Over the past two years, I’ve become better educated on attention. The “Attention Economy” was ahead of its time but is very much what drives a lot of product design today. If tech had its way, we’d spend all of our time on their sites, viewing ads, getting deeper into the funnel and pulling others […]
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In April of this year, we were just at the beignning of lockdown, sheltering in place, paying homage to the fragility of our bodies and clinging to whatever seemed to be operating normally, namely the digital world. The thought struck me as I looked a power pole in my back yard. Everything on that pole […]
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I decided last year to update my blog and now the first page you see isn’t my latest article (5 years ago) but a tl;dr page with links to an about page, a now page, and room to expand as I create and publish more things going forward. In this reconfig I’ve taken a lot […]
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For much of 2015, the Bitcoin community has been consumed with a debate about how best to scale Bitcoin. Scaling is important. Whether you wish to use Bitcoin for daily purchases or to protect your family’s wealth and safety for generations to come, you want Bitcoin to be as useful to everyone as possible. If […]
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On Thursday Operation Onymous, a joint operation between several US and European law enforcement agencies was announced, shutting down between 20-400 sites running on Tor, arresting 17 people (releasing several after questioning), being sure to highlight that these sites are using Tor and that some are illegally selling drugs and/or weapons. Though Bitcoin was used […]
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Secret ballots exist to remove intimidation and bribery in voting. In 1970, Congress did away with secret ballots and so began a decades long slide into today’s world of lobbying, special interests, and a government that no longer works for the people. Congress must go back to secret ballots to reestablish confidence in the legislative […]
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Just wanted to post about a new mod I’m making available for MyBB. It was based on one called Buy Credit from the mybb.ro team. Anyway, it lets a forum admin sell their forum points/gold/tokens for bitcoins. It uses the very clean Blockchain.info API to get addresses and all funds get forwarded to the forum […]
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I just wanted to post a link to my new eBook that is available on Lulu and soon on BN/Nook/iBookstore and at CoinDL (which only accepts bitcoins). I wrote it because many people get caught up on technical details of Bitcoin which are totally unnecessary for initial use. http://www.davidsterry.com/youcan If you are interested in the […]
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Motorola’s dual-core 1GHz Android-based phone, the Atrix, is notable because it’s the world’s first dual-core phone. Add to that the option to connect it to an optional laptop dock and the product is pleasantly unique. After more than 4 weeks of use, here are my impressions: 1. The phone is fast. This comes as no […]
A number of years ago I purchased a Yangqin (pronounced yawng-tseen) for a relative but never saw it properly tuned. Today I learned a method for tuning and since I couldn’t find this anywhere I am going to document the process here. If you have any comments, I’d love to hear what I may improve […]
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