Matt

  • Alexa vs. Google

    I got in on the pre-orders for the newly announced Google Home Minis After playing around with the Amazon Alexa for the last few months I wanted to see what the differences would be. It’s clear after just a couple of days with the Google Home in the house that it is MUCH better. Google…

  • More Blockchain Shenanigans

    Over the last couple of weeks I have been spending more time understanding blockchains and researching various alt-coins.  I purchased a hardware wallet and transferred my existing investments into it. In an effort to really grasp the concepts I implemented a simple block chain application.  It is at it’s core a very simple idea.  A…

  • New Car

    It took nearly 4 months from the time we made a down payment at the Kia dealership until taking possession of our new Kia Niro.  It didn’t seem like it was that exotic of a car that it takes 1/3rd of a year to deliver one.  But now we have what is probably the only…

  • Not Infallible

    I’ve been reading the Walter Isaacson biography of Benjamin Franklin which is quite insightful both in terms of the genius of the man himself, and the historical perspective. One trait he had which I think I also share is a healthy appreciation of my own and everyone else’s fallibilities. In my world view the human body…

  • Crypto Currency Rabbit Hole

    Over the last several weeks I have been getting deeper and deeper with my crypto currency investments and knowledge. I have been a long time holder of bitcoin and purchased my first few way back in 2013 when 1.0BTC was roughly $50. I bought a couple more last year. In the most recent couple of…

  • Keep Moving Forward

    My current project is picking up. The more I think about it the more excited I become about the potential value that will be created with it. Things took a significant step forward on Friday with a meeting with an accountant firm and corporate lawyer.  I’m taking the weekend to think through the options they gave…

  • Naming is Hard

    There’s a quote in Computer Science – “There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.”  Well, naming things is hard for everyone. Everyone brings to the table a history of accumulated connotations and associations such that the meaning of everything is different to each and every one of us.…

  • Maintaining Focus and Passion

    My current side project is a bit bigger in scope than I had imagined when I set out my goals at the beginning of the year. With any large project it can be difficult to stay focused and passionate about continuing to work on it. For this project, the more I think about it, the…

  • The Problem With Open Source

    Open Source software has been on my mind a lot the last few weeks with regards to a problem that exists within the community. The world is built on the shoulders of Open Source software. If you look at any tech startup out there,  they are more public code than proprietary. We leverage open source…

  • Consider Your Loss Aversion Bias

    Loss aversion is the preference we have to avoid losing $5 compared to gaining $5.  It’s logically the same value in this example but yet some studies have shown that we are twice as likely to favor avoiding the loss.  This effect plays out multiple different ways in our lives.  We tend to hold on to…