03-12

"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…