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Memoirs of a Tech Optimist

fsiddiqi March 29, 2017April 3, 2017 blockchain, technology 2 Comments
Memoirs of a Tech Optimist

I was in graduate school in the early 1990’s when I became interested in the emerging field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).  A core objective of HCI was to design novel technologies for humans to interact with computers.   To offer

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Smart Property and Smart Contracts

fsiddiqi March 9, 2017April 3, 2017 blockchain No Comments
Smart Property and Smart Contracts

On The Blockchain Nobody Knows You’re a Fridge 10:17 I happen to be the tech guy in my house and anything that breaks is automatically my problem and fault. This includes laptops, tablets and smartphones and extends to appliances and

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Blockchain Architecture, a closer look at CSC’s TechCom24

fsiddiqi November 26, 2016March 9, 2017 blockchain, technology No Comments
Blockchain Architecture, a closer look at CSC’s TechCom24

By now we’ve all heard about Bitcoin as this magical decentralized digital currency. You may even have bought and spent some bitcoin, but most of us are not quite sure how or even why it works. Perhaps more puzzling is

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Insurance and Initial Coin Offerings

fsiddiqi November 2, 2016March 11, 2017 blockchain 2 Comments

Last month, I started hearing some chatter in blockchain tech circles (some skeptical) about Inchain, an autonomous insurance service on the Ethereum blockchain.  Its initial stated objective is to manage the risk of loss of virtual assets stored on blockchains

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Birthdays and Blockchains

fsiddiqi September 2, 2016April 3, 2017 blockchain 3 Comments
Birthdays and Blockchains

I have a birthday coming up.  Each year, my family tries to surprise me in some way, but it doesn’t always work.  The more people coordinating the plan, the harder it becomes to maintain the surprise – especially if one

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What’s the big deal with blockchains?

fsiddiqi August 26, 2016March 11, 2017 blockchain 5 Comments
What’s the big deal with blockchains?

Image Source In early 2000, members of the band Metallica heard a demo of their song “I Disappear” on the radio.  The problem was that the song wasn’t scheduled to be officially released until later that year to coincide with the

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OSSRank: a project for ranking and categorizing open source projects

fsiddiqi August 22, 2016March 11, 2017 technology No Comments

There are millions of open-source software projects and libraries available on the internet and many more get added every day. As a prospective user of open source software, you probably find yourself going through a process something like this: Search

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Chatty REST API Calls in Angular Forms

fsiddiqi May 6, 2016March 11, 2017 technology No Comments

AngularJS Single Page Apps are great at interacting with REST APIs.  A common capability we’ve come to use is invoking PATCH operations on an Angular form using two way data binding with an API resource. The question is when and how

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iTunes Connect using AngularJS!

fsiddiqi September 16, 2014March 11, 2017 technology No Comments

I just logged in to iTunes Connect and noticed it looks different – and nicer. Turns out it’s using AngularJS!  Here’s a screenshot using the excellent Angular Batarang plugin. Interestingly, the responsive layout leaves something to be desired

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My Understanding of REST Architecture

fsiddiqi May 25, 2014 Uncategorized No Comments

REST is such a misunderstood and yet overused term that I thought I’d share my understanding of the term and usage patterns. REpresentational State Transfer (abbreviated as REST) is a simple way to organize interactions between independent systems.   This

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