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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S9 Bonus: Craig Sellars, Self
Craig Sellars grew up near Atlanta, Georgia, and was interested in technology at an early age. He went to Georgia Tech to get his degree, and after spending many years in industry, he jumped into the blockchain in 2013. Outside of tech, he used to do competitive, 4 way formation sky diving. He mentioned this was like synchronized swimming - but in the air. Nowadays, he enjoys long road trips into the sunset.
Craig has created well known solutions in the blockchain space, notably the Tether stable-coin and the first ever NFT platform, now known as Vatom.com. Throughout his tenure in this space, he has learned that you – the user – are the most valuable asset in the world.. And in learning that, he wanted to pursue building the standard of internet identity.
This is the creation story of Self.
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Omnibus - Vanity Plates (Entry 1383.EC1208)
In which car registration numbers become modes for personalized creative expression and eventually a multimillion-dollar commodity, and Ken does not say "auto." Certificate #37808.
Bay Curious - Why Is It So Hard to Fix Our Own Stuff Now?
Ever wonder why it can be so hard to fix your own appliances, laptops and other gadgets? Well, you're not alone. And there's a reason why so many things head to the landfill these days, rather than getting fixed. Bay Area "Fix It" advocates are taking matters into their own hands, while they wait for state laws to catch up.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - The Intelligence: Labour’s union
A steady 20-point lead in the polls suggests that the Labour Party could comfortably win Britain’s next election. How have they managed to gain such a broad support base? Two embarrassing blunders from the German military could have sizeable implications at home and abroad (10:39). And, how two Japanese towns are transforming attitudes to childcare (16:44).
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - FIRST MOVER: How Robinhood and Arbitrum Hope to Bring More People On-Chain
Offchain Labs Chief Strategy Officer AJ Warner joins Robinhood Crypto General Manager Johann Kerbrat for a conversation on Layer 2 developments and bringing the next waves of users on-chain.
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Trading platform Robinhood announced recently at ETHDenver that it will allow users of its Robinhood Wallet to access swaps on Arbitrum, a layer-2 blockchain atop Ethereum. AJ Warner, Chief Strategy Officer at Offchain Labs, joins Robinhood Crypto General Manager Johann Kerbrat on "First Mover" to discuss the partnership and their outlook for Layer 2 developments and user onboarding.
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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 3.7.24
Alabama
- State constitutional amendment on Tuesday's ballot fails to pass
- Sen. Tuberville tells Nikki Haley that time is up, Haley does suspend campaign
- AG Marshall is opposed to the revision bill of the state's Ethics Act
- The state senate passes a bill that provides new loan program for institutions
- Both parties head to runoff race in April re: Congressional District 2 candidate
- Part 3 of discussion with Angela Shepherd over HB 259 - post election audits
National
- NY governor orders National guardsmen to subways to protect citizens
- Haley's failed campaign spent $114 M with only one state win
- Mitch McConnell changes tune on Trump, now endorsing as RNC candidate
- Trump plans to offer play by play of Joe Biden's SOTU speech tonight
- Hunter Biden to have his public hearing in House on March 20th
- RNC to meet this Friday and choose next leader as Ronna McDaniels skedaddles
- Houghton college president says NO MORE to transgender athletes
- NC Lt. Governor running for governor and takes on transgender movement
Unexpected Elements - Unexpected Oscars
As award season reaches its climax in the US, Unexpected Elements holds its own glitzy ceremony.
Which bit of science will win Best Picture? Who will take home the Best Supporting Actor? And will Prof Elaine Chew play us out with her Best Original Music?
The nominations include a particularly noisy tiny fish, a sweating mannequin, and a composition based on a misbehaving heartbeat. All this plus your correspondence and a discussion of how far science infuses the real Academy Awards.
Presented by Marnie Chesterton with Godfred Boafo and Camilla Moto.
Featuring pianist Elaine Chew, Professor of Engineering at Kings College London.
Produced by Alex Mansfield, with Tom Bonnet, Harrison Lewis, Dan Welsh and Katie Tomsett.
Honestly with Bari Weiss - The Free Press in Israel Part 1: Running Toward Fire
What happens when a country has to ask its citizens the unthinkable: What are you willing to die for?
It’s a question that feels so outside the current American experience. When was the last time you asked yourself, What would I do if I had to fight for my home, my family, my nation?
When the citizens of Israel were confronted with the worst disaster imaginable, what emerged was a level of civic obligation, duty, and sacrifice that they themselves didn’t think they were capable of.
Today, Part 1 of The Free Press in Israel: Running Toward Fire.
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NBN Book of the Day - Murray Dick, “The Infographic: A History of Data Graphics in News and Communications” (MIT Press, 2020)
Infographics and data visualization are ubiquitous in our everyday media diet, particularly in news—in print newspapers, on television news, and online. It has been argued that infographics are changing what it means to be literate in the twenty-first century—and even that they harmonize uniquely with human cognition. In this first serious exploration of the subject, Murray Dick traces the cultural evolution of the infographic, examining its use in news—and resistance to its use—from eighteenth-century print culture to today's data journalism. He identifies six historical phases of infographics in popular culture: the proto-infographic, the classical, the improving, the commercial, the ideological, and the professional.
In The Infographic: A History of Data Graphics in News and Communications (MIT Press, 2020), Dick describes the emergence of infographic forms within a wider history of journalism, culture, and communications, focusing his analysis on the UK. He considers their use in the partisan British journalism of late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century print media; their later deployment as a vehicle for reform and improvement; their mass-market debut in the twentieth century as a means of explanation (and sometimes propaganda); and their use for both ideological and professional purposes in the post–World War II marketized newspaper culture. Finally, he proposes best practices for news infographics and defends infographics and data visualization against a range of criticism. Dick offers not only a history of how the public has experienced and understood the infographic, but also an account of what data visualization can tell us about the past.
Dr Murray Dick. Senior Lecturer In Multimedia Journalism at Newcastle University
Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter.
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