Decentralized from Birth – the Origins of the Web.

The field of Computer Science can trace its origins to war. The United Kingdom funded the development of Alan Turing’s early computers to break the German Enigma Code and help win the war. We generally view this as the birth of modern computing. As WW2 ended,...
2020: We Eloped — Not Pregnant

2020: We Eloped — Not Pregnant

As I read my vows, I got a stark view of the future. My soon-to-be husband’s snow-covered hair gave me a glimpse into our future. I was marrying a Silver Fox, and I was so excited to take this  next step and marry the person I wanted to grow old with. In the...

Robots are now cheaper than Chinese workers

Last week we saw a tipping point occur in the automation of global labor markets: Foxconn, the firm that produces iPhones and other electronics, has cut 60,000 jobs from its workforce of 110,000 — replacing them with robots. Adidas announced that it was building its...

Blockchain’s Marketing Problem

Blockchain suffers from a serious marketing problem. In the minds of most consumers blockchain and bitcoin are one in the same. And the major stories of blockchain has been about speculators making (or losing) enormous amounts of money, teenagers buying drugs, or...

Competency Stack

In the world of software engineers love to talk about their stack. Your stack is the combination of tools, apps, and utilities that power your widgets. (ex. a MEAN stack runs MongoDB, Express.js, AngularJS, and Node.js). The combination of tools is greater than...

Why I blog

Last week a friend asked me why I’ve been blogging so much lately. Here are some of the reasons: It forces me to clarify my thinking It builds my writing skills It helps me to notice more about the world It is a place where I can think out loud, and learn in...