“In the year 2025, if cash is still alive If blockchain can survive, we may find…” —With 2,525 apologies to Zager and Evans. Entrepreneur Charlie Oliver’s Tech 2025 has been a hidden gem in New York City’s technology scene over the past couple of years with in-depth events on key issues, many of which don’t otherwise get much coverage around town. One topic that Tech 2025 has been covering since at least last year is the global logistics industry and the challenges and opportunities that it faces from new technologies and changing work forces. So, what is the logistics industry? In short, it’s the transportation of physical goods, from raw…
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Hoboken: the city that gave us Frank Sinatra. Also, Hoboken: The city Frank Sinatra once called "a sewer" (via Pixabay).Braving ‘Boken bros to learn blockchain coding at Jet.com’s offices
We attend a coding event in Hoboken and even the trip there was eventful
After reading about blockchain and cryptocurrencies for the past several years, it was time to dive into the technology, albeit in the shallow end, and experience firsthand some programming for blockchain. The occasion for doing so was Jet.com’s recent “Learn + Code: AI, Blockchain, and Ecommerce” code-along event in Hoboken, New Jersey. As with most born and bred New Yorkers still living in the city, it’s a rare occasion when we get to visit the mainland of America from one of our relatively small urban islands. So we put on our tech hat (we have collected many such swag hats from tech events around NYC), steeled ourselves for any possible…