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Our founder Julian has been exploring the interplay between cutting edge technology and the practice of law for his entire career. Here you can browse the co-evolution of tools, culture, and his practice.
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Project Brief: Slay Today! Drag Alarm Clock
Challenge So a couple years ago I had an idea: What would it take to make an alarm clock that instead of people dreading, they looked forward to it going off. I started by creating an alarm clock app for my mother that gave her a video from me when it went off. She LOVED…
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Intro to Cardano
Back in 2018 when I seriously began looking into Blockchain tech for development (and started the Crypto Susu and Coffee Coin projects), one alt-coin became of particular interest to me: Cardano. My main interest has always been how to use blockchain technology to build interesting applications. Ironically Cardano had the downside of being particularly useless…
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Hack0ut 2021: StartUp & StartOut
I’m very excited that once again I’ll be involved in organizing and facilitating HackOut for 2021. HackOut is the world’s largest LGBTQIA-themed startup hackathon. I originally got connected to HackOut in 2018. Having been a part of around 50 Startup Weekend events I was excited to get involved with an event that was directed at the…
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Organizing a Massive Online Startup Weekend Event in Response to COVID
Last weekend, I got to participate in the largest Startup Weekend event I’ve ever been a part of and it was an incredibly rewarding and educational experience. In one weekend we helped launch 50+ new startup companies. What I want to share in this post is what I learned about organizing large virtual events during this time…
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Notes from the Legal Tech & Blockchain Workshop
With a busy start for my iOS programming work in 2019 I unfortunately hadn’t had time to organize events for Legal Hackers San Diego. However, the second half of the year should be busy and to kick it off we did a workshop on how technologies like machine learning and blockchain will affect legal operations…
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![[Video] Essential Information Regarding GDPR & Blockchain Applications](https://lexploration.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gdpr.png)
[Video] Essential Information Regarding GDPR & Blockchain Applications
Why I Love this Video Any video that explains boring legal issues in an easily digestible way with graphics and animations deserves a shoutout. Simply Explained is one of my favorite YouTube channels. They have some great videos the explain potentially complex technology topics. I recently found this video on channel that covers the tricky…
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Contrasting SEC ICO Enforcement
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced a settlement with cybersecurity company, Gladius Network LLC. From October through December of 2017, Gladius conducted an ICO that raised around $12.7 million in ETH. Like many other companies that conducted ICOs in recent years, Gladius did not register this offering with the SEC. However, unlike other…
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CoffeeCoin: Executing a Micro-ICO with Debt
Team Julian Bryant Shawn Cook Nick Peterson Craig Braun Background After Crypto-Susu we were ready to take on a real project. A friend had a hardward startup that made drink vending machines – mostly focused on dispensing coffee on demand and charging customers by the ounce. All of the machines are connected to the Internet…
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Protected: Learning Ethereum with CryptoZombies
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Legithon: Bringing Hackathon Methodology to Public Policy
Professor Oliver Goodenough, Director of the Center for Legal Innovation at the Vermont Law School, attended the San Francisco Startup Weekend event that I facilitated and was inspired by the innovative and collaborative work that teams participated in during the weekend. He saw an opportunity to combine features of that event with part of his…