Some execs think it’s the future universal currency, while others consider it a “disgusting…noxious poison.” What could elicit such extreme feelings in complete opposite directions? Bitcoin, of course. The price of the popular cryptocurrency has been up and down, shedding about 50% of its value in the first three monthsContinue Reading
To understand what human-centered design is, let’s start with what it isn’t. Imagine you work at a gaming design company, and one day your boss comes to you and says, “Teenagers these days — they need to get off their phones. Let’s design a crossword-puzzle board game for teenagers —Continue Reading
Tether is back in the news thanks to a new report alleging it played a pivotal role in bitcoin’s mega-bull run last year. This isn’t the first time the dollar-pegged stablecoin has been blamed for market manipulation, but is the most compelling evidence to date that 2017’s record highs mayContinue Reading
Paxful, the peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplace, has announced new developments in its #BuiltWithBitcoin charitable initiative. The company has granted scholarships to female Afghan refugees in the U.S., and provided additional resources for the Rwandan nursery school that it helped construct. Also Read: Company Asks Israeli Authorities Permission to Pay SalariesContinue Reading
Hemingway tried to warn us. “All you have to do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” And bleed we shall. Because we’ve created a monster that’s bent on ruining the content marketing that was once the saving grace in our long journey toward self-destruction. “There is a content monster,Continue Reading
You did it. You’ve been spearheading your organization’s content marketing efforts for a while now, and your team’s performance has convinced your boss to fully adopt content marketing. There’s one small problem, though: your boss wants you to write and present a content marketing plan to her, but you’ve neverContinue Reading
Justin Sun, the founder of “decentralized web” altcoin Tron, has reportedly taken over Bittorrent Inc, the San Francisco-headquartered company founded in 2004 to manage the ongoing development of the Bittorrent peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. Also Read: Bitcoin in Brief Tuesday: POT Saves World, Coinbase Pumps ETC, Binance Wants EUR TRX FounderContinue Reading
There aren’t many things that bitcoin core and bitcoin cash supporters can agree on. If the two camps were a couple, they could reasonably be described as having irreconcilable differences. When Satoshi’s Place, a virtual graffiti wall powered by the Lightning Network (LN) sprang up, it was inevitable that theContinue Reading
I think most of us can agree there are generic logos in the world that we easily forget, and then there are great logos that we’ll always be able to recognize (even without the brand’s name attached). But what is it about a logo that makes you recognize it? WhatContinue Reading
Presiding over a 10+ year old blog has a lot of unique challenges. There are some days when it seems like we’ve covered all there is to cover, and others when it doesn’t seem like we can possibly keep up with changing trends and technologies fast enough. From where youContinue Reading
Here’s a hard truth: your cover letter might have almost no impact on whether or not you get hired. A hiring manager might gloss over it, or not bother reading it at all. But under certain circumstances when a recruiter is unsure if she wants to move forward with you,Continue Reading
This audio is a portion of my keynote at the Re-Creation Retreat, a residential program and school treating personality disorders, trauma and abuse, adoption issues and other life controlling issues. It is an all-girl dual-diagnosis treatment facility, a less costly therapeutic boarding school (up to 50% less than most such programs)Continue Reading
Success Kid. Old Spice Man. Rage Comics. These days, memes are spreading like wildfire all over the internet, and clever marketers are jumping on the opportunity to use these viral pieces of content to their advantage. And honestly, who doesn’t love a good meme? They’re funny, clever, and great forContinue Reading
Adobe Illustrator is a hugely popular tool for designing vector graphics, logos, icons, and more. But when you’re a web or graphic designer with a small budget, you probably can’t afford Adobe Illustrator’s steep $239.88 pricing. Luckily, there are plenty of top-notch free alternatives on the market, some of whichContinue Reading