This week we speak with Tlon cofounder and CEO Galen Wolfe-Pauly. We discuss his design theory, how his Urbit vision has changed over the years, and running a company in the Age of Covid. Per community request, we stage an intervention over his frankly alarming level of tofu fanaticism.
Episode 026: Banking on Urbit with ~finnem
This week we speak with ~finnem, finance maven from a secret haven in the land of guns, chocolate, and sausage respecting. The lady talks to us about the possible use cases of Urbit for making bank. No, for making a bank. A Swiss bank, which everyone knows is the best sort.
Epidsode 025: With ~mallus aforethought
This week we speak with ~mallus-fabres, who is both an actual Young Person and a Real Live Woman on Urbit. We allow her nearly two full hours of cleverness and sass to make the case for the distaff sex. You can be the judge of whether we, as a society, will allow them to keep it up or if this mad experiment has gone on quite long enough, thank you.
Urbit on the Boomer Web
A number of sites and persons affiliated with Urbit can be found on the old web. There are Urbit boddhisatvas out there on Twitter and elsewhere directing the wayward souls of Web 2 toward Enlightenment.
Episode 024: dcSpark && Urbit 🔥🔥🔥
We speak this week with Rob, known around Urbit as ~mocrux-nomdep, who is CSO of dcSpark, developer of blockchain, the Flint wallet, and Urbit Visor.
Episode 023: Opening a man’s %gora box
Introduction Episode 023 with ~rabsef-bicrym This week we speak with ~rabsef-bicrym, who has made the move, recently, from employed to self-employed: doing a feasibility study in freelance Hoon development. Rabsef is the creator of %gora, a POAP on Urbit that allows Martians to send tokens to one another as ‘proof of attendance’. We discuss how Urbit’s first… Continue reading Episode 023: Opening a man’s %gora box
Spinning Off the Foundation
The Plan The Urbit Foundation’s current timeline places it on a trajectory to formally separate from Tlon in early 2022. According to Josh Lehman (speaking in a recent Developer Call), paperwork has just been filed to start the process of forming in the Caymans following months of research by Tlon COO Erik Newton. Next steps… Continue reading Spinning Off the Foundation
Episode 022: Toward Assembly with Justin Murphy
This week we speak with Justin Murphy, who has brought his OtherLife community and work increasingly to Urbit. We discuss Assembly, arranging marriages, leaving academia, the future of the Life of the Mind, and Justin’s version of Urbit Futurism.
Episode 021: Martian Ops with Erik Newton
This week we speak with Tlon COO Eric Newton, otherwise known on Urbit as ~patnes-rigtyn. Erik is a ‘reformed lawyer’ who found that making money facilitating divorces left him feeling dissatisfied with life.
Episode 020: Networked Subject_
This week we speak with Reid, known more commonly around Urbit as ~sitful-hatred, who runs a blog at subject.network dedicated to making communal knowledge more accessible.