The Good Time Pals are more than just digital art pieces, they are a symbol of companionship and support for anyone who needs a friend. Whether you're a child or an adult, these imaginary friends are there to offer a listening ear, a shoulder to cry on, and a guiding hand.

Each Good Time Pal is generated algorithmically, ensuring that no two pieces in the collection are identical. This means that owning a Good Time Pal NFT is like having your very own, one-of-a-kind imaginary friend.

The Good Time Pals collection is also designed to be shared and passed on. When a Good Time Pal is no longer needed, it moves on to the next person in need. And if a new friend is needed, a new Good Time Pal is born. This creates a sense of community and interconnectedness among Good Time Pal owners, as they share their imaginary friends with others.

The Good Time Pals collection is set to launch on the Polygon blockchain, a platform that is known for its low transaction fees and fast confirmation times. This makes it the perfect home for this one-of-a-kind collection.

So, whether you're in need of a friend or just looking for a unique and meaningful NFT, The Good Time Pals collection is definitely worth checking out. Don't miss your chance to own a piece of this generative, community-driven collection and become a part of the Good Time Pals family.

From that moment technology was it for me. I have had the pleasure and opportunity to share my thoughts as a leader of technology functions at various organizations.  I am currently the Chief Information Officer of the National Society of Leadership and Success, an organization that helps students develop leadership skills and achieve their goals. Prior to this role, I served as the Chief Technology Officer of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, where I was responsible for the organization's technology strategy and infrastructure.

Throughout my career and journeys, I’ve held numerous management positions at various public, private, and non-profit organizations. I love leading teams responsible for implementing technology solutions that drive business growth and efficiency. That has led to opportunities where I have been featured on various podcasts, including the New York Times Bits Technology podcast. Same for participating in articles on CNET News, where I had the joy of sharing my insights and expertise on various technology topics.

Beyond my professional work, I certainly have a broad range of technology-related interests. Crypto and NFT are one. I am passionate about NFTs, which led me to create the Rasta Beach Club NFT collection. Bringing that to life was certainly a lot of fun. Loved growing the community around the project. The project minted out as a free mint and is available on OpenSea. The Rasta Beach Club project has opened the door to the creation of my crypto and NFT organization, Arteklabs. More on that soon as the website is being put together now and will have a ton of info on the plans for things I want to get done. The plans include the upcoming NFT collection, "The Good Time Pals". It’s going to be a fun collection on the Polygon blockchain.

I also wrote a book! I love working with young technology professionals and wanted a way to share my experience, opinions, and advice. So, I wrote a book. It’s titled, "Boot Sequence: Strategies to Guide Your Career in Information Technology". I wrote it a while back as a passion project, but I am thinking about writing an updated second edition once I get some time and also figure out what I want to write about. The current book offers what I consider to be practical advice and strategies for professionals in the technology field from the perspective of a long-term career. You can check out the book at all major booksellers.

Lots more I want to get done, and I am going to enjoy sharing it with a great community!

The Rasta Beach Club NFT is coming to a blockchain near you and be free to mint! The collection is generative and made up of artfully designed high-quality digital art with over 140 individual traits. The collection celebrates not only art in general, but also the uniqueness of technology-enabled art appreciation. The collection is diverse in what it reflects which is important to us.

The Project Roadmap

The primary goal of any NFT project’s roadmap is to provide a picture of long-term value for the NFT and those who choose to participate in specific projects. We’ve been thinking about how we want to engage with our Rasta Bach Club community, what we want to represent, and our core philosophy of fairness, inclusiveness, and doing as much as we can in a big complicated world. Here is our roadmap.

Our NFTs Are Free To Mint

Instead of trying to figure out roundabout ways to provide value, we’ve decided to take a very direct approach. Our NFTs are free to mint, allowing anyone who wants one, can get one. Baked into the smart contract. Boom! Value unlocked. We believe there is no greater show of what we believe in. If you are early in our project, you don’t need to stake and wait to get value. Your value proposition is baked in on the mint of the NFT.

5% Donation to Children Charities

We love the kids. We want to support those who support them. For our project, we will donate to a group of children’s charities. Holders of our NFT will have the ability to vote on charities that are included in our giving.

5% Donation to Environmental Charities

We have one planet earth. We want to support those who are working to preserve the beauty and viability of our planet. Our project will donate to a group of environmental charities. Holders of our NFT will have the ability to vote on charities that are included in our giving.

10% to the Queens of Hearts (moms)

We are going to show some extra love to Mom Dukes and add something a little extra to their flowers and cards.

All Expense Paid Beach Club Trip Giveaways to Jamaica

We will be sending some lucky NFT holders on an all-expense paid trip to a beach club resort in Jamaica. It’s simple, we believe holding a beach club NFT should give you the possibility of a beach club vacation.

Whitelisting For Upcoming NFT Projects

This won’t be our only rodeo. Rasta Beach Club NFT holders will get automatically whitelisted for our other upcoming drops. We think it’s important to build a beneficial long-term relationship with our NFT community.

Merchandise Exclusivity Shop

Well, we all love swag so we will make it easy for our community to have the dope gear to match the collection. Looking good is feeling good.

Exclusive Holders Only Events

We will plan events for our community so that we can get together virtually and in person. Like-minded NFT enthusiasts sharing ideas and good vibes.

Rasta Beach Club Metaverse Social Club

It is an online-only experience for members only.

Exclusive Rasta Beach Club Digital Art Gallery App and Metaverse Museum

We want to create a digital app and metaverse museum for our NFT holders and the community. Through this app, Rasta Beach Club NFT holders will be able to display their NFT along with any additional data that they choose. The Rasta Beach Club App Museum will be free to the public to browse not only the collection but the community of owners as well.

Additional Roadmap Announcement

We won’t stop building experiences and features for our community. As we gather feedback and ideas, we will continue to add and execute items on the roadmap to the benefit of our members.

Join our channels to stay up-to-date.

Website: https://www.rastabeachclub.com

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/rastabeachclubInstagram:

https://www.instagram.com/rastabeachclub

Telegram Group: https://t.me/rastabeachclub

Discord server: https://discord.gg/4kVJ4ECSuH

Our project was free to mint and we made the decision to go that route as the so-called crypto-winter settled in. Certainly, there have been great and successful projects that were not free, however, from our starting point, we felt that, and were ok with, going the free mint route. Every project of course will need to make the best decisions for themselves and the project owners. No judgment from us on either approach.

We enjoyed working on our project and are excited to have been able to have a successful mint. Our collection is now on the Ethereum blockchain and can be accessed in almost any Ethereum-based marketplace including,

OpenSea — https://opensea.io/collection/rasta-beach-club-nft-collection

CoinBase — https://nft.coinbase.com/collection/ethereum/0xb67342688ca1fc5962172f8c297583b891340e55

Rarible — https://rastabeachclubnft.wlbl.xyz/

The Art Matters

With all the conversations and information around NFTs, I think sometimes we lose sight of the fact that art-based NFTs are about the art. What we learned during a year of interactions with those who came across our NFT project, was that the artwork was always the primary pull, point of criticism, or indifference. Either way, the art was always noticed, so invest time and effort in it.

You Need A Team

There are so many aspects to learn when creating an NFT project. If you search for information on how to create and sell NFTs, chances are you will find many articles that tell you the effort-free way to get your NFT project going. While that information is indeed valuable, to really dig into the details and create a flexible collection, you need to dive in and will need a knowledgeable team around you, or minimally in your orbit.

Everyone Has An Opinion

During the year a ton of people shared their opinions. Most of it unsolicited. These included what chain we should use, whether we should free mint or not, how to market, and what influencers to use. The list went on and on. What we eventually realized was that we had to make our own choices and decisions and be happy with them.

Twitter Is NFT Central

This is probably well known, but if you did not know, Twitter is the center of the NFT universe from a community perspective. We would have gotten exactly nowhere with building our community and minting out our collection without Twitter. If you are thinking about an NFT project. The earlier you start on Twitter, the better.

Scammers Abound

We got scammed a few times. More than we would like to admit. In an effort to build our community from the ground up, we trusted some of the wrong people. People who were convincing and open. We met over Zoom with an NFT marketing consultant, signed an agreement, and it was all a scam. We learned some hard lessons about how to protect against bad actors. We got better at it as the year progressed. There are tons of NFT scammers out there. Be diligent.

Build Up Your Platforms

As much as Twitter is the NFT universe. We needed a presence everywhere and used them to max effect. We had our website, Instagram, Reddit, Facebook, and TikTok platforms going in an effort to build awareness around our project. We did SEO for our website and project in general. The name of the game was truly awareness as we did not have big Discord communities or prior projects to rely on. We were truly starting from the ground floor and needed all the help these platforms could provide.

Get A Discord Moderator Superstar

While discord is now essentially an open secret in the NFT community. If you are not familiar with how to effectively mod a server, you could actually do more harm than good. Most Discord users are into instant gratification and if your project server cannot provide that, it will end up reflecting poorly on your project. Great Discord moderators know exactly how to mod the community as they are usually steeped in Discord culture and understand the tools and users quite well. Also without effective mods, trolls will win.

Non-Stop Engagement

As soon as your project is up and running from the moment of conception, your primary job is to communicate. You have to share information across all your channels, through influencers, and through partners. You must communicate to create interest and participation. There are so many great projects out there that are competing for attention and hearts and minds. Speak up!

Protect Your Project Name

Once you’ve decided on the name of your project. Register accounts and social networks, register the domain name and create your name on OpenSea or whatever marketplace you will be using. For us, once we were ready to implement our smart contract and set up our collection on OpenSea, we discovered that someone had already registered our collection name on OpenSea. Worse yet, they had already taken our promotional images and used them as part of these fake collections. That was a little upsetting, but OpenSea's support was great and helped with getting the situation resolved. Register everywhere the moment you have settled on a name.

There Are NFT True Believers

We may be in a crypto-winter but NFTs are here to stay. That is down to creators who continue to create and NFT lovers who collect. Along the way, we’ve come across NFT collectors who’ve become fans of our collection and who shared their enthusiasm. If you are creating an NFT collection, remember that there are true NFT lovers who enjoy being a part of projects and who are not simply traders.