Gm – after an incredible 2.5+ year journey, I'm no longer with
@OpenSea
. It was the best job ever & radically changed my life for the better. Thank you
@alexatallah
&
@dfinzer
for entrusting me the honor of being the first Business Development hire back in early 2021. (1/7)
I believe the far more interesting & impactful blockchain use case is a cultural and social layer - not finance ultimately.
NFTs onboarded way more people to the idea of self custody that DeFi did.
Today is my 1 year anniversary at
@opensea
🎉 It's been the best year of my life. I am so thankful for all the friends & family I've made here - I feel so blessed 🥺👉👈
Thank you
@xanderatallah
for believing in me ❤️ feels like yesterday I slid in your DMs asking for a job 😅
Gm friends — I’m excited to announce that I'm joining
@withfabricxyz
as VP of Business Development. I believe deeply that NFTs as infra for subscriptions (& more) will usher in a new wave of creators, creativity, & innovation. They should've never let
@_nonlinear
& me cook 😤
I feel like food/wine/restaurant NFTs are going to blow up in 2022 - food is already such a communal experience - it could lend itself to the web3 ethos well if done right. Restaurant passes, dinner clubs, wine services, high priced meals, etc. FriendsWithFoodDAO wen?
I'm hungry
I’m overwhelmed right now .. I feel so lucky, so blessed, so thankful. Miami was the best week of my life. I love y’all for real.
To everyone reading this, we are going to make it :’)
unemployement has been so baller tbh??
gym every day
seeing friends every day
getting ghosted by dating app girls every day
building [redacted stealth company name] every day
sleeping to 10am every day
no one’s winning like i am right now 🫡
5 years ago today, I had life saving brain surgery. I was one of 11 people to have my rare condition. It's a miracle I'm alive - I was told I'd die before I was 30.
Now, I live the dream of every survivor - to work in consumer blockchain tech 😍
TRANSMISSION DETECTED.
NBA Star and
@PUMAHoops
athlete
@MELOD1P
, and NFT Collectible Project
@GutterCatGang
are teaming up to launch a limited-edition Hoops NFT – MB.03 ‘GutterMelo’. Dropping exclusively on
@opensea
on 6/29.
Here's everything you need to know. 🧵
i kind of only trust people who work in web3 but sort of hate web3 but feel like they have to work in web3 because they can help save web3/usher in a cool, new web3
if you LOVE web3 too much it's a red flag tbh
One of the major problems with web3 right now is how heavily it relies on Discord.. I just can't spend time on there anymore in a meaningful way unfortunately
Today is officially my 2nd anniversary at
@opensea
I am endlessly thankful for all the incredible friends, teammates, & partners that have shaped these last 2 years. I truthfully believe I have the most fun job in the world & wouldnt have traded it for anything. Love yall ❤️🫡
nah i dont have basel fomo at all i love seeing all the people i cherish the most in the world experiencing childlike wonder & creating lifelong memories together without me im actually doing great on my own i just got 3rd in fortnite & ordered a pizza thanks for asking tho !!
I used to be a ✨musician✨ - I went to Berklee for Electronic Music & Generative Audio. I had a fairly decent music career. I gave it up after years of burnout.
FWB Fest inspired me to get back to my roots - it’s time to get back in the lab 🔥 Maybe something coming soon 🤔👀
2024 is about becoming as smooth brain as possible. no thoughts. no numbers. only vibes and energy. i’m getting stupider every day. i am thriving. no one’s going to outdumb me. i will be the most successful person you know.
The internet is largely boring and/or terrifying.
Web3 should be the place where we have fun. It’s good for the financial element to be secondary. This is how new people get excited - fun.
Imagine 28M people making Openens instead of 28k…
I like that web3 products are starting to have Really Cool Names.. cool names are important.. some of my favorite cool web3 names:
- Friendtech
- Base
- Arbitrum
- Partydao
- Friends with Benefits
- Zora
- Parallel
Who did I miss with a Really Cool Name™️?
.
@FWBtweets
Fest was one of best events I’ve been to in years - Excited for the future of FWB and their role in web3. Glad
@opensea
could play a part in it 🫡❤️
my thesis is simple — we’re never getting mass adoption until NFT are Cool™️
fix the wallets & onboarding & scale & speed & whatever but really.. 99.9% of NFTs are lame as hell right now
the dimes-square-kids & the barney’s beanery crowd wouldn’t be caught dead with an NFT
I’m at a table with the OpenSea Protocol Team rn.. they’re all furiously coding not talking to each other.. one looks up and points at the computer.. they all nod
What are they cooking in there 😩
You asked. We delivered 📷
The Photography category is live! Head to your collection's edit page, select 'Photography', & buyers will be able to browse the latest trending works right here:
Tag your friends, collectors, favorite artists - do ittt ↯
Now that I'm employed again, the fun tweets will stop. No more calling you all nerds. Get prepared for a whole bunch of "Congratulations to the Product Team for Shipping This Amazing New Feature!" tweets.
Funemployed Alexander is dead and Corporate Alexander killed him 😔
My favorite part of working at OpenSea is I get to work with geniuses like Alex
My least favorite part of working at OpenSea is that Alex is so good, I'll always be The Other Alex™️
This image of
@iJmillz
a few months back really stuck with me..
As we were discussing adding a Photography category to OpenSea, this was one of the images running through my head. I hope that OpenSea can be this moment for so many more artists ahead ❤️🙏🏼
A lot of discourse about "why didn't [brand] talk to a real degen!"...
They almost surely did. A lot of degens don't actually know how to develop strategy, execute a clear go-to-market, cultivate a community, etc. It's actually hard.
Being a degen =/= being a brand strategist
In Idyllwild with my favorite people today ❤️
Super grateful & excited for all the amazing work
@FWBtweets
,
@opensea
& the incredible artists have put in to make this partnership so special
Pirate Radio was the start - Fest & the OS homepage takeover all weekend 🔥💪⛽️ LFG!!
kind of wacky that i have a degree from berklee & play guitar every day and have albums and albums worth of original material no one’s ever heard because i work in partnerships at the NFT store instead life is a rollercoaster
when you move to colorado to realize your dreams of spending more time outdoors then you get a job at The NFT Company and become addicted to checking JPEG floor prices instead >>>
Thrilled to have added
@nopattern
's "077 - Core Infinite Fragment Vortex" to my permanent collection over the weekend. Chuck's work immediately spoke to me - can't believe I was able to pick this one up!
View the entire collection here - it's incredible:
TBH I really like the OE/burn meta as a collector right now - it’s so fun. I’m now exposed to more great artists *and* I might be able to burn later for something cooler? I’m down.
loathe this tweet - shitting on Rothko's is *not* the way to make NFTs seem better or whatever the goal is here
tell me you've never appreciated art without telling me you've never appreciated art
i don’t have any tattoos but i’m going through a breakup so maybe i should impulse get a bunch sorry not a web3 tweet i’m a human i have other things in my life too
lowkey im verified on my other twitter account because I used to do ✨ music ✨ for a living but i made this account in May instead for
#NFTs
..... havent been on the other account in weeks this is way more fun NFT community rules
Thank you all for being a part of my journey. I could write a book filled with incredible stories from my tenure; a true historic run. Life is a rich tapestry quilted together by your loved ones and the experiences shared between you. WGMI (7/7)