Framework: How to Teach Yourself Anything
Learning is one of my favorite things to do. There’s nothing that matches the high you get from connecting the dots – when everything ‘clicks’ and suddenly, what was once utter confusion, becomes a tool for…
The Future Will Be Simple
Your mind is software. Program it. Your body is a shell. Change it. Death is a disease. Cure it. The future is coming. Build it.
Bitcoin: Increasing Adoption but Falling Prices… Why?
Empirically, Bitcoin seems to be growing exactly how it should for long-term sustainability – the problem is, even with tons of adoption…we’re seeing a tumbling price. Why? Here’s one possible explanation: It’s a growth phase where…
Lasers, Space Travel & Long Distance Energy Transmission
So, this line of thinking started when I found a cool little magicians prop on Amazon. It’s basically a walking stick that ‘appear’s out of thin air. The trick is it’s one big spring and when…
A Decentralized, Global, Biometric Login System
Here’s a quick essay I did a while ago but didn’t publish. It starts to get really technical and slightly hard to follow near the end – you’ve been warned! My thoughts on how to execute…
Timeline – Record Your Life
Over the last few years I’ve definitely grown a lot. In my search to understand myself better and ultimately optimize, I’ve built several tools / apps to facilitate this process. The next app in this optimization…
Growth Hacking 101: The Basics
So, you built a startup. Sexy logo, website looking sharp, app is in the store, and you even closed a small seed round from friends and family investors. Your initial vision is now a reality, and…
Binary, Quantum Mechanics & the Observer Effect – Random Ramblings
Just riffing off some ideas I had earlier: Matter and Anti-Matter. Think of these as 1’s and 0’s. Quantum particles are the first layer of abstraction over the 1’s and 0’s. Similar to logic gates in…
It was only after they invaded that they realized humans had superior technology in all things, except inter-planetary spaceflight…
Here’s a writing prompt I saw on Reddit a few days ago – loved the concept so I decided to give it a go: http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2jie0h/wpitwasonlyaftertheyinvadedthatthealiens/clcagu0 [WP] It was only after they invaded that the aliens realized,…
Simple Labs Website Re-Design
This weekend I updated the Simple Labs website with a fresh design / UX. As part of this effort, I created a video to illustrate the over-arching vision (also needed something for the video background in…