People keep asking, so here goes the answer: You can block app invites from specific friends from Privacy Settings » Manage Blocking » Block app invites, and you can block specific apps from Privacy Settings » Manage Blocking » Block apps. If you do not use any Facebook apps or games and want to block them all … Continue reading How can I block Facebook app and game invitations once and for all?
When Google announced its plans to shutter Google Reader in March, the Internet freaked out. Twitter users raised their virtual pitchforks in outrage. Bloggers wept, scrambling to find a suitable replacement by the service’s July 1 death date. Wired runs a take on why Google Reader is almost no more.  I do agree with most … Continue reading Why Google Reader Really Got the Axe
Scaling Teams and the Fight Against Human Nature Human nature dictates that we: Form tribes to build identity and camraderie – yet in a scaling startup, this causes untenable, painful, progress-stopping inter-team rivalries. Invent a common enemy upon which we can heap blame and against which we can fight – sadly, inside the tribes that naturally form, … Continue reading Scaling Teams and the Fight Against Human Nature
Bitcoin is a money platform with many APIs Bitcoin is much more than just a digital currency. It is a protocol, a network, a currency and a transaction language. Most of all, though, it is an application programming interface (API) for money. Nowadays, bathroom scales and fridges have APIs, so why not money? Traditional money … Continue reading Bitcoin is a money platform with many APIs
This heavily edited image found its way into my Facebook stream (sorry, don’t know who’s the author of the image): These are, of course, three iconic statues photoshopped together (left to right): The Motherland Calls, Christ the Redeemer, and the Statue of Liberty. Â Each one has interesting stories and unique value to the nation … Continue reading Friendship of nations through notable statues