Cryptocurrencies and the Labor of Computers. #en #digitalcurrencies
Crypto is to CPU cycles what money is to human labor.  

Digital currency Industries and Indexes #en #digitalcurrency
I think we should create some digital currency indexes based on capitalisation, sector etc.  

MONODRAW rocks! #en #appreview
A powerful ASCII art editor designed for the Mac.  

A kill switch to countermeasure border controls? #en #howto #privacy
Creating a kill switch that will wipe sensitive data from my computer if asked to unlock it.  

Θα είναι το 2017 η αρχή μίας νέας περιόδου για το Internet; #gr
Σκέψεις με αφορμή τα 10 χρόνια από το κλείσιμο του monitor.vrypan.net.  

My feed reading setup. #en #howto
If you miss the freedom RSS used to give us before we started relying on Facebook, read on.  

A Driver Mode for smartphones. #en #ideas
Let’s use technology to limit -or even eliminate- distracted driving.  

The Ultimatum Game #en #politics
A social experiment that may offer an explanation about the recent political developments in the world. 

How to create a simple ASN.1 parser #en #howto
Step by step instructions to create a ASN.1 parser using asn1c. 

Blog posts without titles. #en #blogging
I find blog post titles restrictive. Here is how I got rid of them. 

Making GitHub part of my publishing workflow #en #howto #github
How I'm using a github repo as a notebook, and the first steps towards hosting my blog on github. 

Dear Qatar Airways, you know nothing about customer care. #en #rant #qatar airways
How Qatar Airways gave my seat to someone else after I had checked in, turned a 17h itinerary to a 30h one, and acted as if this is a normal thing to happen. 

Facebook instant articles first thoughts #en #facebook #instant articles
Facebook opened up Instant Articles to everyone a couple of months ago. I just had some time to give it a try. To be honest, I like it. 

Brexit referendum first thoughs. #en
Such a pity. 

UX tip: Users need your feedback too. #en
Give your users feedback for their actions. Especially if you are the one who asked them to do something.  

Simple bash script for encrypted chat over keybase fs (kbfs) #en #howto #keybase
First impressions of the keybase.io filesystem, and a small bash script to implement a secure, encrypted chat service over it. 

Not just what you know, but who you are too. #en #privacy #encryption
Privacy and identity are hard to separate. 

How to bypass the Netflix VPN ban #en #netflix #vpn
So, after all, it seems like the recent Netflix VPN ban can be bypassed —at least for now. 

A big Fuck Off by the content industry and Netflix to users worldwide. #en #netflix #piracy
How Netflix and the content industry is blocking users who are paying 60% more than the rest to access content legitimately. 

POSE with IFTTT #en #howto #indieweb
Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere with ifttt.com 

Comparing my Facebook to my Instagram feed #en #facebook #instagram
It seems that the people I follow can express more interesting things using photos than words. 

The annoying state of Internet subscriptions #en #rant #ideas #internet #web #medium.com
I’d like to see something that would make “subscribe” a verb of the Internet, like "go” and “contact”. 

(Re: Audible) DRM is a defect #en #audible #drm
Follow up to a reply I got for recommending Audible in my last Letter. 

How to archive your tweets #en #howto #twitter #archiving
Why not take a backup of all your tweets every now and then? 

How to archive your Gmail #en #howto
Why not make a tradition out of archiving your Gmail at the end of the year? See how easy it is. 

My post is a required reading for Yale's MGT656 #en #diary
I'm proud and I had to share. :-) 

Testing Twitter ads #en #howto #twitter #mailchimp
The results of a small experiment at getting new subscribers to my newsletter using Twitter lead generation ads and MailChimp form integrations. 

Support Matthew Ebel on patreon #en
Matthew Ebel is an American musician, voice actor, and author whose sci-fi performances have made him Guest of Honor at geek conventions nationwide. —matthewebel.com 

Your startup’s blog should be on Medium. #en #blogging #howto #medium.com
Why your startup's blog (at least the first one) should be on Medium. 

A newsletter that turned into something more personal. #en #newsletter #thoughts
Overtime, The Letter has turned from a newsletter to a medium of sharing parts of my life I wouldn't share on my blog any more.