I had no idea I was an OG. I had no idea what it meant. Here’s how I found out. I recently went to a reunion of my old bitcoin meetup held at Plug ‘n Play in Sunnyvale.…
silicon valley
Cue the time machine. In 2007 I wrote about Silicon Valley and what it was like in the year 2000. Strap in, here we go: The Silicon Valley Story, Year 2000 It was so much fun to be here…
From Good Morning America to Gotham: my domain names always have a story. They were the reason my email address was the headline in The San Jose Mercury News. Or Good Morning America called me or NYU Law interviewed…
A very long time ago in the era 2000 I was somehow struck by the need for social commentary a la Dr. Seuss. I understand the current issues but am also one of those who say, “Don’t cancel culture,…
When you live in Silicon Valley and a virus steals all the things you like to do (well almost all) and one of them includes not getting highlights, what do you do? A website of course! That’s how Make…
This is a post about Bittrex and eventually I get to that. But first, some context. Someone said me in 2014: You are the Bitcoin whisperer of University Ave. (Palo Alto, CA) He said that because I introduced Scott Robinson, fintech advisor, founder…
How important is your mail? Stupid question, right? It’s critical. No matter the digital world we still need mail and a mailing address. Increasingly, digital nomads are resurrecting mail on the go services. Are they doing their job? What…
Blogger, Coder, Futurist: Michael McAnally Describes This Life
Proud to have a Guest Post today by San Francisco’s own Michael McAnally, Founder, Futurist, Entrepreneur and Science Fiction Blogger who goes by the pen name Michael Blade. Mike lives in San Francisco as CEO-Dev of Touch Voice. He has apps…
Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, Blood Tests: Fraud
Fraud and Failure Fail often, fail fast is often said to startup founders. But why? You can get an answer to ‘why’ from tech gurus, plain folk and failures as to why that might be a good thing. Supposedly…
GIFT CARDS NOW AVAILABLE TOO! Did you forget a gift? this is perfect – a GREAT gift. $50 gets a piece of the pie. What’s cooler than owning part of a startup? Nada. Nothing. Click to see what’s available…