Tomorrow, Wednesday January 31, at 1800 UTC (10 AM US Pacific) we have a researcher salon by Chenoe Hart, on her research project, Addressable Space, a fascinating exploration of how digital addressing schemes have been transforming physical space since the 19th century. Forum discussion and livestream.
Two weeks ago, we had a talk by Venkatesh Rao, Formulating a Protocol Pill, with a retrospective on the learnings of Summer of Protocols 2023, and a look ahead to 2024. Forum discussion and recording.
We have a whole slate of interesting talks coming up. Check out the full upcoming schedule, with a stimulating mix of guest speakers and SoP researchers, here. We are also busy behind the scenes designing the 2024 summer program. Stay tuned for announcements about that, hopefully by late February.
The Reading of the Week (ROTW) for this week is on Y Combinator's Handshake Deal Protocol. Last week, we read Trent Van Epps' essay, Capital and Enclosure in Software Commons, comparing the Linux and Ethereum cases. Trent will be doing a town hall talk on this research on March 13. ROTW threads are curated discussions of a selected deeper read from outside the SoP program. Every week on Monday, one of the SoP crew kicks off the discussion by starting the thread. If you'd like to suggest a reading, do so in this ROTW suggestions thread on the forum.
Several of you have enquired about the print kits. After some production glitches, they are finally starting to ship this week, in batches. If you signed up, some of you should receive a first mailing in the next few weeks. We'll get caught up by the end of the month hopefully. If you'd like to get a kit, request one on the Protocol Kit page. Available while supplies last. And remember, all the research is also available online in PDF, ePub, and html form.
Venkatesh Rao
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anyone built this? this could test pmf on this channel and then evolve into a substack type of app
good folks at /paragraph did it https://paragraph.xyz/@protocolized/addressable-space
mint in one click also coming soon
send it dawg paragraph w/ frames give me this excitement about writing that i used to only get when i was a kid coming back from the stationaries store.
Latest issue of Protocolized. https://paragraph.xyz/@protocolized/addressable-space
When I press subscribe - where or what did I subscribe? Very cool frame!
Thanks! You subscribe on /paragraph, here’s more detail: https://warpcast.com/colin/0x6a52ad09
Very cool, but I wish tapping ahead without paying much attention didn’t end up with me subscribing and having no way to unsubscribe ☹️
One realization - you need a fourth cast/share snippet button so readers can breakout stuff they like particularly. It’s like Genius lyrics sharing.
Thanks for the overview!
@colin love the paragraph frame!