Published inGenerative NFT Programming Articles·Dec 1Member-onlyLet’s Talk About Ethscriptions NFTs Again, As Significant Opportunities Abound There (Potentially, IMHO)The ETH-based NFTs that influencers still aren’t talking about. A while back (June-ish), I wrote some introductory articles about Ethscriptions (here, for example), which are the ETH equivalent of Bitcoin Ordinals (aka Ordinals, Inscriptions, Ordinal Inscriptions, etc.). There are a few particularly interesting observations I’d like to make about all…Ethereum5 min readEthereum5 min read
Published inGenerative NFT Programming Articles·Nov 30Member-onlyWhat Are Rare Pepe NFTs?Looking into the world of Rare Pepes, an unusual set of NFTs with a strong cult following and deep history in the space. I have to admit: My Twitter game is weak AF. I never really knew, when starting out blogging here about NFTs, just how important Twitter is/was to…Nft5 min readNft5 min read
Published inHawthorne Crow·Nov 9Insane Cat Gang Hip-Hop Novel “Frazy Creek” Released Into the WildEnjoy 350 pages of feline insanity, including nearly 50 original cat hip-hop tunes by the world’s most renowned cat rappers. Mysecond novel, FRAZY CREEK, is out and available now on Amazon.com! FRAZY CREEK is warring cat gangs, dirty cat cops, cat pimps, cat prostitutes, cat rappers, rival cat record labels…Novel2 min readNovel2 min read
Published inGenerative NFT Programming Articles·Oct 19Member-only“How I Made Millions From Amazon and eBay By Posting This Article”…… is what I would entitle this article if some marketing / tech / development exec from Amazon, eBay, or another site reads this article and pays me for this revenue-generating idea. I had this great idea a while back for Amazon.com — one that I think they could implement…Technology5 min readTechnology5 min read
Published inGenerative NFT Programming Articles·Oct 14Member-onlyHow Do People Like Matt Rife, Bobbi Althoff, Angry Grandma & Others Do It? Looking at Video Channel StatsExamining some approaches used by people dominating my feeds lately. (Not an NFT article this time — unusual for me these days — but keep in mind that video marketing could well apply to NFT drops!) If you follow me here on Medium, then you’re probably into NFTs. But today…Marketing11 min readMarketing11 min read
Published inGenerative NFT Programming Articles·Sep 26Member-onlyThoughts on Hype: RollingStone’s “Your NFTs Are Actually — Finally — Totally Worthless” ArticleSome thoughts on why hype matters most of all — something barely discussed in that widely-read article. Last week, RollingStone put out an article entitled “Your NFTs Are Actually — Finally — Totally Worthless.” The story actually isn’t so much of a RollingStone report as it is a summary of…Nft7 min readNft7 min read
Published inGenerative NFT Programming Articles·Sep 19Member-onlyWith NFT Royalties as They Are Now (Basically 100% Voluntary), How Can NFT Teams Budget for Royalties?(Aside from simply budgeting for 0, that is.) About a month ago, OpenSea announced some big changes regarding royalties (or the lack thereof). I recall wondering, at the time, what typical royalty realizations might be for NFT teams given the now 100% voluntary nature of royalties. Today I saw at…Nft3 min readNft3 min read
Published inGenerative NFT Programming Articles·Sep 18Member-onlyENS Apathy… I’m Simply Done with ENS (aside from owning my own name, anyway).Load up during the bear if that’s your style. I’m out, though. I used to own a whole bunch of various ENS names — some I thought were decent for speculation purposes. Like so many others, I jumped on the ENS speculation bandwagon a couple years ago. I even have…Nft4 min readNft4 min read
Published inGenerative NFT Programming Articles·Sep 1Member-onlyWhat’s Going On in the Generative NFT World These Days? An Update as of Fall 2023Not a ton, actually, but it’s always good to catch up on a handful of sets. A few different people have asked me lately what was going on in the NFT market lately. I suppose that fact may, in some small way, be an indicator that not a ton of…Nft6 min readNft6 min read
Published inGenerative NFT Programming Articles·Aug 24Member-onlyWhat Dimensions Should Pixelated NFTs Be? Looking at Punks and Other On-Chain-Type NFT / PFP DesignsWill also discuss converting existing graphics to pixelated form. There’s a good reason for the aesthetic, too. A few years back, I did an article about the recommended dimensions for generative NFT sets. That remains a really great resource for any new NFT teams in the generative space who are…Nft8 min readNft8 min read
