Password Hell
I had put off the task long enough — it was time to clean up my passwords. I began using the Internet in the early 1990s and started to accumulate web logins and passwords. The first site I recall using was Weather Underground, which went live in 1993. As of August 2014, when I embarked on my […]
Reflections on Bitcoin – 10: State of Bitcoin
Bitcoin continues to gain momentum. CoinDesk, a global news source for Bitcoin happenings, presented it’s State of Bitcoin Q2 2014 on July 10 at the CoinSummit in London. There are a number of highlights to their report. Bitcoin price has back come back 39% from the end of Q1. The number of stories mentioning Bitcoin in the […]
Reflections on Bitcoin – 9
Bitcoin continues to gain momentum. There are different estimates of how many merchants accept BTC, but there are thousands. Coindesk said that innovative merchants have been installing bitcoin payment-processing services in their stores and integrating it into their POS and ordering systems. Coindesk points out that bitcoin is a great way for merchants to appeal to […]
Reflections on Bitcoin – 7
The value of a Bitcoin is up approximately 50% from recent lows. Does this mean just a spike among speculators, or does it reflect increasing belief in the fundamentals as described here numerous times? I see coinbase.com as a proxy for the future of Bitcoin. The company is based in San Francisco, California and claims […]
Apple Events
As usual, the Apple Keynote to introduce the new iPad Air, Mini, Mac Pro, and free software was done with great marketing aplomb. Tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, and then tell them what you told them works every time. Also as usual, the financial analysts are missing the point. […]
