Erratic keyboard tapping and mouse clicking ft. Fingacode
Junior Ngoma, aka Fingacode, is a Cameroonian artist living in the UK. He fuses various art forms with technology, particularly exploring audio-visual and interactive artworks. ✍️ Subscribe to Kaloh's Newsletter 👉 https://www.kaloh.xyz/ 🎙Kaloh's Podcast 👉 https://www.kaloh.xyz/s/kalohs-podcast Connect with me: X 👉 https://www.x.com/kaloh_nft Instagram 👉 https://www.twitter.com/kaloh_art Farcaster 👉 https://warpcast.com/kaloh In today’s episode, we discuss: Early life in Cameroon (00:00:48) Fingacode shares details about his life in Cameroon and his artistic beginnings. Introduction to digital art (00:01:40): Fingacode discusses his transition to digital art and his early experiences with design and coding. Incorporating music into art (00:03:25) Fingacode discusses his passion for merging technology with creative arts and incorporating music into his work. Discovery of blockchain and NFTs (00:06:18) Fingacode shares his introduction to blockchain and NFTs and the influence of fellow artists on his decision to explore this technology. First NFT creation (00:07:53) Fingacode describes the creation and minting of his first NFT artwork. Artistic routine and inspiration (00:08:51) Artistic routine, work environment, and sources of inspiration. Influence of memes on art (00:10:40) The discussion explores the role of memes in attracting attention to Fingacode’s work and its impact on his artistic career. Collaboration with galleries (00:12:43) Fingacode shares his experiences working with galleries, including Bright Moments, and the impact on his artistic journey. Art scene in Cameroon (00:19:18) Fingacode reflects on the art scene in Cameroon and his experience visiting the national museum, highlighting the differences in preservation and cultural significance. The state of digital art today (00:21:03) Discussion on the pros and cons of being a digital artist and the evolving art space. Advice for aspiring digital artists (00:26:07) Encouragement to experiment and find one's own path in digital art. Managing supply, pricing, and marketing (00:27:44) Considerations in managing supply, pricing, and marketing in the digital art market. Exploring physical generative art (00:31:35) Discussion on the intersection of generative art and physical fabric creation. Influences and inspirations (00:35:20) Fingacode’s inspirations from creative coders and artists who blend technical brilliance with artistry. Until next time, - Kaloh Mentioned: Three.js, Sound Cloud API, Touch Designer, Bright Moments, NTH Culture, Dmitri Cherniak, PROOF, Seth Goldstein, Translucent Panes, Ana María Caballero, Zach Lieberman, Michael Kozlowski, IXShells, Linda Dounia, Spongenuity.
#3: Building Habits From The Ground Up
Entry #3: Building Habits From The Ground Up Satisfying the Basic Needs of Maslow's Hierarchy To not only reach self-actualization, but also to reach it consistently, I knew that I would need to start from the beginning. I needed to undergo a complete change in my daily approach to life. Based on my goals and personality, I knew I would benefit from adding structure to my days in a way that introduced continuous building. Each day, a new building block can be formed that can connect to the previous day to build towards the person I have always been meant to be. For me, and I think most people, each step on the path to self-actualization can be stabilized by meeting the basic physical and mental needs (the bottom layer of Maslow's hierarchy). This foundation makes sense: I know that my ideal me is not someone who is unhealthy and unhappy. But what is my ideal me? That is a question for each of us to decide. Welcome to the Recalibrating Podcast 🧭 ✨ Join me as I explore the depth of what the world has to offer. Learn to better life in every way possible, reflecting and recalibrating along the way to keep from getting too lost. Thanks for sharing the journey with me ✨ I hope that you enjoy this episode of Recalibrating, thanks for listening! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes and support my work. This podcast episode is the voiceover of my 3rd Recalibrating entry, published July 8, 2023. The original newsletter can be read here: https://www.wanderloots.com/recalibrating-3 ABOUT ME My name is Callum, also known as wanderloots. I am an intellectual property lawyer, patent agent, blockchain specialist, photographer, animator, videographer, writer, and I studied engineering. I quit my job to pursue a life of creativity while teaching people along the way. The world is changing more rapidly than ever before. Learning how to deal with change and recalibrate is the best skill I can learn, and hopefully the best skill I can teach you ✨
#2 The Path Of Self-Actualization
Entry #2: The Path of Self-Actualization Burnout Recovery From The Ground Up One month ago I gave my resignation. Yesterday was my last day 😌 I resigned from the intellectual property law firm I have worked at since 2016. Many people have asked me what I am doing next? Which firm I am going to? Which company have I joined? The answer? Nothing, none of them. Welcome to the Recalibrating Podcast 🧭 ✨ Join me as I explore the depth of what the world has to offer. Learn to better life in every way possible, reflecting and recalibrating along the way to keep from getting too lost. Thanks for sharing the journey with me ✨ I hope that you enjoy this episode of Recalibrating, thanks for listening! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes and support my work. This podcast episode is the voiceover of my 2nd Recalibrating entry, published July 1, 2023. The original newsletter can be read here: https://www.wanderloots.com/recalibrating-2 ABOUT ME My name is Callum, also known as wanderloots. I am an intellectual property lawyer, patent agent, blockchain specialist, photographer, animator, videographer, writer, and I studied engineering. I quit my job to pursue a life of creativity while teaching people along the way. The world is changing more rapidly than ever before. Learning how to deal with change and recalibrate is the best skill I can learn, and hopefully the best skill I can teach you ✨
Alex Masmej Talks $DEGEN: Fueling Drakula's Growth and the Onchain Creator Economy
Join us in this episode as we sit down with Alex Masmej, the brain behind Drakula and a key player in the farcaster ecosystem. From his early days of conceptualizing Showtime as the 'Instagram of NFTs' to pioneering Drakula, Alex's journey is nothing short of remarkable. Drakula, now making waves as the 'TikTok of Web3', has seen an explosive start with over $30M in transactions in just two weeks, introducing a new and engaging way for fans to support video creators. Alex returns to the podcast to share the lessons learned from pivoting Showtime to creating Drakula, highlighting the strategic moves, go-to-market strategy, and the decision to adopt $DEGEN as the native currency of the app. I hope you enjoy our conversation and our genesis episode on Pods!
Making onchain data accessible
In Episode 06 of Onchain Alpha our host Humpty Calderon speaks with Andrew of Dune. The conversation explores sustainability and supporting the creator economy, the evolution of tokenomics and meme tokens, analyzing data points, and the use of Dune as a platform for data analysis and integration plus the concept of Dune dashboards as composable pieces of the Web3 stack. Find the companion article to this podcast on our blog: https://cryptosapiens.xyz/unlocking-the-power-of-onchain-data-a-dive-into-andrew-hongs-insights
Bright Moments Venice: The Finale ft Seth Goldstein
Seth Goldstein is an entrepreneur, art collector, and mentor, who has led pioneering ventures for two decades. He founded Bright Moments in 2021, a digital art gallery fostering crypto art communities worldwide, pioneering live IRL minting experiences with digital artists. Co-founding companies like SiteSpecific and Majestic Research, he's made waves in internet advertising and data analysis. This Podcast episode is sponsored by Studio Asisi, the team behind Berlin-based artist Yadegar Asisi, who has been exhibiting the world's largest panoramas and creating immersive art for over 20 years. His inaugural digital collection, Canvas Legacies, pays homage to the Impressionist movement and nimbly blends analog and digital. Now minting on https://nft.asisi.de/ Subscribe to Kaloh's Newsletter 👉 https://www.kaloh.xyz/ Kaloh's Podcast 👉 https://www.kaloh.xyz/s/kalohs-podcast Connect with me: X 👉 https://www.x.com/kaloh_nft Instagram 👉 https://www.twitter.com/kaloh_art Farcaster 👉 https://warpcast.com/kaloh In today’s episode, we discuss: Venice's Unique Vibe (00:02:07) Seth describes Venice, Italy's unique lifestyle and atmosphere, focusing on its small streets and artistic history. Bright Moments' Finale in Venice (00:03:14) Seth explains the significance of Venice for the Bright Moments project's finale, including minting crypto citizens and the finale project. Showcasing at Venice Biennale (00:04:30) Seth discusses the international art fair and festival, Venice Biennale, and the deliberate timing of the Bright Moments finale to coincide with the event. Cultural Awareness and Evolution (00:07:10) Seth reflects on the journey of cultural awareness and sophistication of the Bright Moments project from London to Paris. Challenges of Nomad Life (00:09:37) Seth shares the complexities and emotions of living a nomadic lifestyle for three years and the toll it takes on relationships and work. Economic and Market Changes (00:12:00) Seth discusses the economic volatility and market changes experienced by Bright Moments, including shifts in cryptocurrency values and competition from other projects. Incorporating Shiny Objects (00:15:42) Seth addresses incorporating new trends like meme coins, Ordinals, and Farcaster into the Bright Moments finale event. Future Plans for Bright Moments (00:27:17) Seth hints at taking a breather after the finale and reflects on the team's hard work, expressing a desire for people to reflect on and appreciate the minted NFTs. Decentralization and community events (00:31:17) Discussion on decentralization, community-hosted events, and the shift of decision-making to the community. Meme coins and art market trends (00:35:11) Their impact, and the trends in the art market. Artist and collector challenges (00:42:05) The challenges faced by artists and collectors in the current art market, including the need for experimentation and adaptation. Ordinals and the Bitcoin ecosystem (00:45:29) Discussion on ordinals, its relationship with the Bitcoin ecosystem, and limitations compared to Ethereum-based art projects. Until next time, - Kaloh Mentioned: Piter Pasma, Monica Rizzoli, Phil, Spongenuity, Venice Biennale, Bright Moments, Crypto Citizens, Foundation, Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin Ordinals, Base, Coinbase, Farcaster, MetaMask, Tezos, OpenSea, Tyler Hobbs, Zancan, Zach Lieberman, Casey Reas, Lauren Lee McCarthy, Martin Grasser, Camille Roux, Squiggles, Mitchell F Chan, Sofia Crespo.
#169 - NICK TOMAINO
Nick is the Founder and General Partner at 1confirmation, a cryptocurrency focused investment firm. After raising its first $26M fund in 2017, 1confirmation now has over $1 billion in assets under management. The firm's early-stage investments include OpenSea, Farcaster, Worldcoin, Polkadot, Cosmos, Polymarket, dYdX, Degen, and others alike. Prior to starting 1confirmation, Nick was a Principal at Runa Capital and worked in business development in the early days at Coinbase. Follow Nick on X @NTmoney and on Warpcast @nick. For more episodes, go to podofjake.com. Previous guests include Mark Cuban, Vitalik Buterin, Brian Armstrong, Balaji Srinivasan, Keith Rabois, Ali Spagnola, Anthony Pompliano, Raoul Pal, Julia Galef, Jack Butcher, Tim Draper, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like OpenAI, Coinbase, Solana, Polygon, AngelList, Oura, and Replit, and investors from Founders Fund, a16z, Union Square Ventures, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to Chase Devens for the show notes and Yiction for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at jake@blogofjake.com. Thank you!
E111 - Earthquakes & Angel Numbers
This episode we discuss: Eclipse viewing & Hearthstone Battlegrounds We recorded some amazing artist episodes coming very soon! Trinity is bored of Farcaster and we chat more about the platform Our pods.media experiment was a success and you can mint this episode for a chance to win Buso #10 Our upcoming collab with Whitekross, Week After Week Broken Printer by Tabor Robak on Verse + Tabor's thread about the project here 90° by Reptile on fx(hash) Atelier drops their Visual Poetry show on fx(hash) with many cool projects to check out & mint 'Let It Flow' the new Dawn Contemporary exhibition on Alba Wæveform by Paul Prudence on Foundation Looking Ahead + more Battlegrounds :)
#168 - JACEK
Jacek is the creator of $DEGEN, an innovative cryptocurrency and L3 built on Base on Ethereum and popularized on Farcaster. Follow Jacek on Farcaster @jacek. For more episodes, go to podofjake.com. Previous guests include Mark Cuban, Vitalik Buterin, Brian Armstrong, Balaji Srinivasan, Keith Rabois, Ali Spagnola, Anthony Pompliano, Raoul Pal, Julia Galef, Jack Butcher, Tim Draper, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like OpenAI, Coinbase, Solana, Polygon, AngelList, Oura, and Replit, and investors from Founders Fund, a16z, Union Square Ventures, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to Chase Devens for the show notes and Yiction for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at jake@blogofjake.com. Thank you!
#167 - LUCAS CAMPBELL
Lucas is the founder of Pods — a platform for onchain podcasts. Pods launched in private beta in Q4 2023 and since then, has onboarded over 30 podcasts and over 250 episodes on the platform. Prior to Pods, Lucas was the first employee at Bankless, where he led the newsletter for 3 years and launched Bankless Collectibles — the first instantiation of podcast NFTs. Follow Lucas on Farcaster @0xl. I'm excited to partner with Pods to release this as our first episode onchain on Base. For more episodes, go to podofjake.com. Previous guests include Mark Cuban, Vitalik Buterin, Brian Armstrong, Balaji Srinivasan, Keith Rabois, Ali Spagnola, Anthony Pompliano, Raoul Pal, Julia Galef, Jack Butcher, Tim Draper, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like OpenAI, Coinbase, Solana, Polygon, AngelList, Oura, and Replit, and investors from Founders Fund, a16z, Union Square Ventures, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to Chase Devens for the show notes and Yiction for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at jake@blogofjake.com. Thank you!
#1 What Recalibrating Means To Me
Entry #1: What Recalibrating Means To Me I have done what I “should” do for most of my life. I worked hard to get into a good university for mechanical engineering, finishing second in my class, got into law school, got a job as a lawyer, and passed the exams to become a patent agent in Canada and the US, winning multiple awards for the highest score. Now what? Welcome to the Recalibrating Podcast 🧭 ✨ Join me as I explore the depth of what the world has to offer. Learn to better life in every way possible, reflecting and recalibrating along the way to keep from getting too lost. Thanks for sharing the journey with me ✨ I hope that you enjoy this episode of Recalibrating, thanks for listening! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes and support my work. This podcast episode is the voiceover of my first Recalibrating entry, published June 24, 2023. ABOUT ME My name is Callum, also known as wanderloots. I am an intellectual property lawyer, patent agent, engineer, blockchain specialist, photographer, animator, videographer, and writer. I quit my job to pursue a life of creativity while teaching people along the way. The world is changing more rapidly than ever before. Learning how to deal with change and recalibrate is the best skill I can learn, and hopefully the best skill I can teach you ✨
S7 E5 | Unlocking Human Potential w/Julia Lipton
On this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with Julia Lipton, Founder and General Partner at Awesome People Ventures, about unlocking latent potential in humans, finding product market fit in web3 communities, and the most important things happening in the global landscape right now.
Identity
Hosted by Donny Clutterbuck, this podcast dives into the world of Bitcoin and NFTs. Episode 03 explores the concept of identity in the digital age through PFP's (profile pics), branding, and tribalism. Find the companion article to this podcast on our blog: https://cryptosapiens.xyz/dsnftep3
