I was exploring and fascinated with the idea of building something in Texas Hill Country, it’s West of Austin and so easily accessed from the city. I was imagining a shared space that had various levels of structures to support different needs, and it being open to anyone that wanted to develop their own ideas and projects on property.

Once I found out about Cabin, I was immediately so excited that something existed along these lines, but at the scale and progress that Cabin had already build up. I was fortunate to be in the right place, at the right time, with the right information.

As we were sitting there at Blacksheep Lodge, I immediately joined Cabin’s Discord and looked into the requirements to join the DAO and participate. I needed to purchase or earn some CABIN, so I jumped on Uniswap, grabbed my tokens and headed over to the verification channel and I was in!

The first thing to do, like many Discord Servers, was choosing a role. In Cabin they have the following Guilds (roles):

• ✍️ Media Guild

• ⛺️ Placemaker's Guild

• 🛠 Product Guild

• 🏗 Community Guild

I joined the Placemaker and Product Guilds. As I jumped in and cruised around the channels, I found some interesting ongoing ideas/projects that I could contribute to. There was one in particular that caught my eye. Some of the Placemakers Guild were talking about making a sign, I had a laser cutter/engraver, and the rest is internet history.

I grabbed some wood planks from ReStore and mocked up a few test cuts.

Once I had the tests done, I threw a fresh piece on the laser and engraved “Live, Laugh, Love, LARP as a City-State. A fitting quote for a proper “Network State” startup society.

My wife and I were headed out to California on a vacation that happen to coincide with Cabin’s Build Week 2. We headed out on Wednesday, loaded up with coffee from our shop Madrone Mountain Coffee, along with a brewing setup.

We arrived at Cabin just outside Johnson City and were warmly greeted by Phil and others. Had a nice time getting the tour and meeting people while making a batch of coffee for everyone.

We parted ways having a wonderful connection with people there IRL and a deeper one for those in the community on Discord too. It was great to complete the loop that resulted in us visiting the space and connecting to people.

Since then, I’ve been circling the next few projects that might be interesting. I’ve been dipping into product to help with a framework for the website and with some upcoming Placemaker projects.

Can’t wait to visit again, for the next retreat, and to connect with everyone IRL at Cabin!

p.s. Link List in order of appearance:

https://www.creatorcabins.com/

http://twitter.com/mxmnr

https://atxdao.com

https://discord.gg/ttgRU7QKVE

https://thenetworkstate.com/dashboard

https://creators.mirror.xyz/fVSrShT9PIEWBu4T0M7ws8nNJ9NEj76NVhNQLNOrNmo

https://madrone.coffee