Freunde der Zukunft – hier kommen die Links der Woche. Sehr ans Herz legen möchte ich »The Third Web (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)« von Jürgen Geuter. Eine Einführung in all things crypto und warum einige Menschen große Hoffnungen haben, andere größtmögliche Skepsis. Wer sich dann immer noch einarbeiten möchte, zum Beispiel über die Feiertage, findet weitere gute Links, ein Anfang könnte »A Normie’s Guide to Becoming a Crypto Person (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)« sein. Lustig ist es allemal.
Klar versuchen jetzt Firmen, auf den Hype aufzuspringen. Bisher kommen dabei verzweifelte Marketing-Stunts raus wie die NFT-Versteigerung der ersten SMS (Vodafone) oder kreativer Essensbilder (Applebee's). Andere bauen so etwas wie digitale Sammelkarten (Nike). Oder schrauben weiter an kostenpflichtigen Assets in Spielen (Ubisoft). So weit, so langweilig. Interessanter scheinen mir die dezentralen, autonomen Organisationen, die DAOs (Öffnet in neuem Fenster), die explizit gegen herkömmliche Firmen antreten und ganz anders funktionieren wollen.
Das Jahr geht zu Ende, die Zukunft kommt!
Reading
10 books to rehabilitate the tech doomer in your life (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): These books will help put things in perspective so you can focus on what really matters over the holidays: winning family grudge matches of Catan.
The longest train journey in the world – in 2021 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): This tweet has been doing the rounds, claiming to map the longest train journey in the world.The problem is… it’s not right.
How Shein beat Amazon at its own game — and reinvented fast fashion (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): By connecting China’s garment factories with Western Gen-Z customers, Shein ushered in a new era of »ultra-fast« shopping.
Inside Apple Park (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): first look at the design team shaping the future of tech.
100 years of whatever this will be (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): What if all these weird tech trends actually add up to something?
Meet Kiri (Öffnet in neuem Fenster), the tiny Japanese fire truck bringing joy to San Francisco.
Ten tech predictions for 2022 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): what’s next for Twitter, Uber and NFTs.
A deep dive into an NSO zero-click iMessage exploit (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): »We assess this to be one of the most technically sophisticated exploits we've ever seen.«
The metaverse has a groping problem already (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): A woman was sexually harassed on Meta’s VR social media platform. She’s not the first—and won’t be the last.
Crypto
The Third Web (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): »I understand a lot of the motivations driving people to wanting to rethink the web. The monopolies and power imbalances, the inequality and unfairness. I understand that especially creative people are desperately looking for ways to make a decent living and selling NFTs looks like a very simple way to make some serious cash.«
Web3 is going just great (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): A timeline of some of 2021's greatest hits in cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and other web3 projects.
A Normie’s Guide to Becoming a Crypto Person (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): How to (cautiously and skeptically) fall down the rabbit hole.
How to create an NFT (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) — and why you may not want to: Warning: here be dragons (fees and moral dilemmas).
I Gave My Mom a Crypto Wallet (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): A Simple Guide to NFTs, Blockchain and More. If you wince when you hear the term ‘nonfungible token,’ fear not. We created an NFT to help explain this whole crypto revolution in a clear, easy-to-understand way.
Applebee’s (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): A collection of NFT art based on our iconic menu items.
A Bor version is ready (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) for the Mumbai Testnet which includes the London hard fork and EIP 1559. Please upgrade your nodes before block#22640000 hits.
Bubble
What the press could learn from Discord (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): On digital media's missing community.
»The Media Variant« Hits New York City (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
Medium isn't paying columnists anymore (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
Disposable culture is diminishing the power of brands (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): If you own a business or play a role in building or managing a brand, consider these questions to get you started.
Internet Explorer
Pop Songs About Computers/the Internet (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
Hive Index (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): The internet is full of beautiful communities
WeirdSpot.fyi (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): enter a sentence. get a playlist.
Gossip’s Web (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): the directory of handmade webpages
Busy Simulator (Öffnet in neuem Fenster): Feign importance with repeating app sounds!
Das war Ausgabe #86 von THEFUTURE (Öffnet in neuem Fenster), dem Newsletter über das wilde Internet und die Zukunft der Medien von Ole Reißmann (Öffnet in neuem Fenster).
