Jack Reichert

Fullstack Philosopher

Category: Musings

  • On Encryption VS Security

    On Encryption VS Security

    There has been a debate going on behind the scenes, or not so behind the scenes: the political legislatures vs. technologists pertaining to encryption. There are bad people in the world, communicating to plan bad things. Law enforcement used to be able to get warrants and peer into those communications, safe-houses, or property. Today, when…

  • My 2015 Weekly Book Project

    My 2015 Weekly Book Project

    A little over a year ago I embarked on a journey. I noticed that I was listening to a LOT of podcasts: on my commute, at work, on the treadmill, cooking. I really couldn’t stop. What made me notice the frequency was the fact that I had finished the backlog of This Week in Startups and saw that…

  • Are Online Services EVIL?

    Are Online Services EVIL?

    Edit – October 14, 2018 – Since the 2016 elections, the revelations about Cambridge Analytica, and more stories about Facebook trying to overstep the privacy bounds I am no longer convinced that there aren’t bad intentions. At best they’re negligent. I’ll be giving at talk at WordCamp NYC this month, so I thought I’d explore…

  • What is the Ideal Advertising Platform?

    What is the Ideal Advertising Platform?

    I’ll be giving at talk at WordCamp NYC this month, so I thought I’d explore some of the ideas I’ll be touching on in blog form. I’d love your feedback below to further my research. This essay delves into an aspect of owning your own data vs. being someone else’s product. Speaking personally, as a…

  • Part II: The Founder Institute, Lessons Learned

    Part II: The Founder Institute, Lessons Learned

    Some of you are familiar with Inkwell—I founded it as part of the curriculum for the Founder Institute (FI). I had come to FI to see what I could do with the idea, and that idea carried me through to graduation. What I got from the Founder Institute I came to the Founder Institute wanting…

  • Part I: Inkwell Inc, Post Mortem

    Part I: Inkwell Inc, Post Mortem

    Some of you are familiar with Inkwell—I founded it as part of the curriculum for the Founder Institute. I had come to FI to see what I could do with the idea, and that idea carried me through to graduation. The Idea Inkwell was going to be a crowdfunding platform specifically for authors. With the…

  • How I Rea[r]d – Audible has changed everything

    How I Rea[r]d – Audible has changed everything

    Edit: I finished read my thoughts and comments from my book a week project. We all make resolutions as the new year comes around. Most don’t last a month, but half way through, mine seems to have stuck (tfoo tfoo) and I’ve been reading a book a week since January. Over the past few years…

  • “The Crystal Goblet or Printing Should be Invisible”

    “The Crystal Goblet or Printing Should be Invisible”

    This metaphor is truly stunning and puts into words the careful balance between that must be maintained between content and container. This is as true for a site’s design and the content it contains as it is for typography and the text it contains. “Imagine that you have before you a flagon of wine. You…

  • Learning to Walk in Space

    Learning to Walk in Space

    When a child learns to walk, they take leaps beyond what their skill and strength should allow. They look out at all the people walking around them, and see what is possible. Their muscles may not be strong enough to fully support them, to balance and stand, but they see what is possible. They pull…

  • I Didn’t MVP

    I’m currently learning iOS development. When I start learning something new, I like to play with it. I like to take it apart into tiny pieces and then put it back together. “What happens with I put this piece back over here? Or add this one instead?” You can do that with code, and that’s a…