Edj Podcast

In this episode of EDJ Podcast, we speak with Lee McKnight, the inventor of Edgeware (a software model that connects cloud applications together), and an Associate Professor at the iSchool, Syracuse University. We speak about how to securely connect together IOT (Internet of Things) and Mesh Networks, internet penetration in Africa, and how to teach blockchain tech in Universities.   Relevant Links: Commodifying Trust Internet Penetration in Africa Blockchain & IOT   Music: N.U.T.S www.thepassionhifi.com Permissions granted courtesy of The Passion Hifi.   *Bitcoin NYS is your premier place for Blockchain education in Western New York.*

In this episode of EDJ Podcast, we speak with Jason Babcock, the CEO, and Founder, of Positive Science, a company that develops custom eye-tracking systems for Mac OS. We speak about why eye-tracking is pivotal for understanding human action and what the start-up journey is like. Jason Babcock has been developing eye-tracking solutions for over eleven years and has been in the imaging technology industry for almost twenty.   Relevant Links: Who is Yarbus?   Music: Soul Power https://soundcloud.com/user-404640977 Permissions granted courtesy of Deuce (Nick Corea).   *Bitcoin NYS is your premier place for Blockchain education in Western New York.*

In this episode of EDJ Podcast, we speak with Jamison Clark, the Chief Design Officer of Goose Design Co., and the inventor of Updraft (the app for activism). We speak about bringing creative people together, revitalizing Rochester, and what it means to be an activist. Jamison is a young serial entrepreneur and shares his philosophy of business in this episode.   Relevant Links: https://medium.com/@GuilhermeCuri/why-transdisciplinary-design-99577199cc4a    Music: Soul Power https://soundcloud.com/user-404640977 Permissions granted courtesy of Deuce (Nick Corea).   *Bitcoin NYS is your premier place for Blockchain education in Western New York.*

In this episode of EDJ Podcast, we speak with Antonio Calabrese, the co-founder of Tokenraise, about his autodidactic education in design & tech, ICO’s & Tokenization emigrating out of the country, and on building your portfolio. Antonio is an avid twitter personality and blogger and shares important tips on how to change your career at any age on his twitter and his website. Antonio Calabrese is the founder of Boonle (a platform that connects freelancers with those that need help completing projects), the co-founder of Tokenraise (a company that provides support & certification services to crypto-asset projects using the highest industry standards), and the founder of Unraveled Media (a Website Design and SEO company). Relevant Links: https://www.nasdaq.com/article/what-is-an-ico-cm830484   Music: Soul Power https://soundcloud.com/user-404640977 Permissions granted courtesy of Deuce (Nick Corea).   *Bitcoin NYS is your premier place for Blockchain education in Western New York.*      

*Bitcoin NYS is your premier place for Blockchain education in Western New York.* In today’s episode of EDJ Podcast, we speak with Collin Paran, the co-founder of Finditly, the app that utilizes mesh networks to help you find your stuff fast. Finditly utilizes the incentive structure of blockchain consensus protocols together with mesh networks to help people find their things. Most importantly, Finditly abstracts blockchain concepts so you don’t have to worry about mining, Byzantine-Fault Tolerance, or Proof-of-Anything. It just works! Finditly, found it!   Music: Soul Power https://soundcloud.com/user-404640977 Permissions granted courtesy of Deuce (Nick Corea).  

*Bitcoin NYS, your premier place for Blockchain education in Western New York.* WARNING! EXPLICIT CONTENT! In today's episode of EDJ Podcast, we speak with Kevin Hill, the co-founder of Funguana Inc., the analytics and crypto-trading bot company. It was a privilege to have Kevin on the show. Kevin Hill is a recent graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology and “...focuses himself towards using Complexity Science, Software Development and User Experience to solve wicked problems we have as a society (poverty, poor education, social injustice, etc).” -KH   Kevin’s Current Projects: Funguana   Relevant Links: Complexity Science   Music: Soul Power https://soundcloud.com/user-404640977 Permissions granted courtesy of Deuce (Nick Corea).

In today’s episode of EDJ Podcast, we interview Kieran Nolan and Matt Riddle about their project, Rocketshoes. RocketShoes creates a dynamic collection of smart systems that allow for an open educational content platform that can support the decentralized web and provide key features like assignment submission, discoverability, and interoperability at an API level. Kieran Nolan is an educational technologist at Woorana Park Primary School. "Under Kieran’s leadership, Wooranna Park Primary School (WPPS) has established itself as an exemplar in introducing the digital world to students. The school has led the way in establishing a ‘24/7 International Virtual Learning Environment’ in Minecraft, Victoria’s first CoderDojo, Australia’s first Immersive Education Club (iED Club), the World’s youngest Cisco class, and the very first ‘School on the Blockchain’" - edutech.NET.AU Kieran’s current projects: Rocketshoes: IPFS for Education Knowledger: Learning Incentivized Income STEaM Centre: Open-Source Learning Space  

In today’s episode of EDJ Podcast, we interview Richard R. Brooks, a professor of computer engineering in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA. Richard. R Brooks is part of the Internet Freedom in West Africa project where he works on making internet anonymity accessible to journalists and bloggers in West Africa. The program terminated in 2016 and its technical products were taken over by the Internet Without Borders NGO. The program enabled the Africtivistes movement, League of African Bloggers, and Cyber-Activists for Democracy to come into existence. In this interview, Richard talks about his unique stories around internet security, the journalistic climate in West Africa, and what Internet anonymity means for society. A big thank you to Pavel Rusakov for help with recording this episode. Pavel is a photographer, podcast producer, and creative media associate.   Relevant Links are below: Richard R. Brooks Bio Scrybe Blockchain Whiteboar

We are moving the podcast from Anchor to Libsyn. We will be updating the RSS Feeds on Anchor to match the new ones. If that does not work out then you can find the new ones at: edjpodcast.libsyn.com/  New RSS Feed: edjpodcast.libsyn.com/rss  Music: Soul Power soundcloud.com/user-404640977  Permissions granted courtesy of Deuce (Nick Corea). 

In today's episode of EDJ podcast, we interview Jason Hilton. Also known as Jason Savior, an indie-league wrestler, coffee/comic-book shop owner, blockchain enthusiast, and father-of-two. His cafe, POP ROC, can be found on 337 East Ave, Rochester, NY, providing a taste of pop-culture, caffeine, professional wrestling, comics, video games, cartoons, and more. He also speaks on how his difficult childhood, his faith, and being different or discredited for most of his life has helped to bring him to where he is today. Links to Jason Hilton are below: www.linkedin.com/in/jasonadamhilton/  www.poprochester.com/  www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/east-avenue-gets-a-comics-coffee-cereal-bar/Content?oid=5983726 

This episode we talk about software, software education, computer security, computer identity, career paths, and much more! Bryan is active in the software space and is currently involved at Okta, Inc. as a Technical Engagement Manager. He has decades of experience in computer security. It was a real pleasure to talk with Bryan Mabee and he is a very knowledgeable individual.

This is the introductory episode to our discussion on the upcoming white paper for rocketshoes.io

In this episode, we discuss issues with voting, and how blockchain elections are on their way to fix them.

This week we interview Danon the producer, who is a producer, graphic artist, brand manager, photo/videographer, and a cryptocurrency advocate.

In this episode, we interview Mr. Dean Fragnito, who is the Co-founder and CEO if a SAAS company, Xornet. He gives advice for beginners, discusses the challenges he has faced, and open source software.

We discuss the populist party in Italy, and how cryptocurrency can save failing nations.