Agile A La Carte Menu

Agile A La Carte Menu

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 >>

Snapchat slow? Tips to fix slow Snapchat load times

Snapchat slow? Tips to fix slow Snapchat load times

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 >>

pytrader: cryptocurrency trading robot

pytrader: cryptocurrency trading robot

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 >>

Noble Adblocker

Noble Adblocker

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 >>

Slack Gamebot

Slack Gamebot

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 >>

adblock-to-bitcoin WordPress Plugin

adblock-to-bitcoin WordPress Plugin

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 >>

Lucid Dreaming for Fun & Profit

Lucid Dreaming for Fun & Profit

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…

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adblock-to-bitcoin: $2.01 CPMs via micropayments

adblock-to-bitcoin: $2.01 CPMs via micropayments

On Wednesday, adblock-to-bitcoin was introduced to the world as the first purely open source, soup-to-nuts, solution for publishers to accepting micropayments.  The project was covered in Wired, the Daily Decrypt, and generated plenty of comments on Hacker News. The average CPM of a mobile, desktop, display, or text campaign can run from $0.50 to $10 depending upon niche and publisher. Since Read the article >>

adblock-to-bitcoin: Publishers Wanted

adblock-to-bitcoin: Publishers Wanted

UPDATE 1/11/2016: Check out ad block to bitcoin’s wordpress plugin and chrome extension. Dear Publisher, Yesterday, adblock-to-bitcoin was introduced to the world as the first purely open source, soup-to-nuts, solution for publishers to accepting micropayments.  The project was covered in Wired, the Daily Decrypt, and generated plenty of comments on Hacker News. Not bad for a project that Read the article >>