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timour
@timour #2111
building @edgecity
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We're launching a d/acc grants program with funding from Vitalik and some other great folks.
Would love if folks can suggest teams/projects that would benefit.
Would love if folks can suggest teams/projects that would benefit.
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Edge City
@edgecity·17:19 07/03/2025
We are launching the SHIFT Grants Program to fund d/acc projects.
With anchor funding from Vitalik Buterin (@vitalik.eth), Trent McConaghy, ASI Alliance / Ocean Protocol Foundation & Yonatan Ben Shimon
How you can get involved👇🌱
With anchor funding from Vitalik Buterin (@vitalik.eth), Trent McConaghy, ASI Alliance / Ocean Protocol Foundation & Yonatan Ben Shimon
How you can get involved👇🌱
You are the average of the five ai agents you spend the most time with
Ok for real, who wants to come and build this with us?
https://x.com/timourxyz/status/1894091474867786219
https://x.com/timourxyz/status/1894091474867786219
If you need a place to go deep with your team/host an offsite after Denver, we have discounted hotel capacity to host 2-3 more teams at Edge City Austin.
Beautiful rooms, space to work, $50 direct flight from DEN, cool programming in the evenings. DM if interested!
Bonus of getting your product out to sxsw crowd
Beautiful rooms, space to work, $50 direct flight from DEN, cool programming in the evenings. DM if interested!
Bonus of getting your product out to sxsw crowd
New DevCon side quest unlocked
Has anyone built a functional web-of-trust thing? We have an actual use case.
tldr:
- people invite people to our popup city gatherings
- If invitee is great, we can track that, inviter gets some reward
- everyone connected to everyone in web
- interop with community tools
tldr:
- people invite people to our popup city gatherings
- If invitee is great, we can track that, inviter gets some reward
- everyone connected to everyone in web
- interop with community tools
Hii friends, I'm looking to bring on someone to work with me on socials & content for Edge City @edgecity. Part-time role (at first).
If you intro me to the right person or they find me through your recast, I will ❤️ you forever (+ maybe give you a gift)
thank you! ☀️
If you intro me to the right person or they find me through your recast, I will ❤️ you forever (+ maybe give you a gift)
thank you! ☀️
Just one year since Zuzalu, there are dozens of 'popup villages.' You could spend the rest of 2024 going from one to another.
I wrote about my experience at these events and why I think they are important!
https://paragraph.xyz/@timourxyz/zone-of-scenius-%E2%80%94-zuzalu,-popup-villages,-and-building-at-the-edges
I wrote about my experience at these events and why I think they are important!
https://paragraph.xyz/@timourxyz/zone-of-scenius-%E2%80%94-zuzalu,-popup-villages,-and-building-at-the-edges
I'm starting to make moving art with custom music as an initial exploration. Curious what people think!
The flow is: photo -> midjourney -> runwayml + udio
https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xb7524754ad4e37e73821e472197223052dd08afb/1
The flow is: photo -> midjourney -> runwayml + udio
https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xb7524754ad4e37e73821e472197223052dd08afb/1
Great clip on the origins of house music in the late 80s. So many legends.
Also a banger soundtrack (Move Your Body — Marshall Jefferson)
Also a banger soundtrack (Move Your Body — Marshall Jefferson)
I wrote an essay about how to approach programming content at popup villages / network city type events.
This is just our current thinking, very open to ideas!
This is just our current thinking, very open to ideas!
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Edge City
@edgecity·16:08 31/03/2024
How best to approach the content programming at our popup villages?
Our take is:
☀️ Maximize surface area for serendipity
☀️ Collaboration rather than just consumption
☀️ Diversity of disciplines
More details here: https://blog.edgeesmeralda.com/p/programming-at-edge-esmeralda
Our take is:
☀️ Maximize surface area for serendipity
☀️ Collaboration rather than just consumption
☀️ Diversity of disciplines
More details here: https://blog.edgeesmeralda.com/p/programming-at-edge-esmeralda
Love that there's a DJs channel. Sharing my set from Zuzalu last year, where I opened up for Grimes. 🌞
https://soundcloud.com/timourxyz/timour-zuzalu-montenegro
https://soundcloud.com/timourxyz/timour-zuzalu-montenegro
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Chicago 🎩
@chicago·20:05 28/03/2024
Share a mix than you made and would like us to listen 🎧
I have 9,211 DEGEN and will tip 921 per each mix until its gone.
I have 9,211 DEGEN and will tip 921 per each mix until its gone.
Timour @ Zuzalu, May 2023
One of my favorite sets in a while! This party marked the end of a conference exploring artificial intelligence held at Zuzalu, an experimental pop-up city in Montenegro. Lots of fun and weird align
on.soundcloud.com
hello degens ❤️
we're going to gather a bunch of amazing people in one place to live together for a month, learn from each other, and build cool frontier tech.
if that's interesting to you, check it out :)
https://twitter.com/JoinEdgeCity/status/1767599691737211032
if that's interesting to you, check it out :)
https://twitter.com/JoinEdgeCity/status/1767599691737211032
The OpenAI Sora video model is incredible!
Prompt: tired-looking “idea guy” leaving 7-day crypto conference in Denver airport
Prompt: tired-looking “idea guy” leaving 7-day crypto conference in Denver airport
Here's an awesome 45 min chat on AI and Crypto with @vitalik.eth and Juan Benet, from the AI day I organized at ZuConnect.
Topics:
- Open vs closed AI
- The role crypto plays
- Who should own the models
https://streameth.org/watch?event=zuconnect_istanbul__ai_track&session=65b8f8d4a5b2d09b88ec16e8
Topics:
- Open vs closed AI
- The role crypto plays
- Who should own the models
https://streameth.org/watch?event=zuconnect_istanbul__ai_track&session=65b8f8d4a5b2d09b88ec16e8
every month for the last 6 years, I have made a playlist of my favorite tracks I heard that month.
January had lots of beautiful chill jams, good listening for the week!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7BpAwnfSx39eMsMZu9FCVV?si=c2477ccfd4c14742!
January had lots of beautiful chill jams, good listening for the week!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7BpAwnfSx39eMsMZu9FCVV?si=c2477ccfd4c14742!
Excited to launch a new concept called Edge City, which will convene people working at the frontier of tech, science, and society in popup villages across the globe, in order to accelerate human flourishing.
You can learn more and donate to our Gitcoin round here ❤️
https://shorturl.at/eopQ9
You can learn more and donate to our Gitcoin round here ❤️
https://shorturl.at/eopQ9
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jacob
@jacob·01:02 01/02/2024
getting that feeling in crypto again when there's too much exciting stuff going on and I wish I had ten copies of myself
resorting to building my thing as efficiently as possible during the day while checking farcaster on breaks and then catching up on what you guys are up to at night ❤️
absolutely love it
resorting to building my thing as efficiently as possible during the day while checking farcaster on breaks and then catching up on what you guys are up to at night ❤️
absolutely love it
Highly recommend this for people building interesting products in crypto and AI. It'll probably be an extra gud time with some frames thrown in.
Online, 100% free and no-strings. Lots of grants.
Online, 100% free and no-strings. Lots of grants.
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Joey DeBruin
@joey·17:39 29/01/2024
Build has been incredible. In V1 and V2 we helped launch hundreds of projects and distribute $140k+ in grants.
Today we’re announcing Build V3 🚀 https://backdropbuild.com/
Come ship a frame or two with some extra wind in your sails.
Today we’re announcing Build V3 🚀 https://backdropbuild.com/
Come ship a frame or two with some extra wind in your sails.
Love this Ursula Le Guin line:
"they talked, and new worlds were born of their talking. It is of the nature of idea to be communicated: written, spoken, done. The idea is like grass. It craves light, likes crowds, thrives on crossbreeding, grows better for being stepped on."
"they talked, and new worlds were born of their talking. It is of the nature of idea to be communicated: written, spoken, done. The idea is like grass. It craves light, likes crowds, thrives on crossbreeding, grows better for being stepped on."
I wrote some thoughts in response to @pmarca's great manifesto. Tried to add nuance in a thoughtful way. Would love people's thoughts.
TLDR: tech progress is good 👍 markets aren't always perfect 🌱 we need to focus on big pernicious problems
https://timour.substack.com/p/on-techno-optimism-markets-and-reality
TLDR: tech progress is good 👍 markets aren't always perfect 🌱 we need to focus on big pernicious problems
https://timour.substack.com/p/on-techno-optimism-markets-and-reality
I wrote a lil essay for Folklore about our digiphysical future, and past. It's called Object Histories.
What happens when every physical object has an onchain record? A beautiful archive of memories, imbuing our things with stories.
Link here: https://folklore.mirror.xyz/mXUdGyFMkotAOEJvJY4ecwMUi3ze-uZ_3s8IQ3UpD3g
What happens when every physical object has an onchain record? A beautiful archive of memories, imbuing our things with stories.
Link here: https://folklore.mirror.xyz/mXUdGyFMkotAOEJvJY4ecwMUi3ze-uZ_3s8IQ3UpD3g
Sharing a recording from my set opening for Grimes at Zuzalu, during the AI x Crypto conf.
i've been DJing as a hobby for the last 12 years and it's fun to combine it with industry events sometimes 🌞
https://soundcloud.com/timourxyz/timour-zuzalu-montenegro
i've been DJing as a hobby for the last 12 years and it's fun to combine it with industry events sometimes 🌞
https://soundcloud.com/timourxyz/timour-zuzalu-montenegro
Incredibly excited to formally announce Seed Club Ventures, our $25M venture DAO investing in the future of internet-native organizations 🌱
https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/21/seed-club-ventures-emerges-from-stealth-with-25m-fund-focused-on-daos/
https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/21/seed-club-ventures-emerges-from-stealth-with-25m-fund-focused-on-daos/
Fund chaotic goods
I spend a lot of time finding new jams each month, and it's a joy to share them. Full Jan playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6SnoisMH3i3qGqdWQqzne0?si=0bfdf69ac5aa45b2 https://i.imgur.com/yUXQITe.png
Has anyone successfully transferred their number to Google Fi or Google Voice or something similar? I'm spending a lot of time outside the US so I don't need to keep paying the network subscription, but I'm scared of not being able to get my 2FA codes (I know this is dumb).
Good post. Key point: diversity of thought helps us avoid blind spots and adapt to changing environments.
This is why I love that our fund is a DAO. But we have to implement structures to take advantage of this and avoid the common pitfalls of group decision-making.
https://fs.blog/stormtrooper-problem/
This is why I love that our fund is a DAO. But we have to implement structures to take advantage of this and avoid the common pitfalls of group decision-making.
https://fs.blog/stormtrooper-problem/
There's something so special about the 'hogwarts moment' of discovering a place online with your type of people, where everyone is into the same obscure thing that you are
Is there a Farcaster Berlin group going yet? Down to start one if not.
God I just love that I can see every other holder of an NFT collection I have on Farcaster. So interesting to see, especially for some of the super random ones I bought last year.
I know this is an obvious feature of web3 social but still just gets me. https://i.imgur.com/4ZESTKe.png
I know this is an obvious feature of web3 social but still just gets me. https://i.imgur.com/4ZESTKe.png
Weekend thoughts. Unfortunately, none of this was written with AI. Just me and some coffee. https://i.imgur.com/Pcrb6VO.jpg
Has anyone figured out a good way to manage 4-5 email accounts in one streamlined app on desktop?
Gmail app on iOS is pretty good at this but I just want to be able to search all of my inboxes in one go on desktop. Apple Mail app is not the one.
Gmail app on iOS is pretty good at this but I just want to be able to search all of my inboxes in one go on desktop. Apple Mail app is not the one.
Spotify needs to allow sorting podcast episodes from a particular show by 'most popular'. Like they do with songs on an artist page.
Easy way to take advantage of their scale and start to built some network effects in a medium where most content is avail on many platforms.
Easy way to take advantage of their scale and start to built some network effects in a medium where most content is avail on many platforms.
For the last 4+ years I've been making playlists of the music I discover each month. Trying to figure out how to share them all in the best way, but here is sep 22:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0FzFYf4ZtmZ6VfLHLhwxMQ?si=87cf9f0f718c4aa1
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0FzFYf4ZtmZ6VfLHLhwxMQ?si=87cf9f0f718c4aa1
Just getting home from DevCon. Why do some conferences feel so productive and high ROI like last week vs. some feel completely unnecessary.
Different target audiences I guess?
Different target audiences I guess?
