"In a way, the distributed nirvana foretold by the prophets of the blockchain is already here. It’s been here all along, with us all this time. The ancient powers lie latent. They wait for us to wield them again."
Do you guys have a service for law firms so they can run their bill through your algorithm and get a list of bill entries clients are likely to flag? Could be useful for firms looking to maximize revenue and reduce client complaints.
Partners typically edit bills substantially before sending them out to clients, and I know a partner in my current job spends hours doing this every week for our practice group; I don't think he has much love for the process, so a way of automating it would be amazing, I'm sure.
Excellent essay. Good detail. I like the longer format.
Reminded me of, all people, Mother Teresa. She started in Calcutta in 1948. People mocked her: What difference do you think taking care of one poor person will make? But that was her focus: One person at a time. "Do small things with great love."
So too in the quite different field of technology startups.
In case anyone else changed their password to something absurdly long only to run into the same trouble I did:
Apple passwords have a max length of 32 characters.
Unfortunately, the change password page doesn't enforce this limit and will blissfully let you think you've changed your password to something that has 50 characters, but actually only stores 32.
Later, when you use a Password Manager that saved the full 50 characters, suddenly your password doesn't work.
Some Apple pages' login password fields cut off automatically at 32, which lets the pasted password work (as you can't paste more than 32), but this is not the case within iTunes itself or on the iPhone.
Solution: Apple needs to limit the new password entry fields on the My Apple ID -> Password and Security page to 32 characters. Or, alternatively, accept and store longer passwords. (as 32 characters is a bit tight if you're using a passphrase)
(Disclosure: I’m a PM at Google working on the Gemini iPhone app. Would love to hear thoughts / feedback / idea for what you'd like to see next!)