John Helmer invited me onto The Learning Hack podcast in early February 2022 to talk about something that doesn’t get discussed enough: What does Web3 mean for learning and development professionals? The episode title – "What Rough Beast" – comes from Yeats’ poem "The Second Coming." The rough beast slouching toward Bethlehem. Something new and […]
Author: David Lockie
Tree-hugging, technology-loving, CEO of Pragmatic, music lover, husband, step dad.
Final report for my GFTW ambassadorship!
Wrote this up and published it today. https://community.webmonetization.org/divydovy/david-lockie-wordpress-ambassadorship-grant-report-18527573-2113 Go give it a read and give me some feedback!
Crypto Terror
It seems inevitable that giving groups of very techno-savvy people powerful new cryptographic tools, opportunities to make generational wealth, autonomously and anonymously self-organise and assert economic influence will lead to the bad bits of humans rearing their ugly heads too. I really enjoy learning about cybersecurity and crypto. This post is just a way to […]
Press for Word 2021 – WordPress & AI
I was honoured to be invited to speak at Press for Word 2021 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The organisers have kindly uploaded my talk to YouTube if you’d like to check it out!
The clown in the mirror
I heard an analogy on a podcast (frustratingly I can’t find it now) about how Trump appeared to be a clown, and people laughed at him. But when the people looked at him again, he held up a mirror, and they saw that they too were clowns. That is, after all, the traditional purpose of […]
web3 – What do brands and agencies need to know?
This was an event for BIMA where I co-chair the blockchain council with Paula Pettit: https://bima.co.uk/events/web3-what-do-brands-agencies-need-to-know/ BIMA Blockchain Breakfast Briefing: Web3 changes the rules, breaking away from traditional centralized models of the internet and moving towards a world where communities profit through collaboration and decentralization. In the final BIMA blockchain event of the year, David […]