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✨ @shopify / always exploring

[Figure31 @figure31]

DEL is minted out.

All 256 artworks were placed during the private sale.

Many thanks to all collectors who reached out. It’s encouraging and humbling to see this kind of demand.

A beautiful reminder of why blockchain art is such a unique medium and market.

[Joseph Azar @parazar]

Built a pottery app today, where your real hands throw virtual clay 🏺

Hand tracking > clay deformation > real-time physics

No controller. No stylus. Just hands.

Everything built within @omma_ai + threejs
Model of the puppet hand: credit to LiamVandeWouwer (SketchFab)

[MASSAGE MAGAZINE @themassagejp]

Rain Blooms Lattice
by Kazuhiro Tanimoto

[ertdfgcvb 𓅰 𓅬 𓅭 𓅮 𓅯 @andreasgysin]

Meltdown’s syntax highlighter function highlighting itself and melting away…
🫠🫠🫠

[Jonas @jonaasw1]

The IRL connection economy is a $400B+ market.

And companies are racing to own it.

In the last 6 months, $800M+ in capital was deployed on "IRL" bets.

@Tinder invested $60M into a new Events feature for connecting matches in-person. They're pivoting to IRL and offering experiences such as speakeasies, raves, and pottery classes.

@222place: raised a $10.1M Series A to curate blind social experiences for Gen Z. Personality-matched groups sent to hyperlocal nightlife events.

@JagermeisterUSA launched BestNightsVC - the only venture fund in the world dedicated solely to nightlife and IRL connection. 16 portfolio companies across 4 continents.

@timeleft: dinner with 5 strangers, every Wednesday. €18M ARR. 6,500 dinners/week across 200+ cities.

Dion: members-only social app where the first move is buying someone a real drink, redeemed IRL. 10K members, 30K+ on the waitlist founded by @revekkapal.

Pie: Bonobos founder @dunn built an IRL friendship app. $24M raised. 130K+ MAU.

@weroad_official: group trips for 20-30 year olds who don't know each other beforehand. $150M valuation.

Matchbox: is an algorithm-powered matching platform for IRL events and has powered over 100,000 connections. founded by @liamjmcgregor (prev @MarriagePact)

New dating apps like Known @Celesteamadon, Cerca @MylesCerca, and Ditto @AllenWangzian are aiming to improve connection amongst young people.

Billion-dollar companies are paying $$$ for community and events leads:
- @AnthropicAI: Marketing Events Manager ($255k)
- @tryramp: Community Manager ($223k)
- @tryramp: Events & Culture Manager ($181k)
- @duolingo: Senior Community Manager ($193k)
- @NotionHQ: Community Programs Lead

Everyone knows the more time we spend online, the more valuable real-life connection becomes.

The question isn't whether IRL wins.

It's who facilitates it best.

[peach @33b345]

a seemingly subtle distinction that will compound over the coming months will be whether the shape of a proposition is

tech measures humans

tech is a conduit true human network effects

there will also be a lot of slop in the pay-to-post path which isn’t a real one and will be mostly grifters

[Robleh @robjama]

Claudemonium in Toronto

@buildfutureto at New Stadium

shawarmas from ghadir

samosas from silverspoon

[mitchell @mitchell_irl_]

I kinda miss when everything was about the metaverse and this was the future of remote work

https://t.co/P8UgdSmX5k

[mitchell @mitchell_irl_]

Vibecoding to not pay the Pickleball Vision subscription fee

[mitchell @mitchell_irl_]

More of this

[Infinite Archive @infarc_]

[ resurfaced footage from the grand opening of The Shape Store ]

[mitchell @mitchell_irl_]

The future getting more technical does not have to mean it gets less human.

That feels like an important design choice

[Max the VC 👨‍🚀 @mreiffy]

https://t.co/7EtJeYiRbO

[Marcelo Soria-Rodriguez @msoriaro]

hyper-personalization of everything in our lives, but specially cultural content, removes the common ground that we use to build our identities in the process of exchanging subjective experiences with others. Having a common artifact and learning about how we react different (what we like, what moves us, what challenges us, what saddens us, etc.) is the way we have to grow, to cultivate empathy, to learn about difference.

Protect what's not exclusively yours, as it's one of the most enabling factors towards you becoming yourself. Experiencing the world through a tailored interface, removing the need to counter your inner experience with that of the others, will most probably beget you madness.

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

https://t.co/I9DFhgyfnd

[Robleh @robjama]

@dhasandev ya the tech is crazy good. we’re putting so much effort into not showing up when that’s gonna be the only thing that matters

[Complex @Complex]

Luka Dončić opens 77X pop-up in LA with trick shots and exclusive gear. Discover more: https://t.co/2qPTD9ahpg

[mitchell @mitchell_irl_]

The more digital the world gets, the more valuable IRL experiences become.

Not because they’re offline, but because they require real participation.

[Harley Finkelstein @harleyf]

.@LukaDoncic just launched 77x on @Shopify, debuting it with a massive pop-up at @NBA All-Star Weekend.

We built the Court to Cart Challenge: make a trick shot, win a product.

🏀 Fans scanned a mobile Fan Pass to start the experience
🏀 Each hoop unlocked a different product
🏀 Make the shot, and the prize synced instantly to their pass
🏀 Staff scanned the pass using a custom Shopify POS extension

Dream up a world-class experience one week. And ship it the next.

[mitchell @mitchell_irl_]

Dirk in the house!

So proud of what our team was able to build for 77X and @lukadoncic 🦾

[Lindsay Craig @_LindsayCraig]

Packed house for @lukadoncic’s “Court to Cart” challenge in LA 🏀 (powered by shopify!)

[Luka Doncic @lukadoncic]

LA, I made something for you 💔🏭

Lil Luka’s Heartbreak Factory: Level 1
A trick shot arcade experience, powered by @Shopify
🗓️ Feb 12-14
📍 6400 sunset blvd
text LILLUKA to 323.285.6772 for RSVP
https://t.co/mTPiZDYx8x