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Transcript: Matt Mullenweg, Interview at WordCamp Europe (2017)

At WordCamp Europe 2017, Matt Mullenweg was interviewed by Om Malik, followed by a Q&A with the WordCamp visitors. They extensively discussed the open web, the WordPress editor ‘Gutenberg’ and WordPress’s future as an operating system for the independent web, among other gems like Matt’s take on ethics in acquisitions in the world of open-source. …

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Posted bySebastiaan van der LansJanuary 5, 2020January 29, 2020Posted inContent TimestampsLeave a comment on Transcript: Matt Mullenweg, Interview at WordCamp Europe (2017)

Transcript: Steve Jobs at Apple’s WWDC 1997

In 1997, at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC 1997), Steve Jobs did a legendary Q&A. It gives valuable insights into both Apple, as in the art of marketing and development as a whole. I improved and fine-tuned this transcript and added a table of content to make the many valuable quotes searchable and easy …

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Posted bySebastiaan van der LansJanuary 3, 2020February 1, 2020Posted inContent TimestampsLeave a comment on Transcript: Steve Jobs at Apple’s WWDC 1997

Transcript: Brendan Blumer & Dan Larimer on Voice.com, “Social media has not been a good friend to us”

Block.One is a leader in the blockchain industry. Brendan Blumer is its CEO, and Dan Larimer its CTO. On June 1st, 2019, they announced Voice.com, the blockchain-based social media platform they’re building. As Brendan stated: Social media has not been a good friend to us. It was designed to use its users. They also revealed …

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Posted bySebastiaan van der LansJanuary 2, 2020April 26, 2020Posted inContent TimestampsLeave a comment on Transcript: Brendan Blumer & Dan Larimer on Voice.com, “Social media has not been a good friend to us”

Transcript: Brock Pierce – Where does Blockchain Go?

One of the great thinkers in the blockchain space is Brock Pierce. Although I started working with blockchain in 2013, I really started to grasp its potential after seeing this keynote by Brock Pierce in 2017. Here’s a fully searchable transcript, enriched with slides where I found that relevant. To improve your experience in navigating …

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Posted bySebastiaan van der LansDecember 27, 2019January 29, 2020Posted inContent TimestampsLeave a comment on Transcript: Brock Pierce – Where does Blockchain Go?

Matt Mullenweg at CB Insights: “Open-source ‘eventually’ dominates every sector it enters.”

I have been a big fan of Matt Mullenweg’s work for more than a decade. In this fireside chat at CB Insights, at the end of 2017, he gives some great insight into WordPress (which he co-founded in 2003), Automattic (the company behind WordPress.com, which received a $300M investment from Salesforce in 2019, at a …

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Posted bySebastiaan van der LansDecember 24, 2019April 27, 2020Posted inContent TimestampsLeave a comment on Matt Mullenweg at CB Insights: “Open-source ‘eventually’ dominates every sector it enters.”

Transcript: Facebook’s Dopamine-Driven Feedback Loops

Social media has not been a good friend to us. Here are transcripts with insightful quotes on how social media are exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology. In the video, there are quotes by Sean Parker and Chamath Palihapitiya, both were former-executives at Facebook. I made a transcription of the full video, to make their …

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Posted bySebastiaan van der LansDecember 22, 2019January 2, 2020Posted inContent TimestampsLeave a comment on Transcript: Facebook’s Dopamine-Driven Feedback Loops

The Decade of Open-Source (2020-2030); Let’s Fix the Web, Together!

Roadmap for The Decade of Open-Source (2020 to 2030): Let’s Fix the Broken Web, Together! You made it; welcome to this fresh new decade! Looking back at 30 years of the internet, we should be proud. Mankind’s achievements are enormous. We have perfectly organized everything in the world, mostly user-friendly at the same time. With …

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Posted bySebastiaan van der LansDecember 19, 2019June 11, 2020Posted inContent TimestampsLeave a comment on The Decade of Open-Source (2020-2030); Let’s Fix the Web, Together!

4 Solutions to Fix the Broken Web

Utrecht, The Netherlands – Last Thursday, Blockchain Netherlands organized a meetup dedicated to blockchain timestamping. I presented our vision on how Content Timestamps have the ability to redefine the web as we know it while bringing back integrity. Let’s fix the web, together! Here’s a summary of my presentation, including four ways to fix the …

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Posted bySebastiaan van der LansDecember 18, 2019February 8, 2020Posted inContent TimestampsLeave a comment on 4 Solutions to Fix the Broken Web

Brendan Blumer on Timestamps

At London Fintech Week (Juli 26th, 2017), Brendan Blumer talked about timestamps during his presentation called Decentralized Funding and the New Corporate Structure. In five years from now, if you don’t timestamp your articles on the blockchain, you’re going to be considered a fraud. Brendan Blumer, CEO Block.One, 2017, London That quote played an important …

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Posted bySebastiaan van der LansDecember 10, 2019January 23, 2020Posted inContent TimestampsLeave a comment on Brendan Blumer on Timestamps

Dan Larimer – How Blockchain is Evolving (Q&A)

Block.One’s Chief Technology Officer Dan Larimer discusses the future of blockchain at the 2019 Blocksburg Summit. After writing a full transcript of his keynote, here you’ll find the full transcript of the Q&A on how blockchain is evolving. Firstly, a table of content to make this extremely valuable collection of insights easier to navigate through: …

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Posted bySebastiaan van der LansNovember 22, 2019April 26, 2020Posted inContent TimestampsLeave a comment on Dan Larimer – How Blockchain is Evolving (Q&A)

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