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Tag: nft

Early play to earn NFT based videogame Alchemon raises $1 million

Rick Turoczy on July 27, 2022

While the frothiness of the NFT world has subsided a bit due to larger dynamics within the industry, there are still any number of folks who are bullish on the concept and continuing to explore the potential of tokens in rethinking how we’ve done things in the past. One of those companies is Portland based Alchemon, which was an early player in the NFT based videogame space. And they’re not the only ones with optimism. They just raised $1 million from a group of investors, according to Fortune.

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Silicon Florist links arrangement for March 29, 2022 💐

Rick Turoczy on March 29, 2022

Collaborate with kindness: Consider these etiquette tips in Slack

From Oregon-based Matt Haughey. Slack works best as a collaborative workspace when everyone in a company uses it to have transparent, informative discussions in channels, which are organised around projects, teams and disciplines. But let’s be honest, many teams rely far too often on direct messages—mostly for quick questions and answers. This creates two issues…

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Rick Turoczy on March 24, 2022

Portland extended reality startup acquired by Bay Area software maker

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Autodesk executives noted the talent and technology developed by The Wild will be the foundation for the larger company’s extended reality strategy.

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Did you know the Portland connection to the “Hover Cat” meme?

Rick Turoczy on March 10, 2021

With all the talk of NFTs, I’ve been thinking back about classic memes with a Portland angle. And how the creators of the works that inspired those memes might be able to get in on the whole NFT craze, too. Of course, the obvious one is KGW and “I like turtles.” But the classic Hover Cat meme has its connections to Portland, as well.

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