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 | 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 | 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 | 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...
