Obsess over a Wildly Important Problem that has not been properly characterizedIdentify a novel point of technological leverage for solving that problemDiscover a market hurting enough to pay for even a crappy solution to that problemIterate and improve on all the above until you die, fully solve the problem, or hand it over to someone... Continue Reading →
My First Date with Quilt Data
I've known the good folks at Quilt Data for a long time. A company hackathon gave me a good excuse to actually use them "in anger" for an actual demo. These are my notes on how to configure quilt3 and create my first package (and panda data frame) from a CSV Create a Quilt account.... Continue Reading →
SSO Login into Salesforce from Node via samlp SAML IdP
Documenting this in a blog post because it drove us crazy trying to figure out exactly what was involved, even though it was actually easy to implement once we understood all the terminology. In order for our previously-authenticated users to automatically log into Salesforce, we needed to: Create a "/sso-url" on our node server for our... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Quantum Philosophy and the End of Education
Quantum Philosophy and the End of Education, by Roo Pavan (self-published) April 1st, 2019 This self-published book by a retired physicist turned tech millionaire has taken the education establishment by storm -- and not in a good way. Few people had even heard of this book or its author, Roo Pavan, until President Trump mentioned... Continue Reading →
Solutions to Three of the World’s Hardest Problems
The Problems (Drawn from the list identified by Social Capital on December 15, 2018) Disrupting Programming Can we enable people who don’t know programming to build applications? Is there a way to structure, pipe, and manage data better? Disrupting Education Can we educate humans in interesting ways so that they learn to think in multi-disciplinary ways?... Continue Reading →
Three Steps to Startup Success (in 15 syllables)
Own a big problem. Make measurable progress. Together. References 1. Own a big problem Wicked Problem, Horst Rittel Black Swan theory, Nassim Nicholas Taleb Product-market fit, Andy Rachleff Founder-market fit, Chris Dixon Zero to One, Peter Thiel Disruptive Innovation, Clayton Christensen Jobs to be done, Clayton Christensen 2. Make measurable progress Decision Journals, Danny Kahneman One metric... Continue Reading →
A Spirited Defense of Consciousness
Dear Scott, I finally found some deadlines to force me to put forward an account of consciousness. 🙂 Here it is. While rather simplistic, I have found it a useful model for clarifying my own thinking. The key innovation is defining Spirit as "the ability to reflect on our thoughts feelings and desires in order to... Continue Reading →
How to Print Mac Scientific Posters onto Multiple Sheets of Paper
There are many ways to create scientific or other large-format posters on the Mac, but printing them out on similar-sized paper at FedEx can cost $100. If you're not going for tenure or selling expensive jewelry, here is a low-cost alternative using an ordinary home printer, a few dollars of posterboard. and the $5 Mindcad... Continue Reading →
Sunday School 2.0: Shark Tank for Spiritual Growth
The purpose of Sunday School 2.0 is to create an adaptive architecture of participation where everyone can experience what it feels like to be children of God, including: The Security of unconditional love Service to those outside The Struggle to create something worthwhile We advance this purpose by loving God with all our "heart, soul, mind... Continue Reading →
MissionalTrails.app: Pokémon GO Into All The Nations
"Where there is no vision, the people perish" -- Proverbs 29:18a (KJV) In our breakout session at the "hope" Kingdom Networking event, Tim Svboda of YWAM SF taught us that "Information creates Vision creates Mobilization creates Transformation." In particular, it is incredibly helpful to know the the ratio and distribution of: ethne: people groups, cultural touch points evangel: churches,... Continue Reading →
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