decentralized Fediverse, Self-hosting, Blockchain & more: What's the Decentralized Web? (redux) This is part 2 of my reflection on Decentralization, 10+ years later! We explore little-known protocols and I explain WHY you shouldn't throw the blockchain baby with the bathwater just because some crypto-bros took a dip in it. This one is a doozy! 🔥
decentralized Fediverse, Self-hosting, Blockchain & more: What's the Decentralized Web? We explore ONE approach to the decentralized web: the Fediverse. How it works, how to join, how to make use of it, what's great about it and what could be improved.
trend Trends versus fads: 4 tips to protect your business and tell the difference If you waste your time at metaverse conferences, boy do I have news for you. Learn why fads are at an all-time high, why Twitter Trends aren't real and how to protect your financial interests.
AI My favorite AI apps for April 2022. AI-enhanced products are leaving competitors in the dust. Here are my favorite apps for March 2022: from blogging to photo editing, AI & Machine Learning can help increase productivity.
consultancy Ursium.AI: a consultancy in the age of Machine Supremacy. Over the years, I witnessed what made some companies I worked for execute on that coveted "J-Curve" while others - while well-intended - struggled and withered.
AI AI and ML to help Alzheimer patients: combining GFP-GANs, time travel rephotography, deepfakes and speech synthesis. Let's explore how we can restore, animate and create deepfake avatars complete with synthesized voices out of damaged photographs, today. This can transform how we think of this 'memory box' used to support people suffering from dementia.
Blockchain Rent-seeking behaviour dies hard During this 2016 Mist decentralized browser preview, Stephan tual draws parallels between MIST and the 1968 Douglas Engelbart’s “Mother of All Demos”.
Internet The case for (re)decentralizing the Internet In this article dated 2015, Stephan Tual directly contradicts Tim Berner's Lee view that the Internet is 'decentralized enough' and calls for an alternative in the form of a cyberspace revival.
Privacy The end of Big Data: a reasonable Internet of Things In this 2015 post that led the way for edge computation and analytics - Stephan Tual describes how private data in 'smart' white goods can still be leveraged to the users' benefit without encroaching on their privacy.
Ethereum A Social Operating System Initially written in 2014, this primer to Ethereum by CCO Stephan Tual is the de-facto article focusing on the platform as a next-generation OS to develop decentralized applications.
Decentralization The decentralized future of education is already here, and it's in Paris. Go on a tour of Paris' first open, decentralized "anti school", 42. Its free of charge, high-quality programming education attracts the most talented hackers in France - and the world. Why?