Let’s Encrypt is a fantastic service that allows anyone to generate an SSL certificate for their domain for FREE. It’s backed and funded by the biggest players in the industry, with the goal of creating a more secure Internet by enabling “SSL Everywhere”. Many developers use it to generate certificates…

I love Inkscape. It’s one of my favorite vector graphics programs. And when XQuartz (the X-11 window manager for Mac) stopped being supported, I couldn’t run it on my Mac anymore. That made me sad. I love Inkscape. It’s one of my favorite vector graphics programs. And when XQuartz (the…

Responses to Bitcoin Interview Questions I recently did an interview with Ryan Ringer, a computer science student and technologist, in which I answered questions about Bitcoin. Below are some of my answers to his questions. RR: Why is bitcoin of any value? JO: This is a simple question with a…

Mastering bitcoin is a modern masterpiece. It describes, in easy to understand terms, how Blockchain and Bitcoin work from a fundamental level as well as a very detailed technical level. When you have a moment, purchase the book and support the very worthy author, Andres Antonopolous. However, in the spirit…

Part one of becoming a Jolly Rancher® — In this first of a 3-part series on container orchestration with IBM Cloud and Rancher, we’ll take a sneak peek at Rancher 2.0, a visual container orchestration and management tool. …

Whether you’re working on a small toy app just for fun or conquering the “Next Big Idea™”, writing and prioritizing your user stories should be your very first step. Prioritizing helps you figure out which tasks you should be working on first. If you’re working on a contract basis, prioritizing…