Kelauni Cook transformed her life by learning to code. She came to Pittsburgh to attend a 12-week coding bootcamp called The Academy.
Now, she heads Black Tech Nation and is developing on the Ethereum network. We discussed race and access in tech. We also profiled her story and eclectic collection of job titles. Kelauni grew up in Chicago and attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., before moving to North Dakota, where she studied to get into a program for sociocultural anthropology. We end up talking about blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. Kelauni’s Challenge; Invest in Bitcoin! Mentioned Blockchain TED Talks Connect with Kelauni Website kelauni@blacktechnation.com/ If you liked this interview, check out my previous episode 195 with Felix Hartmann or any of my blockchain related interviews. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | PodBay
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Taylor Monahan is building MyEtherWallet, an open-source, client-side interface for generating Ethereum wallets & more. Her technology is making it easier to interact with the Ethereum blockchain securely.
We had a great discussion about ICOs, early stages of learning about blockchain, and how to stay secure in the Wild West of crypto. Attend my one-day conference in Pittsburgh. Taylor’s Challenge; Don’t be dismissive of someone asking for help. Self-awareness will make this easier. Mentioned Nano Ledger S Trezor Wallet Connect with Taylor SubReddit Website If you liked this interview, check out all of my interviews with people building the future of blockchain technology projects. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | PodBay
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Joe Bender, Decentralization Engineer - ConsenSys
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Joseph Bender is a decentralization engineer, solidity developer, blockchain evangelist, Ethereum aficionado, and all-around CryptoNerd. After graduating, he moved to New York to follow his passion for blockchain and began employment at ConsenSys. ConsenSys is a venture production studio building decentralized applications (dApps) and various developer and end-user tools for blockchain ecosystems, primarily focused on Ethereum. At ConsenSys, Joe is technical lead in the alignment circle working directly with Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin. He oversees development of a full stack product including various decentralized applications, developer tools, and protocol layer frameworks. Tom Marnik, Director, Worldwide Consulting - ANSYS Over 25 years experience in all aspects of the enterprise software business including product strategy and development, marketing, business development, pre and post sales support, and implementation. Chris Wilmer, Founder & Co-Managing Editor - Ledger Christopher E. Wilmer is the co-founder and managing editor of Ledger, the first peer-reviewed journal for scholarly research on blockchain technologies. He is also a professor in the Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Department at the University of Pittsburgh, whose research group focuses on computational materials discovery. He has published 25 peer-reviewed articles has co-authored a book on Bitcoin called “Bitcoin for the Befuddled,” which is published by No Starch Press. Attend my one-day conference January 27th in Pittsburgh. Learn more here. If you liked this interview, check out my other blockchain interviews. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | PodBay
Jack du Rose is a former jewelry and diamond artist, current blockchain nerd and cofounder of Colony.io & Ownage.io. He is phenomenally excited by the power shift our decentralised future brings. When not making $100m diamond skulls, or paradigm changing social platforms, Jack enjoys a nice cup of tea and a sit down.
Dr. Aron Fischer received his PhD in mathematics from the City University of New York in 2015. His specialization was in Algebraic Topology and Homotopy theory. Since his graduation he has been studying homotopy type theory in his free time and is interested in how (higher) type theory can help us write safer smart contracts. He is working for Colony in R&D, developing the governance protocols, and for the Ethereum Foundation's Swarm team where he is working on state and payment channels for the swarm incentive structure. Jack’s Challenge; Get involved in the Ethereum community and subreddit Aron’s Challenge; Conduct your own Ethereum transaction. Resources Mentioned Ethereum Subreddit Ethereum Github Gitter.im KanBan - Toyota’s Revolutionary Product System Like my crypto episodes? Support the work! Ethereum: 0x1c5f5da1efad45078c41bceb18eb777099138e6b Bitcoin: 13RcQZnZM4Lx6bw37YVdiv6Uc2X5b7anF3 Connect with Colony Slack Website Medium If you liked this interview, check out episode 221 with Ryan Snowden or 158 with Roger Ver for a discussion of blockchains and crypto. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | PodBay |
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