buildspace is officially over :(. it was a big part of my life, and it's the end of an era for me. i started it with the crypto projects, and now i'm here starting companies and building cool ideas. i got a job beause of buildspace. i got friends because of buildspace. i got ideas because of buildspace. they've done so much for me over these last three years, and i'm so thankful.
part of this might be because of my age, and people might not think i can do much since i'm 15 (13-14 at the time!), but buildspace didn't stop me because i was too young. they pushed me to go higher (start and open framedlabs, farza and alec even bought a frame!) and achieve what i wanted to do. it's truly sad that it's gone.
there's something special about buildspace – even though they shut down, it's still alive in the community of the thousands of people that have gone through the nights and weekends program and the people who have been there since the beginning.
from the people back in the crypto days with the completion NFTs, to the people who did nights and weekends in founders inc, buildspace touched a lot of people and helped a lot of people and it lives on in everyone.
i first had the idea for framedlabs on vacation at the beach.
my dad worked at a camera store at the time and he had a customer that asked for recommendations for a photo frame that was high quality. after thinking about it, i bought the domain framedlabs.io, made a MongoDB database, and didn't think about it.
fast forward to ~ august 2022, i stumble on buildspace and i take part in their crypto courses. eventually, they started these “pomodoro” sessions with groups of people over zoom and i used these sessions to work on the dashboard and web end of framedlabs, where people would upload pictures. then, again, nothing.
fast forward the end of 2022, and buildspace nights and weekends s2 starts up. i get accepted and start working on framedlabs to become a physical product. i get through all six weeks, and get the opportunity to go to san francisco! it was an amazing experience, something that I wouldn't trade for anything else.
gm 🌞 last night was a great way to end n&w s2. it was such a great experience and hope to come back for s3. 🚀
while i'm there, i get preorders for the physical frame, reaching 10 people who preordered a frame, doubling my goal of 5 people
yoo – holy sh*t lol. 10 pre-orders means that i DOUBLED the goal for preorders – in less than 24 hours. thread on how i did it coming soon (if i feel like it lol. gonna go celebrate first 🚀🎉)
now, i'm finally taking the opportunity and the motivation to finish framedlabs and ship all the orders out before the beginning of my sophomore year (august 25, 2024). i have a really good feeling that this is going to be great, and i'm so excited to finally finish framedlabs.
I always have some form of entertainment on while I work – maybe it stops me being bored, or it's just some thing to work with so it's not quiet while I work (I don't really like quiet, maybe that's bad but oh well) and today (1/21/24) I was watching ready player one and started thinking about the movie might not be far off from the future.
james halliday and ogden morrow started gregarious games in 2025 with the first oasis build
well, it's 2024. who's the future ogden morrow and james halliday?
so, framedlabs. preorders, hardware, everything. what's next?
well, first things first, i'm finishing up the preorders. due to some things changing, i'm rewriting it entirely, but this should help the stability of it in the long term.
second, i plan on writing a lot more to do two things. 1, it provides me accountability to get things done, and 2, it's transparent with the progress of things. also, i just wanna start writing more for fun because why not :p
