Norm

co-founder @usbclub (acq.) • educator @campuscomplex •
prev. concepting @plaid & advanced concepts @tfh_technology

[Norm @usbnorm]

Excited to announce a new steward for USB Club. A big day for memory, for connection, for shared presence.

Grateful to everyone that continues to make it a meaningful place to belong.

[Yatú @thecpe]

USB Club has been acquired.

Memory & Hardware is starting to matter again.

We’ve been building for that moment.

↓ Learn More ↓

[Norm @usbnorm]

@ngpadgett @thecpe 🌱🌱🌱

[Norm @usbnorm]

@0xchromuh @thecpe @usbclub 💌💌

[Liz Dorman @lizwandersworld]

Today we're launching Era and announcing $11M in funding.

We're building the intelligence layer for a new ecosystem of AI devices — the platform that lets any device manufacturer, brand, designer, or creator make objects that think, respond, and act in their own style.

We're entering a Cambrian explosion — new form factors, new creators, new objects worth desiring. Made by people who've never had the tools to make them, before today.

Welcome to the new Era.

Backed by @AbstractVC, @BoxGroup, @topology_vc, @betaworks, @CollaborativeFund, @MozillaVentures, and @AIResidency.

[Benji @benjibikes]

A Waymo headed to the sunset brought me to the weatherspace of a new kind of labor which I call,

Generative Pressure:

the work of introducing, managing, and pushing context in a material-less space.

[Yatú @thecpe]

Made a product that lives alongside something Virgil created

Still doesn’t feel real

[Norm @usbnorm]

@thecpe @jacksondahl @broskoski @AREdotNA @DialecticPod the call of the artist-founder 🙏

[Yatú @thecpe]

Just came across this

Cool to hear @jacksondahl & @broskoski from @AREdotNA bringing up Norm & I on @DialecticPod

On blending art + business in real decisions

Clip below

[Sanctuary Computer @sanctucompu]

This week, with @mozilla and @usbclub we launched https://t.co/fPlTpkcnV6 - a speculative design piece exploring the potential of local LLMs for protecting and preserving our precious family memories, stories and heritage.

Explore the research here →
& read on 🧵

[Norm @usbnorm]

bringing memories back home

[garden3d @garden3d_net]

AI could help preserve the next millennium of family heritage — but only if those memories stay at home.
Today we’re releasing https://t.co/G57TmSjRu4, a speculative design project by @usbclub and garden3d, co-presented with the Mozilla Foundation.

[Norm @usbnorm]

find the sourceware

[Yatú @thecpe]

Hardware isn’t slow because it’s hard.
It’s slow because it’s far away.

Shenzhen. A new hardware class. Shorter feedback loops.

Record of Thought 006:
↓ "Signal to Source" ↓

[Sanctuary Computer @sanctucompu]

The last couple months we've been working with @usbclub to compile our research into the feasibility and design thinking around building hardware devices running local LLMs. We just published the piece on Substack, but here's the seed that got us started:

https://t.co/fDQ2cquW3C

[Norm @usbnorm]

@JimmyRis @zoink @zoink is it time, did the time find us

0:00 is sunrise my friend

https://t.co/78HLKAkPSg

[Norm @usbnorm]

🔔🔔

[Yatú @thecpe]

Record of Thought: Augmenting Education
A new set of ingredients for campuses and careers.

An adaptation of our talk at FWB Fest, where we unpack our approach to pedagogy.

With a glimpse into the beginning of my self-directed MBA journey.

[Norm @usbnorm]

@johnpalmer i believe @maxbittker already got a working proto

[USB Club @usbclub]

Exclusive Feature: https://t.co/mw3ceX7Jqm Interview

Bring Your USB: Born out of nightlife, USB Club imagines a new way to connect

[los (appstar) @downloadlos]

plz help me afford a real labubu

[Ņ̨͈̯̻̪̥̥ͅick S̘͓͙usi @nicksusi]

@usbnorm @being_on_line @tigrisli @thecpe @mikesunda @FWBtweets 🔔 🔔

[Norm @usbnorm]

@nicksusi @being_on_line @tigrisli @thecpe @mikesunda @FWBtweets 🍎🍏

[Norm @usbnorm]

@slowchaz 📸