It’s the difference between ‘do what needs to be done’ and ‘Just Do It’. The difference between ‘the dating service for swingers’ and ‘Life’s short. Have an affair’. I go to networking events. (Business networking events). And I always ask… Continue Reading
I’m a terrible salesman. I just wrote a video script for a startup that if properly executed would go viral and make the business a screaming success. But the script will just sit in the cloud, like lonely electrons. I… Continue Reading
How far the Rich are from heaven How low be thy aim Thy Thingdom come Thy doorbell rung, in Perth as in Rome or Melbourne Give us our say, our daily thread And Facebook our purchases As we compare them… Continue Reading
It’s probably the least sexy word in the blockchain word stack, but gosh. Even wildly successful blockchain projects address governance in a couple of cursory White Paper sentences. This is typical: “By 2020 the implementation of a decentralized governance system… Continue Reading
Well the first killer app was supposed to be currency; it turned out to be mining. And the second was supposed to be decentralized apps but it turned out to be ICOs. I think the third is more straight-forward. Identity.… Continue Reading
Another Bitcoin meetup in Perth. We discussed how few people impacted directly by the technology – accountants, bankers, lawyers – are actually interested in understanding it. Here’s what is useful about bitcoin/blockchain: 1. It solves the problem of transferability; how… Continue Reading
Adobe has just demonstrated new software that lets you remix someone’s speech and have them say in their own voice whatever you type. Cue immediate ethical concerns. Apparently it only needs about twenty minutes of your recorded speech to be… Continue Reading
You know that self-driving cars are on the way. There’s an extension of that; self-driving shops (SDS). They’ll be electric, so running cost will be a fraction of a petrol vehicle. It means they’ll park themselves on a street, wait… Continue Reading
[Disclosure: I lead information sessions for Landmark Worldwide’s personal development programs though I don’t speak on their behalf and opinions here are my own.] I guess there are two themes in this article. One is that we should hurry up… Continue Reading
Well it’s official. We’re all going to hell in a hand-basket. The hand-basket will be delivered by a drone, the transaction will be verified on the blockchain and we’ll get there in a driverless car. Which is another way of… Continue Reading
Self-promotion time. Just did some business development for a sound meditation business. [Great product; symphonic gongs played in a dedicated sound chamber. Generates neural entrainment and a deeply relaxing experience]. I researched the science, produced some sales material, co-created a… Continue Reading
Kid runs up to a pidgeon. The kid’s about five. I don’t know how old the pidgeon is. The pidgeon flies backwards, just out of reach and the kid runs at it again. He’s got that little kid way of… Continue Reading
Had a laugh reading about protestors drowning out a pro-Trump agitator by chanting ‘bless your heart’ over the top of his shouting. We’re on a rocky road, developing our capacity to be civil to those with opposing ideologies. I remember… Continue Reading
They’re about 8 years old, on the lawn in the middle of my apartment block’s large formal courtyard. I can see them from my lounge room couch on the first floor; they’re 40 or 50 metres away. I can hear… Continue Reading
Late to the party, as usual. Couple of days ago, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey invited suggestions from users about the future of Twitter. Thought: rather than identifying new features, we need to get clear on what useful function Twitter can… Continue Reading
Further to the previous post; no product can not be marketed beautifully. Illustration by Sarah Illenberger for FSB/Brakel (maker of fine door handles)… Under the auspices of the Realgestalt agency.
