Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
Intent-based Collaboration Environments
AI Native IDEs for Code, Engineering, Science
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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When Union Square Ventures invested in Dwolla we were excited about the team’s approach to payments. But there was a big limitation which made initial use of Dwolla a bit daunting: you had to have a funded Dwolla account which could take several days to set up. Today Dwolla is launching guest checkout which allows anyone to get going immediately!
Having the guest checkout option also makes accepting Dwolla more interesting and the company has lined up 20 launch partners. In addition to ecommerce there are a wide variety of use cases for guest checkout such as donations. It also provides an easy replacement for businesses that still accept paper checks from customers.
You can find more detail in Dwolla’s blog post where you can also learn about Dwolla Price and the first two POS integrations (one with New York-based ShopKeep). While you read please excuse me as I shop for some new sunglasses at Tortoise & Blonde which now accepts Dwolla.
When Union Square Ventures invested in Dwolla we were excited about the team’s approach to payments. But there was a big limitation which made initial use of Dwolla a bit daunting: you had to have a funded Dwolla account which could take several days to set up. Today Dwolla is launching guest checkout which allows anyone to get going immediately!
Having the guest checkout option also makes accepting Dwolla more interesting and the company has lined up 20 launch partners. In addition to ecommerce there are a wide variety of use cases for guest checkout such as donations. It also provides an easy replacement for businesses that still accept paper checks from customers.
You can find more detail in Dwolla’s blog post where you can also learn about Dwolla Price and the first two POS integrations (one with New York-based ShopKeep). While you read please excuse me as I shop for some new sunglasses at Tortoise & Blonde which now accepts Dwolla.
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