JustinBubble, trouble, hodl and forks: Money, the weapon of choice.Like politics, religion and economics, money is a social construct. Money is no more than a collective system of trust. If you sell a…May 28, 2018May 28, 2018
JustinBubble, trouble, hodl and forks: Cash is no longer king.Chapter one dealt with an introduction to blockchain and cryptoassets. In this edition, I explore more on the purpose of Bitcoin’s…May 6, 2018May 6, 2018
JustinBubble, trouble, hodl and forks: Blockchains and BitcoinI “discovered” Bitcoin in 2013, and like most regular folk couldn’t readily get my head around the concept of a decentralised digital…May 6, 2018May 6, 2018
JustinThe biggest security breach in historyAs my friends all know, I’m technically not a Facebook user. But today I posted something on FB for the first time in years. There’s a…May 5, 2018May 5, 2018
JustininCoinmonksMoney, currency and value(This piece was first published on projectUBU’s blog in July 2017)Apr 21, 2018Apr 21, 2018
JustinHuffington Post and the press ombud: two wrongs don’t make a rightThe saga of the Huffington Post Shelley Garland blog and the subsequent Press Ombud’s findings is indicative of the sorry state of our…Apr 25, 2017Apr 25, 2017
JustinThe future of media: maximising a return on attention.Speculating about the future of an industry disrupted by technology is a regular pastime for some. Few get it right but I’m getting…Mar 17, 2017Mar 17, 2017
JustinSoftware may be eating the world, but in media content remains King.This piece originally appeared in the print version of The Media Yearbook 2017 and can be accessed here.Jan 31, 2017Jan 31, 2017
JustinAdLand: Trapped between two troughsThe published version of this piece appeared in print in The Media Yearbook 2017 and can be viewed here.Jan 31, 2017Jan 31, 2017
JustinFacebook and the fourth estateFacebook is a monopolistic behemoth. Like the Achaemenid Persian Empire that ruled over a greater percentage of the world’s population than…Jan 17, 2017Jan 17, 2017