The ECB says Bitcoin Is “On the Road to Irrelevance”

The ECB says Bitcoin Is
Before we get into the ECB Bitcoin story, couple of things to say – 1.) Yes, I know this is ‘old’ news, I am catching up and sharing what i have spent this weekend reading about & 2.) Don’t shoot the messenger 🙂 As regular followers know, I’ve been ‘offline’ for a while and am ...

30 Incredible Years of the World Wide Web

30 Incredible Years of the World Wide Web
Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web! It is incredible to think how much the world has changed in the last 30 years, and how the evolution of the World Wide Web has become so intertwined with our daily lives. The Verge have an interesting story about their favourite websites from the ...

12 Practical Ways to Become Smarter in 1 Infographic

12 Practical Ways to Become Smarter in 1 Infographic
Many of us are trying to get smarter and more effective in the way we work, rest and play. I am certainly trying! In order to achieve this i have been delving into various means and methods – one of the articles i came across was by the World Economic Forum – 12 ways to ...

10 Sizzling Artificial Intelligence Trends for 2018 by PwC 2

10 Sizzling Artificial Intelligence Trends for 2018 by PwC
The world seems to be going Artificial Intelligence (AI) crazy! So in this post i thought i would cover the 10 Artificial Intelligence AI Trends highlighted by PwC for 2018. Its about 6 months old now, but the themes are relevant and i wanted to capture (for my own notes) the AI trends in layman ...

Gartner Magic Quadrant Explained in about 5 Minutes 1

Gartner Magic Quadrant Explained in about 5 Minutes
I’m hearing a lot about the Gartner Magic Quadrant, so thought i would check it out. In this post, i share the absolute minimum that you need to know about the Gartner Magic Quadrant. What is the Gartner Magic Quadrant? In short, the Gartner Magic Quadrant is a graphical way to analyse and represent a particular ...

5 Powerful Lessons from Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Annual Shareholder Letter

5 Powerful Lessons from Jeff Bezos' Amazon Annual Shareholder Letter
Over the last year the financial services sector has been bombarded by coverage of the upcoming (and depending on your viewpoint present) GAFA (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple) disruption. There are no shortage of articles covering the fintech or tech threat to banking, the impact of new technology on the creative economy and specifically how Amazon is ...

The Trials & Tribulations of 10 Billionaires – Infographic 1

The Trials & Tribulations of 10 Billionaires - Infographic
Over the weekend i came across an interesting infographic about how 10 billionaires faced failure. It caught my attention since a few of the folks are leaders in financial services and in particular the technology that is rocking the sector! Also, the infographic reiterates the trendy innovation mantra  “fail fast, fail often” – whether you ...

Brexit Timeline – Key Dates You Need To Know 2

Brexit is probably the biggest event in recent memory to shake up the European Union. As the Brexit negotiations unfold, the implications on the “four freedoms” (goods, capital, services and labour) will potentially start to impact you, your friends, family and colleagues. With this in mind, it is critical to understand the the events past ...

10 Freakin Crazy Tweets from the Mobile World Congress 2018 2

The Mobile World Congress (MWC 2018) in Barcelona last week is an annual conference where the top mobile ideas, innovations and participants gather. I find it fascinating since everything around us is mobile, and as a result what this industry is talking about will be a big part of our daily lives. I must admit ...

My Notes From The Satoshi Nakamoto Bitcoin WhitePaper 1

Bitcoin has been pretty crazy lately, at the weekend even my Mum asked me about the decentralised cryptocurrency. Anyway, it got me thinking about the origins, and how it all began. So i turned to the bitcoin whitepaper – Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System – published 9 years ago by Satoshi Nakamoto in November 2008. For ...