One of the recent homework assignments in my MIT Fintech Course was effectively to “tell a story off the top of your head in 300-500 words.” The idea was to use this story later to study effective techniques for pitching business ideas to venture capitalists and others. But the topic […]
CoinTelegraph recently published a very helpful review of the three most popular Bitcoin platforms in the Philippines. I definitely recommend my Filipino friends and family check it out! As one of the world’s largest markets for remittances (both domestic and international), and with a culture that encourages new technology and […]
OK, so it’s “only” a 12-week program, but I’m pretty excited to be be going back to school! I just signed up for the fintech (financial technologies) certificate course on future commerce at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The program is going to focus on four areas: Money and Payments […]
The e-mail reflector for DX editors has been moved. Details for the new reflector, including the form for subscribing can be found here: http://mail.timtotten.com/mailman/listinfo/editors_timtotten.com This reflector is used by many DXpeditions for issuing press releases, and for DX-related news updates from other sources (DX award managers, DX foundations, etc.). The […]
On Thursday, 29 September, fintech pioneer Barry Silbert will speak on “Blockchain Technology and the Digital Currency Revolution” at the UPS Speaker Series. The live broadcast from Founders’ Auditorium at UPS headquarters in Atlanta will be 0930 to 1045 EDT. UPS CIO Juan Perez will join Barry Silbert, founder of […]
If you know me at all, you probably already know I’m a huge fan of bitcoin, digital currencies in general (a.k.a. cryptocurrencies or virtual currencies), as well as the amazing underlying blockchain technology. I’m quite certain that Satoshi Nakamoto‘s invention is going to completely change the world. And I mean […]
I guess you all knew it wouldn’t be long before I waded into some political minefield. But hang in here with me. This post isn’t aimed at any particular candidate or party. Nearly every candidate for political office, regardless of party affiliation or where they fall on the political spectrum, […]
How hard is it to pen a blog post on the road, using nothing but my trusty Android phone? We’re about to find out! I have a few minutes here at the Detroit airport, making my connection home to Louisville after a quick but productive visit today to the Federal Communications Commission in […]
OK, so I was mostly motivated here to experiment with posting audio files to my new blog, and testing some automatic cross-posting that I hopefully have pushing content to Twitter and Facebook. But while scratching my head about what to post, I came across this audio file from JL8GFB. For […]
Welcome to my new blog at TimTotten.com! Thanks for stopping by. From time to time, I have some random thoughts that I’d like to share with the world, but I’m just not able to express them effectively within the constraints of today’s social media platforms. So I hope this blog […]
