Spotted at EWR @npub1t5u3...j4c2

@npub1cj3e...klr7 is now available on @npub10r8x...t2p8! Thanks to everyone who has contributed to help our team reach this major milestone. Special shout out to the @npub1t5u3...j4c2 collective and our friends in the Nostr ecosystem—especially the @npub10qdp...arpj, @npub12vkc...pugg, @npub1whtn...r3ec, @npub17fzk...9yxv, Zapstore, Amber, and Blossom teams. This is how I believe Nostr wins: through real relationships, shared principles, and a commitment to open-source collaboration. View quoted note →

Start line to finish line!

When the time is right, the universe makes things happen. I did the project featured in this article back in early 2022 (a couple of months before I learned about Nostr). The first draft of the article was written over the course of about 10 days I spent in Melbourne (AU) in July 2023. It took time to find the right journal and editor—plus revisions along the way—but it’s finally out in the world. The Tl;dr (a/k/a Abstract) Amidst the rise of Web3, a technology transforming user interactions and challenging corporate control, this study uses a hybrid model of appreciative inquiry that matches the remote and decentralized nature of Web3 communities, to investigate the formation of a blockchain startup and its emergent culture and values. Despite limited resources, the company has built a diverse, global community via digital platforms, exceeding stakeholder expectations. This appreciative inquiry uncovers a community manifesting five core values: excellence, sustainable innovation, inclusivity, continuous learning, and creativity, challenging stereotypes often associated with the Web3 industry. This work advances participative research by introducing a hybrid model of appreciative inquiry tailored for remote and decentralized Web3 communities. By adapting appreciative inquiry to the unique dynamics of blockchain-dependent organizations, this study extends the methodology’s applicability and demonstrates its effectiveness in uncovering and fostering core communal values within cutting-edge technological contexts. https://aber.apacsci.com/index.php/BMTP/article/view/3851

Timeline of my reaction to reading the feedback from Reviewer 2 🤔😕🙁☹️🤨😠😤😡🤬 #IYKYK

THANK YOU to the open source contributors who are offering detailed and thoughtful updates to the @npub1t5u3...j4c2 process documentation related to how And Other Stuff onboards ideas and projects into our freedom tech ecosystem! This work is a labor of love that we make free and available to the world so others can benefit from adopting, adapting, or remixing it into their own initiatives. Learn more, contribute, and provide feedback here:

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This repository is the public operating manual for And Other Stuff (AOS)—our open, community-driven model for helping founders, contributors, and...

“Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reform. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle. The conflict has been exciting, agitating, all-absorbing, and for the time being, putting all other tumults to silence. It must do this or it does nothing. If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” - Frederick Douglass, 1857

diVine, White Noise, Cashu, Shakespeare, Flotilla, Marmot, Bitchat… just when I think I couldn’t get more bullish on the #OtherStuff, the list keeps growing. LFG @npub1t5u3...j4c2

Maybe Santa shouldn’t have dropped his cargo at the first sign of an imperial starship?

If you feel like you don’t belong in this world, it might be because you’re here to build a new one.

Yesterday, doing Thanksgiving dinner prep in our kitchen, my daughters are discussing who is making what. Elder daughter notes that their Uncle Paul is making the pumpkin pie using frozen pie shells. Younger daughter responds, “Yeah, he’s vibe coding the crust.” 💀💀💀

WTF is happening with Williams Sonoma??? “Reversible” in what way??? #SoManyQuestions #NSFW

If you’re celebrating, Happy Thanksgiving #NostrFam! 🦃

Happy (half) Birthday, @npub1t5u3...j4c2! In the last 6 months, here’s some of what AOS has accomplished… • Marmot protocol • Shakespeare, a Nostr-based AI coding agent • diVine showing mainstream breakthrough potential • Bitchat (iOS + Android) supporting people in freedom movement • Major upgrades to Cashu libraries • Flotilla as the Foundry’s first external project partnership • A real innovation lab with traction + PMF • The first Nostr Builder Experience Survey • The core team is connected, engaged, and actively collaborating together TL;DR: The kids are alright. Learn more and get involved at

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“For various reasons, many mutual aid organizations have not implemented adequate security measures to protect their technological and financial systems. This leaves their networks, communities, and assets vulnerable to cyber threats… By empowering mutual aid groups with practical cybersecurity protocols, we aim to fortify their operations and protect the communities they serve.” Read the full whitepaper from @npub1jcwu...jyrz and UC Berkeley Cybersecurity Clinic here: https://cltc.berkeley.edu/publication/securing-mutual-aid-cybersecurity-practices-and-design-principles-for-financial-technology/