by Darrell O'Donnell | Oct 4, 2021 | Blockchain, Digital Identity, Digital Wallet, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Rants, Raves & Rambles, Self Sovereign Identity, Sovrin, Standards, TrustOverIP, Verifiable Credentials
The Future Now Problem blurs the lines between what is feasible NOW and what is only going to be possible in the FUTURE. NOTE: This article is going to evolve and be updated. I likely won’t announce all of the changes. The decentralized identity/SSI space is...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Sep 22, 2021 | Innovation, Leadership, Rants, Raves & Rambles
A short note to point folks at Seth Godin’s recent podcast about Project Debt. He covers some great topics: Technical Debt – Seth covers it well but missed a major cause of technical debt. That being the shortcuts that are taken to meet deadlines and...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Sep 14, 2021 | Digital Identity, Digital Wallet, Privacy by Design, Self Sovereign Identity, Standards, TrustOverIP, Verifiable Credentials
Thanks to those that attended our Trust Registries Webinar and for the attendees and those folks that couldn’t make it, here are a few things for you: Link to the recording Trust Registries Webinar 08SEP2021 – PDF of the presentation from the...
by Darrell O'Donnell | May 11, 2021 | Digital Wallet, Pattern Breakers, Rants, Raves & Rambles
I remember being in Helsinki seeing QR codes everywhere. This was in 2018 I guess, and the tourism association had convinced local merchants and taxis to accept AliPay. They said it would help the rapidly growing Chinese tourism cohort, who were used to using...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Apr 28, 2021 | Rants, Raves & Rambles, Uncategorized
Minor rambling about Credentialing a professional and why that business problem isn’t as simple and exciting as you think. I am a Professional Engineer, which in Canada, is a regulated profession. That means I am formally credentialed. The tech that I am issues...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Feb 4, 2021 | Innovation, Leadership, Privacy by Design, Self Sovereign Identity, Standards, TrustOverIP, Verifiable Credentials
This article is part of a growing set of articles called Pattern Breakers. This series helps highlight how the world’s pattern breakers change the world around them. The articles provide tactical and strategic approaches to breaking the patterns that are holding back...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Sep 9, 2020 | Innovation, Rants, Raves & Rambles
I have been talking to numerous founders lately about the various oddities and niceties of raising funds – and the crazy things that VCs and aggressive angels do. Over the years I have advised many companies and I thought that there was a page that gave the...
by Darrell O'Donnell | May 6, 2020 | Innovation, Leadership, TrustOverIP
The Trust Over IP Foundation is hosting two virtual Launch Events on 07MAY2020 (08MAY2020 in Asia/Pacific). You can hear from and ask questions of many of the founding members of the Trust Over IP Foundation. We have two presentations, so depending on where you are...
by Darrell O'Donnell | May 5, 2020 | Digital Identity, Innovation, Leadership, TrustOverIP
Trust Over IP Foundation Announced Today, the Linux Foundation announced the creation of the Trust Over IP Foundation. The Trust Over IP Foundation intends to guide the building of the digital trust layer for the internet. We are proud to be a Founding Member and...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Mar 14, 2020 | Digital Identity, Leadership, Rants, Raves & Rambles, Sovrin
This post is from an email that I sent out to my newsletter. It has been heavily forwarded I wanted to share it here. This week has been very interesting. The apocryphal blessing/curse “may you live in interesting times” is in full play. I have 2 quick things to...
