It is no secret that consumers are increasingly more demanding. Unlike the days of old, there is no shortage of information or options when it comes to commerce. Today’s consumers take online purchases for granted and demand convenience, personalization and a great experience. In fact, according to Deloitte, the top…

Blockchain has captured the imagination of many technologists and businesspeople alike. Its potential could be far-reaching, yet it is also unclear how exactly it will be implemented. Since the concept of blockchains is relatively new, many people still have questions. Truth be told, I had the same questions myself when…

In 2011, Marc Andreessen famously proclaimed that “Software is eating the world.” Today, I cannot think of a single industry where technology and software, in particular, are not heavily used. In fact, in terms of leveraging licensed or cloud software, or even building their own, companies typically have a plethora…

Solving Real-World Problems

I recently attended a blockchain conference hosted by the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. Among the speakers were Goldman Sachs, Walmart, USAA, Merck and others. Each of the speakers spoke about the potential implication of blockchains on their businesses.

For instance…

TLDR: Instructions on how to assemble and use the car: https://github.com/vcollak/AutoBot

About a year ago I brought a Tamiya remote controlled bulldozer back from a trip to Japan. It looked like a very simple kit to assemble, and I figured that my 13-year-old son and I could work on that…

Application written in Go that will extract all contacts from Gmail emails and save them into a database.

The app parses all of the emails and extracts FROM, TO, and CC fields and saves them into a MongoDB database. Each time the app is executed it will only scan new emails.

Souce code: https://github.com/vcollak/GmailContacts

The rise of the machines and the fourth industrial revolution

Hollywood has been predicting the rise of the machines for a long time. You may have seen movies like The Matrix or the The Terminator where machines get intelligent, somehow decide to wage war on humans and we all become…

If you need to implement a drawer (sidebar) in Objective-C, this may do the trick. I was trying to find several examples of this, but mostly came up Swift or Objective C samples without much explanation. This provides both.

Sample code with explanation: https://github.com/vcollak/VladDrawer