notes on 200% onchain
Last year, [redacted] and I built a proposal for a large L2 organization. We put together a vision and key questions on what it would take to build a DAO. It was expansive and successful. A side-effect of this process, and the design exercise since then, is that it has forced me to articulate the crucial parts of building Networked Enterprises: organizations that have oozified into a web of interdependent partnerships with mutual ownership and accountability. Networked Enterprises are, in my ...
notes on 200% onchain
Last year, [redacted] and I built a proposal for a large L2 organization. We put together a vision and key questions on what it would take to build a DAO. It was expansive and successful. A side-effect of this process, and the design exercise since then, is that it has forced me to articulate the crucial parts of building Networked Enterprises: organizations that have oozified into a web of interdependent partnerships with mutual ownership and accountability. Networked Enterprises are, in my ...
Chat
Recently I saw a social media post that claimed: “chat” might be legitimately be the first dedicated 4th person pronoun. This has triggered a series of realisations, one of which highlights a design flaw in modern business productivity software. 𓆝 .♡˚ belo ✰ @angeIsighting something to be horrified by: "chat" might be legitimately be the first dedicated 4th person pronoun 48.5K 6:43 AM • Nov 29, 2023 To understand the flaw, we need to compare two groups of software: business communications —...
Chat
Recently I saw a social media post that claimed: “chat” might be legitimately be the first dedicated 4th person pronoun. This has triggered a series of realisations, one of which highlights a design flaw in modern business productivity software. 𓆝 .♡˚ belo ✰ @angeIsighting something to be horrified by: "chat" might be legitimately be the first dedicated 4th person pronoun 48.5K 6:43 AM • Nov 29, 2023 To understand the flaw, we need to compare two groups of software: business communications —...
Digital Public Utilities (DRAFT)
An Emerging Product Class: Digital Public UtilitiesTornado Cash is a set of autonomous smart contracts on Ethereum that help users preserve their privacy. Tornado Cash was revolutionary, but not just because of its functionality. It is an example of an emerging product category: Digital Public Utilities. Digital Public Utilities are neutral and decentralized services, often in the form of an autonomous protocol, that preserve the rights and freedoms of online communities. As an example, Torna...
Digital Public Utilities (DRAFT)
An Emerging Product Class: Digital Public UtilitiesTornado Cash is a set of autonomous smart contracts on Ethereum that help users preserve their privacy. Tornado Cash was revolutionary, but not just because of its functionality. It is an example of an emerging product category: Digital Public Utilities. Digital Public Utilities are neutral and decentralized services, often in the form of an autonomous protocol, that preserve the rights and freedoms of online communities. As an example, Torna...
Seeds of Cultural Production
What would it look like to design a generative brand? Instead of a logo and approved assets, can we design a language that can compose a web of attuned media? In this case we wouldn’t be selecting a font but a family of fonts. In the same way, we could select a group of artists or artistic movements. Finally we can select or create UNICODE iconography. This makes the brand live within the broad standards space of online media, instead of separate to it. Not a signal, but a meme. I think this ...
Seeds of Cultural Production
What would it look like to design a generative brand? Instead of a logo and approved assets, can we design a language that can compose a web of attuned media? In this case we wouldn’t be selecting a font but a family of fonts. In the same way, we could select a group of artists or artistic movements. Finally we can select or create UNICODE iconography. This makes the brand live within the broad standards space of online media, instead of separate to it. Not a signal, but a meme. I think this ...
Transcendent Homes
I whisper to myself: “There is no spoon.” I hold the utensil in my hand and its concept in my mind. The spoon is normal: silver, metal, unremarkable. I bought this one at IKEA, a store known for the universal nature of their products. Their motto echoes in my mind: “Democratic Design”. Or maybe the spoon is part of a wedding gift? The memory slips along the surface of its mundanity. The spoon, and virtually the entire catalog of IKEA products, is a ubiquitous exercise in accessibility. Far-re...
Transcendent Homes
I whisper to myself: “There is no spoon.” I hold the utensil in my hand and its concept in my mind. The spoon is normal: silver, metal, unremarkable. I bought this one at IKEA, a store known for the universal nature of their products. Their motto echoes in my mind: “Democratic Design”. Or maybe the spoon is part of a wedding gift? The memory slips along the surface of its mundanity. The spoon, and virtually the entire catalog of IKEA products, is a ubiquitous exercise in accessibility. Far-re...
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