A couple weeks ago I downloaded the VeVe app, and I am completely hooked. VeVe is an app that sells licensed digital collectibles, i.e. NFTs. The keyword here is “licensed” because VeVe has partnerships with some of the largest brands in the world including Disney, Marvel, Cartoon Network and more. This means that for the …
Is Meta the Right Company to Build the Metaverse?
It’s been a few days now since Facebook announced their rebrand as Meta, and I’ve had some time to digest the news. On the one hand, I think it’s a smart move for the company overall. Traditional social networking is starting to feel dated, and it makes sense for the company to pivot to the …
Thoughts on Shiba Inu and Meme Coins
Shiba Inu has been exploding over the past couple weeks. The meme coin has been growing steadily this year, but really blew up once it was listed on Coinbase, and is now one of the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap. There is even a story of one investor, who invested $8,000 into SHIB early …
Defi Gaming Sucks (For Now)
So a few weeks ago I decided to explore the world of blockchain games. I love video games and many DeFi games are play-to-earn, so you can actually earn money for playing them. What’s not to like about that? I love RPGs so the two games that I looked at were CryptoBlades and Defi Kingdoms. …
Is IndexNow the Future of Web Crawling?
TLDR: Probably not. Bing and Yandex (based in Russia) announced a new protocol called IndexNow, which allows website owners to proactively let search engines (for now just Bing & Yandex) know whenever site content is updated. On the surface, this seems like a good thing: webmasters can more quickly & easily get new content indexed, …
Brave Browser: Review
I’ve recently begun using the Brave browser as my primary web browser, and so far I’m loving it. Brave is a privacy-focused web browser that has been generating buzz in the crypto community for some time. What’s great about it? First of all, it’s blazing fast. Brave claims to be 3X faster than Google Chrome …
Bitcoin Is Not Money
One of the things that confused me before I started learning about crypto, is how difficult Bitcoin is to use as a currency. It’s volatile, it’s slow, it’s energy intensive and overall just difficult to use. How is such a clunky technology supposed to be the future of money? Even with supposed improvements coming in …
My Journey Into Crypto
I have a confession to make: I’ve been obsessed with crypto over the past couple months. I’ve always had a vague awareness of crypto, and even bought Bitcoin on a whim back when it was $150/coin (I should have bought more!). But then I sold it during the first Bitcoin spike of 2017, when the …
Is Google’s MUM The End of SEO?
Last month Google demoed a new technology called “MUM” at their Google I/O conference which uses AI to provide answers to complex user queries, and already articles have started to appear asking Will Google’s MUM Kill SEO? As someone who has been doing SEO for the past 15+ years, this question obviously interests me. So …
Initial Thoughts on Core Web Vitals & WP Rocket
Core Web Vitals is officially set to be incorporated into Google’s algo in May, so like many other SEOs out there I’ve been working to update all the sites I manage so that they excel in Google’s site performance metrics. One tool that’s been a great help so far is WP Rocket, a WordPress plugin …