Danica Swanson

@danicaswanson

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Thanks so much for the enthusiastic response to my new essay on Zora Protocol Rewards + art by @trishd. 💜 My @paragraph dashboard is telling me there are 200 collectors!? Is there a way to see the full list? (Hopefully these aren't airdrop farmers...)

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New essay in my Forms of Incubation series (10 min read). Thanks @trishd for the Zorb art! TL;DR: - When art is "free," who pays? - The arts generate abundant value - Imagine a restorative onchain creative commons More in comments. 👇 https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson/free-and-valuable-zora-protocol-rewards

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Saw OP tokens in my wallet. Assumed it was a spam airdrop, but it looked legit so I investigated. Turns out I was eligible for airdrop 1. Unclaimed tokens were distributed on Sep. 15. Checked the criteria; I fit the Active Ethereum/DAO voters category. Not a big airdrop fan, but followed the OP Stack channel anyway.

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Late to the party for this one, but no less enthusiastic just because I'm a slowpoke. Love this art by @lesgreys.eth! Doing some "wallet housekeeping" and profile updates today, including mints I meant to do earlier.

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Direct casts on web soon! Excellent. Been waiting for this. Apologies to anyone who sent me DCs in the past but hasn't received a response. I'm unable to check DCs on mobile reliably. When I can check them on web, things will improve. :) https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x3504a8

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Next week I’ll be releasing the 2nd long-form essay in my Forms of Incubation series as a Zora Mint and on @paragraph. In the coming months I'll also release special collections of my previously published work, starting with musician interviews. Is there a recommended file format for literary NFTs? HTML or PDF?

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Other Internet interviewed 21 DAO workers (me included) for this deep-dive Web3 Work Research Report. Spicy quote (not from me - wish I'd thought of it!): "Contributor extractable value: the amount of free labor you can get from a contributor." https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I2wKemre4cemXjTANuEZVHTRhCC73LHf/view

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Excited to announce that my new essay, "Free and Valuable," will feature Zorb art by @trishd, creator of the Tahquamenon Falls Zorb. The essay takes a big-picture view on Zora Protocol Rewards from a labor solidarity perspective. We'll release it Sep. 18 on @paragraph and as a "free" Zora Mint. (Link in comments).

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Today's moment of writer joy: discovering that an album promo blurb I proudly wrote for one of my favorite musicians five (!) years ago has *finally* made it onto the release page. I didn't even remember what I'd written, so I had to check my records and compare the wording to verify that it was actually my work. 😃

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Update on the second essay in my Forms of Incubation series: Finally the text is done. (Proper editing takes SO much time!) Next is sorting out image details and deciding how I want to handle the mint. If all goes smoothly, I hope to publish this week. If it takes longer, I may post a teaser in the meantime.

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Obsessed with the Zora Protocol Rewards mechanism. That's it. That's the cast. (Zorb rainbow added for good measure). ⚫ 🟣 🟤 🔵 🟢 🔴 🟠 🟡 ⚪

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Is there a web3 mood board app yet? Pinterest is overrun with distracting ads, and same .energy (where I made many boards) is no longer maintained. Nothing but server errors. I even emailed the dev to ask what happened. No response. https://same.energy/s/oPOCSFXESjtv/Opium+Den+%26+Tented+Ceilings

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I'm spending copious amounts of time in my studio this week to polish up the second essay in my Forms of Incubation series. Never ceases to amaze me how the “last 5%” of an essay can take 85-90% of the total time. Hoping to release it as a Zora mint and on @paragraph when it's ready.

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Of course I had to mint a Zorb in deep shades of purple. My IRL "goth nesting instinct" (i.e., decorating my living space in dark colors, especially purple and black) is starting to show up onchain too.

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Seen today on a job listing for a senior editor: “Minimum of 3-5 year's professional experience related industry.” Pro tip for employers: if you hope to hire a writer/editor, it's a good idea to get your job descriptions edited *before* you publish them. Freelancers can help!

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This 10-hour low frequency noise blocker is among the best I've found for blocking out (most) traffic and construction noise so I can think clearly and get work done. I've used it every day this summer, paired with over-the-ear headphones. Feels like it's saving my sanity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t77AFPWh2g0

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"...it takes that many hours (1000+ I think?) to get a book to sufficient quality level. I (naively) didn't expect that..." Adding a link to this in my web3 editorial wiki. It's difficult to grasp how much time and effort professional editing takes until you do it yourself. https://warpcast.com/cdixon.eth/0x500a1f

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This is Lake Råvarpen at Högsbyn Nature Reserve in Tisselskog, Dalsland, Sweden. My friend and I were the only visitors there on the day I took these photos, as it was off-season. After contemplating the Bronze Age rock carvings (!), we hiked the 5km route around the site in meditative silence. Recommended.

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Enjoying the new quoteshots feature in Reader. Source: "Onchain Summer is a Paradigm Shift" by @0xlght https://mirror.xyz/lght.eth/4rGu6yh4U1T4bAar2eXTX-Jf2_Xuos1ROcQxZ1Yvl_o

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"... lean into the one thing that a machine can’t do, which is to channel what it feels like to be a flesh-and-blood human right now. If you’re feeling adrift in a sea of machine-generated content, make art that will connect you with others who feel the same way." ~ Emilie Friedlander

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