Since I was a teenager, I’ve been interested in learning how things work. For years, that meant learning how computers worked. When I did my first meditation retreat, I started to take that intellectual curiosity and turn it towards my mind. Basically the pursuit of an ever more lucid understanding of the following questions: Why do I think the things I do? Why do I feel the things Read the article >>
I built a cryptocurrency trading framework in January, and open sourced it as ‘pytrader’ 2 weeks ago. Among the wave of interest, there were a handful of cynics: npx writes, on HN: I can’t imagine why anyone would actually want to release a profitable trader. Isn’t this kind of a tautologically dumb thing to do? .. I just can’t see any motivation to make it profitable and then issue a pull Read the article >>
For my last few jobs, I’ve found myself spending a lot of time with stakeholders answering the following questions: When will X be shipped? Who is responsible for Y? Is A a priority above B? What could we be doing better? … and various other manager-ey type things. In each gig, building a shared understanding of the teams workflow, iteration cycles, and development milestones Read the article >>
For the last several years, Snapchat has been a rising star on the mobile application scene. Even though it is now one of the top iPhone apps in the world, it can still be slow for some users. The problem might be that your phone’s data connection is slow …. Your data connection may be the problem. Try: Switching to a wifi connection that’s working for other computers. Do an Read the article >>
I’ve been working on a side project called pytrader for the last several months. pytrader is a cryptocurrency trading robot programmed to work on the poloniex cryptocurrency trading platform. This was a good means of getting some experience with machine learning, quantitative finance, and of course hopefully making some profit. Turns out, I built a system that is able to predict price movements Read the article >>
I built a little adblocker that turns ads into bitcoin solitations. It’s the consumer-centric version of adblock-to-bitcoin. Click the button below to try it. Here are some side by side comparisons of web pages with / without Noble Adblocker installed: Click the button below to try it. Read the article >>
Adblock-to-bitcoin is now available as a native wordpress plugin. Check it out on WordPress.org
I wrote a gamebot for slack over break. If your startup plays chess, ping pong, bughouse, or something else, game bot is for you. It gives the ability to challenge, record winners, and display stats, all without leaving slack. It looks something like this: Check it out on github @ https://github.com/owocki/slack_gamebot Read the article >>
I’ve put together a wordpress plugin for adblock-to-bitcoin. The plugin allows wordpress administrators to monetize adspace that’s been adblocked with one click. Here is what the administration panel looks like: If you are on a desktop with a full screen display resolution, and have adblock enabled, you will see it on the right hand side of this post. You will also see the plugin enabled Read the article >>
I gave a talk at Ignite Boulder 28 last week. This was my 2nd Ignite talk; my first one was about something very serious and personal, and I wanted to do something that was fun & light the 2nd time around. It’s on Lucid Dreaming, here it is: Transcript of the talk is below: – When I was a kid, I used to dream a lot about superpowers. As an adult, in the year 2002, living in Philadelphia. was Read the article…