iSpeakNerd (@ispeaknerd) • Hey
Educator, wordsmith, DAOist.
Spent 6 years teaching in hs trenches using games/tech.
Sober 5+ years.
Writing via Mirror
Building @collab_land
Publications
- I just minted @collab_land.lens 🤝 BASE
https://zora.co/collect/base:0x75d924e841aa83569b30558791356386b9bfa2ad/mint?referrer=0xEA1Bd5453E4007eE34b42bb1700a5bfc79642040
- I just minted the @rainbow.lens Introducing: Rainbow Extension,
love to see 🌈 come to desktop, right after fully OSS too!
Check it out @links!
https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x86477e3b43a2f7dd2f2b3480ddbc2555f4edb074?referrer=0x3eEFAa9d6e2ab7972C1001D41C82BB4881389257
- ICYMI - ENS is coming to @LensProtocol ⚡️
you'll soon be able to follow me as sha.eth
- If you wanted to maximize the social status gain by users of a new wallet, how would you design it?
- Newly designed Lens Developer Documentation just dropped!
https://docs.lens.xyz/
- Connected together, we will make it through
@Collab_land #mememachine
- Dev portal last week, Miniapp marketplace last quarter, @collab_land on a roll! #mememachine
- First time trying out OpenAI ChatGPT Code Interpreter, and it analyzed a 74,000+ line JSON file in just a few seconds.
I exported my followers from @LensProtocol.lens and asked GPT to create a list of my top 20 followers, and then visualize them in a pie chart.
Worked perfectly.
- Pretty cool milestone in the Aave DAO, recognized delegate platforms are getting reimbursed for gas, first time ever paid for voting costs.
- Good specific comparison of #privacy policies on twitter and alts
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/07/how-threads-privacy-policy-compares-to-twitters-and-its-rivals/
- Anyone in #socal this weekend want to get lunch tomorrow? I'll take you to the best carnitas you've ever had 🌮🌮
- Smart admins power their community with @collab_land #mememachine
- Keeping the @bondwithmochi #mememachine going
Do it all with @collab_land miniapp marketplace
- #web3 frens play ball too
Ty @playerzer0x and @krausehousedao, great time at @big3_ballhogs game
- Just had a thought @jamesyoung,
Unstyled Ai image gen gives great neo-impressionism style
Impressions/outlines of ideas but nonsensical when peering deeper (hands, disconnects, etc.)
Artists used analog image blur to focus images, ai does same but nondirected
- gm gm!
Day 16 of morning Tai Chi in the park
- gm!
Day 15 of Tai chi at the park each morning
- Day 13 of Tai Chi at the park each morning
- Gm to all those posting with yup 😁
- you want to distribute a @poapxyz.lens?
well, there's a whole lot of different ways & it can be confusing as hell 😓
I built a flowchart to guide you through the options.
@fioscan.lens approved 👍
- avoid #POAP farmers ✅
- irl vs digital events ✅
- known vs unknown wallet addys ✅
- known github users ✅
- fast & easy ways to send in discord ✅
👇
https://whimsical.com/poap-distribution-methods-79PSrqjYamsUY4nUfE5XFD@2Ux7TurymMZ8ygVksKTa
- The POAP community is awesome 🦄
@ispeaknerd.lens created this cool flowchard walking though all POAP distribution methods.
Useful for POAP newbies but also for all issuers that want to be more fancy when distributing POAPs.
https://whimsical.com/poap-distribution-methods-79PSrqjYamsUY4nUfE5XFD
- Introducing: **the Yup app**
Join the waitlist at https://yupio.typeform.com/to/lXQyUc5e
Yup is *web3 in 1 feed* 💐
Get the best of Lens, Farcaster, Mirror, POAP, Twitter, NFTs, and more on your phone. Now available for iOS by invitation only.
Scroll smarter, not harder. Yup leverages *on-chain composability* to put everything in one place. So close all those tabs. Your multitasking days are over. 😮💨
Shills, bots, trolls: We’re leaving all that** in web2. 🙄*Yup curates web3* for you, so you get the latest alpha, most galaxy-brained ideas, and dankest memes — no matter where they’re posted.
Plus, *customize your feeds* to get more of what matters, and less of what doesn’t.
And that’s just the beginning. Follow across platforms. Explore on-chain data. Discover content without onboarding. All on Yup.
*Ready for a better web3 social*? So are we. 🌅
**Join the waitlist** to request early access (and a Lens handle) 🌿👀
https://yupio.typeform.com/to/lXQyUc5e
Check out our full launch announcement: https://yup.mirror.xyz/SNoX6k_dEiGWQUOKxANMVPen20SiEFc8Jdcft8lHTj4
yup
(Video music: Choosing To Bear Fruit by Dessauer)
- yup
- Scams are rampant in #web3. Fortunately, you can take steps to protect yourself from becoming a victim.
By understanding the options out there, you can shield yourself from losses & preserve your peace of mind.
My top 8 tips for securing your digital life in web3. 👇
https://mirror.xyz/ispeaknerd.eth/EVEbW8U4Pnow4Ey8PJ2IBRC8kcR3-ibAicARG9NtWkk
- I wrote a security thread for @collab.lens_land
https://twitter.com/Collab_Land_/status/1618655772262666241?t=lvzcyCT5p7_B_CnmlC5vkw&s=19
- A lot has happened over the past few months in the @LensProtocol ecosystem.
In this thread I want to highlight some of the projects, updates, and products we or the community has shipped over the past year and also shed some light on what's coming next. 🌿❤️🔥⚡️
For anyone unfamiliar with @LensProtocol - Lens is a protocol, API, and suite of tools that enables developers to easily and quickly build social media applications, or integrate social features like follows, likes, publications, profiles, and encrypted chat.
Since the official launch on Polygon on May 18:
https://twitter.com/LensProtocol/status/1526944792013316097
... there have been around 100 apps that I would consider serious that are being built or that have launched on Lens.
https://www.lens.xyz/apps
There are also many apps integrating Lens social features into existing apps.
This use case will be a popular and growing one this year as it is a low lift and requires minimal work, but with a lot of upside.
Want to parse social posts in your wallet? Lens
Want to add a comments section to your blog? Lens
Already have posts/comments but want to add Collects, linked re-posts, and linked likes to your posts? Lens
Want to add a discussion forum to your site that's token-gated for your DAO? Lens
Want to leverage a user base of x hundreds of thousands (or in the future, x millions) of users without having to bootstrap a network from scratch? Lens!
Like managed services and cloud computing has abstracted away the need to build abd maintain complex back end infrastructure from scratch, Lens abstracts away to the need for developers to build and maintain the infrastructure necessary to implement social features themselves.
Whether or not Lens is built on traditional or decentralized technologies should not matter to the average user or developer.
At the end of the day, many of the features provided by Lens are only made possibly by blockchains and decentralized protocols like Arweave and IPFS, but they should not be at the forefront of the discussion.
Instead, the applications should speak for themselves: the UX and value proposition should be compelling enough on their own for the average internet user or developer to want to use or build on Lens, regardless of the underlying tech stack.
Part of providing a compelling UX is abstracting away the need to know about or understand blockchains and wallets at all.
As of now, this is not part of the average Lens front-end, but is something we'll be considering this year as we move toward scaling Lens to >50,000 TPS and enabling permissionless access to the protocol (both of which are on our somewhat near-term roadmap).
For developers, we plan to double down on providing the best possible DX we can offer for developers.
Last year we made consistent updates and improvements to our docs and API and launched two new SDKS:
Lens React SDK
https://twitter.com/dabit3/status/1606383208089718794
and React Native Lens UI Kit
https://twitter.com/dabit3/status/1600188853297377280
We have a lot of plans for these two libraries, and will also be considering shipping additional products to facilitate and improve the ease of development for devs building on or integrating Lens.
The engineering team led by @wagmi continues to ship new updates to the Lens API at a rapid pace.
You can keep up with the updates by following LensAPI on Lens: @lensapi
A small handful of highlights I will call out that were shipped last year:
- gated publications powered by @LitProtocol
- dispatcher enabling signless transactions
- optimistic UI updates
- feed highlights
- degrees of separation
- profile interests
+ many many others
In November, Lens adopted @xmtplabs to provide secure, private, and encrypted profile-to-profile DMs for the entire Lens ecosystem.
This was huge as it was one of the most requested features from Lens users and the reception has been incredible.
https://twitter.com/xmtp_/status/1588200030820704257
The Lens grants program has deployed funds to over 50 teams building on Lens.
We plan to continue working closely with, and providing support for, certain developers and teams who are building interesting or valuable applications on Lens through our grants program and / or providing engineering support through private channels.
We will be attending, mentoring, participating, and sponsoring strategic events in 2023, including branching out into more traditional "web2" events.
We plan to attend all major @ETHGlobal events, DevCon, & a few other web3 / blockchain events.
We also plan to create small to medium-sized meetup-type events this year in cities around the world starting with Sao Paulo in a couple of weeks.
Here, people can meet others in their community who are using or building on Lens, and also get allow-listed for a profile until permissionless access is enabled for everyone.
There is a lot of hype around web3 social right now:
https://twitter.com/ljin18/status/1610688970173878272
I agree that 2023 will be a huge year for web3 social and for Lens.
We are focused, motivated, and excited to continue building off of the momentum created last year to make 2023 a breakout year for Lens.
There is a lot more happening outside of DevRel, with dedicated teams working with creators (@christina & @bradorbradley) and also other areas of focus like integrations and partnerships.
I have not done a good job highlighting everything else happening in the ecosystem and with the other teams.
If you do want to keep up, follow Lens team members on Lens and on Twitter, starting with:
@christina
@bradorbradley
@fabri
@yoginth
@stani
@paris
@donosonaumczuk
@wagmi
@davidev
@sasicodes
@pealco
That wraps up this overview.
I'm beyond excited and motivated about what we will be working on this year and invite you enjoy the ride with us!
If you've made it this far congratulations, you can earn 1 WMATIC by simply mirroring this post (up to 200 WMATIC)
🌿
- @nader.lens have some questions re:Dev DAO onboarding, would you add me back on twitter so i can dm you? 🙏
https://twitter.com/iSpeak_Nerd
- Merry Christmas everyone! ☃️ 🎄
- Happy Hanukkah folks 🕎🕎
- Gm @nader.lens 👋
i got a friend wanting to move into DevRel. He's following you on twitter already, could you message him and hook a fellow up?
http://twitter.com/itsbapic
- My recent post on what in the Ethereum application ecosystem excited me:
https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/12/05/excited.html
- Today I'm excited to announce the release of React Native Lens UI Kit 🚀🌿
Get started building mobile apps with social features in as little as 2 lines of code 🤯
Check it out and give it a star here 🌟🌟🌟
https://github.com/lens-protocol/react-native-lens-ui-kit
Here's why we decided to build this.
UI kits have supercharged developer workflows now for years.Most UI kits have reusable components like buttons, tabs, list items, etc...
These components are great because the abstract away common design and functionality patterns and allow developer to focus on the features that will differentiate their app from everyone else.
When we think of almost every app in existence, there are actually only a few main design patterns that we see reused and rehashed in new and creative ways.
Most apps are list views that navigate to detail views, with a bunch of form elements and buttons mixed in.
What happens when we start seeing common functionality being abstracted at the API and infrastructure layer as well?
We should be able to componentize and abstract away the common design elements here as well!
With Lens Protocol, and really with most social media / social graph applications, we see the same elements.
A profile, a post, profile details, list views, etc...
Traditional apps though have only a single UI that is controlled and owned by the company.With Lens, the protocol encourages developers to build out their own ideas and experiences on top of it.
They don't have to worry about building the back end, they can instead focus on building out their web and mobile apps because all of the infrastructure is maintained for them - similar to serverless technology but instead applied to the entire back end.
This library componentizes and abstracts away these common elements – profiles, posts, comments, profile details, list views, etc... so developers can focus on building out their own differentiating features instead of reinventing the same exact design elements over and over.
In the near future, I want to make the components completely configurable as well so that they can be modified to suit more complex and custom design systems.
The project is still in alpha, so please provide any feedback you'd like so we can continue improvements into the beta and V1 launches.
- Hullo! Vitalik here.
Proof it's me:
https://vitalik.ca/files/misc_files/socials.txt
- Hullo! Vitalik here.
Proof it's me:
https://vitalik.ca/files/misc_files/socials.txt
- Food trucks are decentralized catering @gmchad.lens 🚿 💭
@ultrasoundchad @VDizzle777
#showerthoughts
- @nader.lens what tools are available for livestreaming/video recording with lens? I know Lenstube, what else? @ddwchen.lens might know also...
- @DuneAnalytics data flow for a txn at ethSF @ethglobal.lens
- A view into the lens stack at ethSF
- Live with lens at ethSF!
- Just laid down for 5 min and woke up an hour later AMA
- Testing, does this post from @lenster.lens really xpost to twitter?
- You can now find your friends from Twitter and follow them on Lens with one click!
WHO IS IN LENS? 🌿
https://inlens.xyz
- I've created a curated list of awesome @lensprotocol projects, resources, libraries, tools, and more. 📚🌿
Contributions are welcome! ❤️
Comment any missing projects here, or open a PR on GitHub.
https://github.com/0xJuancito/awesome-lens-protocol
- Learned about basic fundamentals and features of @LensProtocol on the @orbapp.lens app, and got a dope NFT 🌿
#orb #orbapp #orbsbt
- #web3 #DAOs unlock the ability to:
Incentivize the change you wish to see in the world 🌍
- Experiment with #DeFi
- Yesterday Lens Protocol announced the CultivatorDAO (👩🌾,👨🌾) to establish community driven content curation for Trust & Safety. Going to share our vision below on how we see the web3 social stack evolve 🧵
First, Lens Protocol is a decentralized social media protocol that acts as a registry to point content and followers. Users can link to any content which can be stored on-chain & off-chain. Most of the content is off-chain (stored in IPFS or Arweave etc).
The Protocol is flexible enough to link the content even to a private cloud or to a self-hosted environment. This is an interesting use case for follower and token gated content. It's up to the applications and users to choose how they use Lens Protocol.
Lens Protocol design guarantees users the access to their own social network. You don't need to trust centralized or off-chain platforms with your followers. Meaning every user has their own social network.
Not only you own your own network, but you also have the ability to broadcast content in a permissionless and censorship resistant way. Anyone you grant the access to your content has the ability to explore your creativity and self expression. This is decentralization by design.
While decentralization is groundbreaking for web3 social, the amount of information and finding relevant peers and content for you to discover would be a time consuming mission. This reason is why we would see another stack evolve - the middleware - where curation lives.
The middleware layer already exists on Lens Protocol, there are tools such as Graph Protocol, RSS3, Sepana and the Lens API. The middleware layer consists from widely decentralized appoaches to being progressively decentralized depending on the use cases they serve.
The latest addition to the middleware are communities such as the CultivatorDAO, focusing on curation with Trust & Safety in mind. Where code cannot solve everything, we need communities to reflect their values and govern.
The DAOs of the Lensverse will serve the application layer for various tasks ranging from building discovery algorithms, content moderation and solving various challenges that social media faces today.
The key difference between the web2 and web3 social stack is that in web3, the stack is completely open. When you don't like a policy or an experience, as a user you should be able to find a new experience without leaving behind your accumulated social capital.
Hopefully we will see small communities evolve across the web3 social ecosystem, being utilized for tasks that would benefit from community governance.
I would even imagine that every social media application built on top of Lens Protocol would have its own DAO consisting of its community members voted by the community that reflects the their own values.
Most importantly, these DAOs can operate transparently and since the measures taken by these DAOs are public, there should not be any shadow banning (see here: https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x05-0x0417).
By ensuring human assessment and the design that leads to decentralization, we are able to ensure that web3 social doesn't become a closed platform and users are able to access to open social networks that are driven by community engagement & stewardship.
Building a decentralized stack is a harder exercise than starting from a centralized approach, but brings the benefit of fully verified content linking on-chain wherever you store your content, ownership to your social graph, ability to use timestamps and create programmability.
And most importantly: decentralized and on-chain content and follower registries opens up the programmability and composability to another level. Imagine pairing Lens with tools like Simo, Lit Protocol, DeFi, NFTs, ReFi and DAO governance.
Besides reachitecturing the social stack, part of the mission for the Lens team is to make the social stack more accessible. Now with all interactions across the Lens Protocol, users do not need to sign or pay any gas. Blockchain on the backend, party on the frontend 🥳
Next Monday, you will be able to vote for CultivatorDAO with your Lens Profile to signal your support for community driven stewardship https://snapshot.org/#/cultivatordao.eth/proposal/0xd512345eb6c9b7bbf57b28a8b4f7dc46d31ab6c19ac8ad5de4605fa52fcb9e98
If you love our vision and what we are building, collect and mirror this post to retain your early user flexing rights 🌿
- Buenos días buildoors 👋 come by and meet the Lens team at our ETH Global Mexico booth to get all the rare swag 🤩
For those that can't attend IRL. Collect this exclusive basket of Lens love. Open edition 🇲🇽
- Internet has been shut down in Iran, and I have no way of getting in touch with family. I stand with the women in Iran.
- @orbapp.lens very similar to a twitter interface, gg enjoying the experience so far