ZEROPOD SPOTLIGHT #3: "Obsessed with the Craft of Content" feat. Cameron Armstrong of Seemore.tv
If the internet decides what’s funny, Cameron Armstrong (@cameron on farcaster) has spent his career listening closely to find out. In this edition of our popular ZEROPOD Spotlight series, the Seemore.tv founder shares how he’s helping creators escape the “content algorithm lottery” and why our completionist instinct is one of humanity’s most underrated traits. We explore Farcaster’s journey from tight-knit weirdo haven to high-value creator launchpad, the challenge of minting new platform stars, and the magic of Mandarin oranges on sticks (what?) Whether you’re trying to build a personal brand, a community, or create content like his “OK Banger” podcast, Cameron’s got plenty of advice and anecdotes and you won’t want to miss this conversation. — TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - “Content Quality Arms Race” 00:47 - ZEROPOD Intro 02:05 - Crypto space needs more video content 04:15 - The Right Kind of Cringe 05:31 - The thing you can consistently do the longest is what you’ll be the best at 07:04 - The Cameron Origin Story: Military beginnings 08:32 - Harvard Business School 09:32 - E-commerce startup 10:35 - Illicit Farcaster Beginnings 11:50 - “A Bunch of Weirdos in a Room” 12:26 - Farcaster, then and now 15:09 - What is seemore.tv 17:58 - “If Linktree and Google Analytics had a baby” 20:55 - Badges for pod collectors 21:27 - Minting is a patronage behaviour for podcasts 23:00 - A minted episode is a creator tip with a lindy receipt 25:00 - The future promise of Ethereum Attestations 26:22 - The Seemore Story (pivot! pivot!) 30:00 - Problems with current business models for creators 32:00 - Conflicts of interest risk with advertising partnerships 34:00 - The advantage to bad actors in crypto 36:00 - The Seemore List 37:00 - The importance of finding values aligned sponsors for content 38:00 - Does Farcaster have enough interesting people? 40:00 - Rewarding creators is baked into the system on Farcaster 41:50 - The Content Valley of Death 43:00 - Problems with spam filters and dopamine triggers 45:18 - Cam’s got alts 46:00 - You don’t get to decide what’s funny on the internet 47:24 - Why is he bullish on Farcaster? 49:00 - OK Banger 50:53 - From Band Kid to Bangers 51:52 - Outro --- Podcast recorded by Toady Hawk, edited by Toady Hawk and Santhosh. Hosted by Toady Hawk. Music by Toady Hawk x Suno AI. This content is zero rights reserved (cc0), please remix and reuse it in any way you like!
Electronic Music Scenes — Sound Of Fractures
Jamie Reddington is an electronic music producer, consultant and lecturer from London who recently released his debut album Scenes. His music is shaped by hiphop, UK dance music and soul. Leaning into telling stories, with textures and samples captured from his phone, featuring the sound of his daughter’s heartbeat. The record was released as a co-creation. ‘Over 350 memories were submitted and turned into Scenes, capturing a moment in time. People stopped, took time out of their lives and engaged in a process that connected music and emotions.' We talk about the past, present and future of music on the internet. What's most interesting for artists right now? ___ UFO Sponsor Resources ↑ Higher — https://www.aimhigher.net/ 🌐 International Meme Fund — https://imf.bz/ --- @soundoffractures @ufoclub.eth @hollins For more episodes, go to ufo.fm
Rainbow Rewards with Mike Demarais
Rainbow wallet just debuted their first ETH rewards to top users of the hottest growing crypto mobile wallet. We sat down with the founder to chat through Rainbow’s journey launching a points system and building a compelling mobile-first experience for crypto-natives and beginners alike. We dive into onchain social discovery, celebrity coins and much more!
Rethinking web3 conferences (and hackathons) with Farcon
In Episode 04 of Crypto Consumer Chronicles our host Humpty Calderon speaks with ted, Graham and Dylan of Farcon. In this conversation ted, McBain, and Dylsteck share their memories from Farcon, including their intention to create a unique and inclusive experience that reflected the Farcaster community focusing on vibes, culture, and human connections rather than just the financial aspects of crypto. Plus the role Farcon had as an onboarding tool for consumer crypto, with Farcaster channels being a key feature for finding tribes and growing networks.
Ep.30: AI x HOPE, Farcaster raises $150M, Roam, Low Float High FDV Debate, New Punks Collection
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 1PM EST live.seedclub.xyz 00:24 Intro - Welcome to episode 30, today we’ve got our Ventures team reporting from AI x Hope Berlin and our co-hosts are Ben and Natalie from the Liquid Culture podcast 01:13 Warren and Nima give an update after a long day at the AI x Hope event in Berlin where they brought together the AI and crypto communities for a day of talks 06:35 Ben and Natalie introduce themselves and tell us all about the vibe of the new podcast their launching called Liquid Culture. Episode 1 with Derek Edwards is out now. 12:31 Big news coming out from Farcaster this week that they have successfully raised $150 million to fund their web 3 social media platform 14:09 Part of the problem with crypto is that we’re always circling around one meta at a time like ants around a speaker listening to Thunderstruck 18:43 Next up we have Zen, co-founder of Roam joining us to talk about building Roam - a social onchain browser they’ve been working on the last year 25:30 Peace wants to know why Roam is better than the in-app browsers with MetaMask or Rainbow and we discuss what it means to be a browser first wallet app 37:18 Coinbase is making a similar bet around developing smarter wallet applications and making it easier to interact across multiple apps 40:00 A discussion around the airdrop meta and the shifting market around the recent low float high FDV overhyped drops that have left a lot of people disappointed and Cobie’s latest post 47:41 On people forcing the traditional VC model in spaces that don’t necessarily require it, where there’s more room to breathe and predicting how that will evolve 51:15 Looking at Sixth Man Ventures report on airdrops and talking about whether or not it’s relevant today with how much the market has changed in the last 18 months 54:20 We talk about the Cryptopunks announcement this week about Super Punk World - a 500 piece collection that’s in collaboration with Nina Chanel 57:55 A quick teaser on our discussion around Telegram and why you should absolutely be leveraging it if you’re building any kind of app or product in the crypto space 58:37 This week’s lightning round - Peace drops a few choice memes that he definitely has to explain to the group 01:01:10 We pay homage to the passing of the greatest meme of all time Kabosu, the dog beind the Doge we all know and love 01:01:33 A quick reminder we’ve got SC.07 Demo Day coming up, don’t forget to tune into that, and we’ll see ya back here next Friday at 11AM PST / 1PM EST, until then, enjoy! Hosts: Josh Cornelius & Jess Sloss Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
Ep.29: 0xDesigner, Web3 Design, Everything Apps, WorldPVP, The State of Ethereum
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 1PM EST live.seedclub.xyz 01:46 Intro - Welcome back! It’s episode 29 of Internet Explorers and today we’ve got 0xDesigner on the show for his first ever recorded interview 06:05 Let’s bring 0xDesigner up for a long overdue appearance on the show, and after being at FarCon he’s decided to dox his voice today, which we’re excited about 08:47 Reflecting on the process of putting out a design every day for nearly the last 500 days as the milestone is approaching in June 2024 11:22 There are two different confounding factors when it comes to looking at the state of UX in crypto today 14:18 Part of the problem with crypto is that we’re always circling around one meta at a time like ants around a speaker listening to Thunderstruck 17:00 Interoperability is the most interesting thing crypto does from a product experience standpoint 19:03 A legendary designer named Don Norman, who coined the phrase User Experience, came up with 3 levels of design - visceral, behavioral and reflective 23:17 We see strong brand identity at the chain level - spending your time on Solana means one thing vs spending your time on Ethereum 27:20 Looking at Zora’s brand and identity as a case study for appealing to creatives and non-crypto communities 30:57 0xDesigner wants to hear Jess’s updated take on ‘everything apps’ vs ‘bundled apps’ before he shares his own thoughts 34:08 Continued discussion on bundled apps and the thought that everything we’re doing right now in crypto works better when bundled together 39:04 Summing up our discussion, a special thank you to 0xDesigner for joining us, we want to bring him back on the show again soon 40:50 Another edition of WTFIPDOC - we look at Roam - an onchain social browser, a text based game where you start with no arms and legs, and Sound Capsules by @sweetman 48:49 Jumping ahead to talk about WorldPVP a new game built on the memecoin meta where theres a token for each country and they battle each other for victory 54:47 Next up, Delphi released a new report essentially running through the state of attention markets in Web2 with ads and now in Web3 with tokens and memecoins 59:40 Briefly touching on the state of Ethereum as a community and as a brand and addressing recent criticism of its future and becoming less cool 01:01:34 We have time for one lightning round and it’s Peace reading a ridiculous tweet by @cryptocred aloud for our enjoyment 01:02:53 Thanks again to @0xDesigner for joining us and to everyone that tuned in, we’ll be back next Friday 11AM PST / 1PM EST, until then we’ll see ya onchain Hosts: Josh Cornelius & Jess Sloss Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
Ep.28: Zora acquires Mint.Fun, $FRIEND, Blast szn, Farcaster Incentives
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 1PM EST live.seedclub.xyz 00:23 Intro - Welcome back, it’s episode 28 of Internet Explorers, thanks for those who joined us IRL last week 03:23 Let’s bring Worm Emoji up to the stage to talk about Mint.Fun, Rug.Fun, Context and more 04:40 Worm gives an overview of his journey into crypto and creating Context - the first Web3 social feed 07:51 What did you learn from growing these products and ultimately selling them to bigger companies 14:43 Rug.Fun is all over the timeline, make sure to go claim your airdrop if you haven’t already 17:23 Experimenting with how you can change the way people think about memecoins 21:39 Productizing memecoin consensus building and the big opportunity with becoming the shilling point 25:22 Building chat features into the products your building as a growth mechanism 30:10 Another edition of WTFIPDOC - WTF is Peace doing on-chain - a follow up on Runemilio 37:51 Some new Farcaster incentives coming out of FarCon and the call for more clients 43:21 The inevitability of this being a consumer cycle in crypto and 3 new products that broke into the top 15 49:16 A segue into another consumer product - Friend.Tech and an update on their token launch 54:14 It’s obvious Blast is putting a lot into promoting projects and tokens and NFTs on their network 57:39 Tremp token and the political attention thesis playing out in real time, plus Trump’s take on NFTs 59:01 That’s it for this week, thanks for tuning in, we’ll see you next week at 10am PST / 1pm EST. Enjoy! Hosts: Josh Cornelius & Jess Sloss Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
Ep.27: LIVE FROM FARCON/FREE WIFI ft. Dan Romero, Paragraph acquires Mirror, Titles
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 1PM PST live.seedclub.xyz Hosts: Josh Cornelius & Jess Sloss Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
