Empirical1,

Great idea on the news site.  I've watched coindesk rise in the rankings as they've produced an incredibly in depth resource and capture a lot of eyes, so such a site could eventually get a lot of visitors.   My only thought is, if it's entirely DAC focused will we have enough news content to fill out the site?

As far as the 3-4 min weekly round up idea, I'm already on it.  I interviewed on video all the core devs in VA last week about the project, what they're working on, etc and am now editing a 3-5 min video out of it, kind of a "behind the scenes with BitShares" video.   I'm going to do another in July at the VA tech corporate research center where the team is now focusing operations.  That will be a "Summer of Code" video. So while not weekly, it will be monthly.   I also got some short updates in Chinese and Russian and I plan to continue to film people using non-english languages as well, so we can share our videos with as wide an audience as possible.... B

Like I said, just doing as I was instructed, so if toast wants to run with it, sounds good to me! B

Unfortunately, we didn't make this event, but I heard it was awesome.  We will definitely be at Money 20/20 however, later in the year.  An equally impressive event. B

It's amazing to me how bytemaster is ahead of the thought curve so often.  He was the first voice I know of out there who was seriously preaching the concept that Bitcoin is not really decentralized, that it's essentially in control of a handful of mining pool operators and is based on a wasteful, outdated form of security.  Now it seems these ideas are catching on in the community at large (not just ours) and that's a great thing.   As Ghandi said:

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

 

This "The Revolution Will Not Be Centralized" tee was my favorite creation.  I didn't make one with "Reimagine Everything" yet but we could. 

But I'm open to completely new ideas if you all would like to create one that's got a different slogan or image.  If we have a clear design winner, I have a place that can print them up at a decent price.

Now how to get them to everyone on the forum who may want one (all over the world)....

This event certainly is jam packed with serious heavy hitters (I'm a huge Ray Kurzweil fan). The cost is steep ($3750) for a ticket but it certainly could lead to powerful new contacts for us.  Bytemaster I'm sure won't be able to attend but I could, if the team supports the idea. Will run by bytemaster and see if it's a possibility.  B