This article is about some analysis work I did back when I worked at Halfbrick Studios. I originally presented this at an IAPA meeting in Brisbane in 2016. Halfbrick is a global games development company which was first established in 2001. Based in Brisbane, Halfbrick has developed and released various successful games on multiple platforms.Whilst I was at Halfbrick one of my roles was working as a data analyst on Fruit Ninja. This game is now pretty much a cultural icon and has more than 1 ...

This article is about some analysis work I did back when I worked at Halfbrick Studios. I originally presented this at an IAPA meeting in Brisbane in 2016. Halfbrick is a global games development company which was first established in 2001. Based in Brisbane, Halfbrick has developed and released various successful games on multiple platforms.Whilst I was at Halfbrick one of my roles was working as a data analyst on Fruit Ninja. This game is now pretty much a cultural icon and has more than 1 ...

Original picture commissioned from divyachaudhry12Let me start out by saying: I know am lucky compared to most who have had to deal with identity theft. The people who stole my identity were unsuccessful in using what they stole to seriously impact me. Many other people have had much worse outcomes happen to them because of much more successful or prolonged identity fraud. Even though I was one of the lucky ones, it still kicked off a long process of trying to claim back my identity. This pro...

Original picture commissioned from divyachaudhry12Let me start out by saying: I know am lucky compared to most who have had to deal with identity theft. The people who stole my identity were unsuccessful in using what they stole to seriously impact me. Many other people have had much worse outcomes happen to them because of much more successful or prolonged identity fraud. Even though I was one of the lucky ones, it still kicked off a long process of trying to claim back my identity. This pro...

In the push for simplified logins (read: Username & Password) for easier user onboarding in web3 / cryptocurrency products I wonder if people really understand what they're in for?Example of web2 logins for web3: Immutable PassportCrypto wallet sign ins are more complex than usernames and passwords. Especially considering a lot of people autofill their credentials (sometimes with a password manager). Setting up crypto wallets is a more involved process than most web2 sign up processes (t...

In the push for simplified logins (read: Username & Password) for easier user onboarding in web3 / cryptocurrency products I wonder if people really understand what they're in for?Example of web2 logins for web3: Immutable PassportCrypto wallet sign ins are more complex than usernames and passwords. Especially considering a lot of people autofill their credentials (sometimes with a password manager). Setting up crypto wallets is a more involved process than most web2 sign up processes (t...

All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.― George Bernard Shaw It wasn’t until the infrastructure of the internet became significantly more #decentralised and accessible that we started to fully grapple with #freespeech on the #internet. Whilst I...

All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.― George Bernard Shaw It wasn’t until the infrastructure of the internet became significantly more #decentralised and accessible that we started to fully grapple with #freespeech on the #internet. Whilst I...

Badger DAO are doing a synthetic $BTC. It's not your Bitcoin, it's a #liquidstaked $ETH backed token, called $eBTC, which tracks the value of Bitcoin. Linked below are the two updates in the Badger forums about it so far. Announcement: https://forum.badger.finance/t/introducing-ebtc-a-decentralized-bitcoin-powered-by-ethereum-staking/5952/9 First update: https://forum.badger.finance/t/ebtc-builder-update-1/5975 The thesis, as I read it, is:current #EVM chain compatible bitcoin produ...

Badger DAO are doing a synthetic $BTC. It's not your Bitcoin, it's a #liquidstaked $ETH backed token, called $eBTC, which tracks the value of Bitcoin. Linked below are the two updates in the Badger forums about it so far. Announcement: https://forum.badger.finance/t/introducing-ebtc-a-decentralized-bitcoin-powered-by-ethereum-staking/5952/9 First update: https://forum.badger.finance/t/ebtc-builder-update-1/5975 The thesis, as I read it, is:current #EVM chain compatible bitcoin produ...

Defi is a really really interesting space. It's currently mostly financial but it's not just financial. But defi is also very new and we've not seen a lot of standardisation yet so it can be quite overwhelming for new comers. Never fear, there's heap of resources to help you get started and you'll see, despite the outward appearance, defi actually pretty simple when you get down to the core concepts.Where oh where to start?I cannot recommend defi information aggregato...

Defi is a really really interesting space. It's currently mostly financial but it's not just financial. But defi is also very new and we've not seen a lot of standardisation yet so it can be quite overwhelming for new comers. Never fear, there's heap of resources to help you get started and you'll see, despite the outward appearance, defi actually pretty simple when you get down to the core concepts.Where oh where to start?I cannot recommend defi information aggregato...

Below is a presentation I gave a few years ago to a coder academy class about working in bad teams as a junior developer. Whilst this is targeted at software development the lessons here are universal. TLDR: Bad teams happen for all different reasons and none of them are your fault. If you're in one get out. Life is too short and too full of other opportunities.

Below is a presentation I gave a few years ago to a coder academy class about working in bad teams as a junior developer. Whilst this is targeted at software development the lessons here are universal. TLDR: Bad teams happen for all different reasons and none of them are your fault. If you're in one get out. Life is too short and too full of other opportunities.

Write To Earn: Publishing in web3Mirror is a web3 publishing platform. It's part of the broader Write To Earn web3 publishing dapps. It sits on the Optimism blockchain, which is an Ethereum Layer 2 chain. Mirror is not a full ecosystem in the same way as other web3 publishing platforms are. Some examples are: Hive social dapps, BULB, Solcial. These platforms have established economic systems which they hope are able to accurately have value reside, and be controlled by, the user.The Mirr...

Write To Earn: Publishing in web3Mirror is a web3 publishing platform. It's part of the broader Write To Earn web3 publishing dapps. It sits on the Optimism blockchain, which is an Ethereum Layer 2 chain. Mirror is not a full ecosystem in the same way as other web3 publishing platforms are. Some examples are: Hive social dapps, BULB, Solcial. These platforms have established economic systems which they hope are able to accurately have value reside, and be controlled by, the user.The Mirr...

Mars is a novel interchain credit protocol primitive facilitating non-custodial borrowing and lending for the #Cosmos ecosystem and beyond. Its hub and outpost architecture allows Mars to operate on any chain in the Cosmoverse, and enables a new primitive: the Rover. Rovers could give their pilots #DeFi superpowers to engage in virtually every governance-approved activity they might encounter on a centralized exchange: spot trading, margin trading, #lending and #borrowing — all in a single de...

Mars is a novel interchain credit protocol primitive facilitating non-custodial borrowing and lending for the #Cosmos ecosystem and beyond. Its hub and outpost architecture allows Mars to operate on any chain in the Cosmoverse, and enables a new primitive: the Rover. Rovers could give their pilots #DeFi superpowers to engage in virtually every governance-approved activity they might encounter on a centralized exchange: spot trading, margin trading, #lending and #borrowing — all in a single de...