WTF is MetaOS
With the MyMeta profiles closer to 1.0 & the MV version of the MetaMenu in review, I figured its time to clear up wtf MetaOS is supposed to mean - after all, it’s been non-chalantly mentioned in the newsletter multiple times, but never properly explained 😬
In essence, MetaOS is about bringing together all of the piece of MetaGame into a single coherent interface.
If you’re not new to MetaGame, you might already know MetaGame is kind of all over the place. Even if you’ve been here for a while, chances are there are parts of MetaGame you didn’t even know existed 😱
You might have seen my attempt at mapping all of the piece of MetaGame:
Inside MetaGame:
MyMeta, Quests, XP, XP in-depth, DAO, Seed; claiming, trading, planting
Wiki, newsletter, MetaRadio, youtube
Discord, forums, Notion, calendar, Navigation Board, Figma, Drive...
Currently, all of these pieces are all over the internet.
This is a problem we’re facing at the DAO level & it seems like a problem a lot of other DAOs are facing as well; there isn’t a single tool or a service for all purposes & most of the things we’re currently using are still Web2 😬
Worse, it also seems a problem at the ecosystem level. We got all of these different building blocks for decentralized societies being built by many different teams in their own little silos, running on their own single-purpose interfaces.
Protocol X
Building block Z
dApp Y
We’ve got things like Zapper on the DeFi side of things, but the social side of crypto is still very much missing proper meta interfaces for interacting with multiple dapps & protocols without having to navigate across websites.
If you’ve been following MetaGame from the beginning, you’ll remember this was pretty much the original idea:
Put together all of the pieces of the puzzle for a decentralized society.
Its just that we soon realized most of the pieces don’t actually exist yet, so we started building them 😅
We’ve been so focused inwards, drifting away from the idea of “putting together the pieces” into “building everything ourselves” & slowly became a silo ourselves.
Meanwhile, other building blocks have started popping up all over the place...
MetaOS
MetaOS is to be a lightweight framework for running decentralized societies; to make it as easy as possible to put together different protocols, dapps, services, resources & whatever else people of specific communities need.
What I mean by lightweight is that it should really be just a modular dashboard & a mega menu (The MetaMenu 😱).
Note: at this point, there is only a very early version of the MetaMenu & not even the designs are finished yet.
You get the idea!
Members should be able to customize their dashboards to display the data or new they want them to display. Beyond that, they can vote for new apps to be added or removed from the menu above &/or just customize it for themselves.
Starts simple:
A mega menu & a dashboard
Running things we’ve built ourselves
Integrating web2 services with iframes
Evolving into Web3:
Slowly start replacing all the pieces with interoperable web3 alternatives
Make it easy to integrate other decentralized protocols & dApps
It starts as a duct tape but evolves into a sort of a… Web3 community curated browser/coordination system? 🤔
An operating system for decentralized societies, in your browser.
But, before we can make it useful for other communities, we need to make it useful for ourselves & prove it first 🤷♂️
Interested in helping? Got TypeScript skills? Let us know. Know anyone who does or want to help find them? Don’t worry, we pay good for that too!
Seriously though!
If you want to do any of the above or below, just do it or ask about it here.
MetaGame META 👀
📐 Designers
Summer holidays are behind us and design engines are getting warmed up again!
While Dave was away, blake continued building the new Meta Menu. Ever closer to having a functional navigation system & a solid step towards the MetaOS. Needs some polishing and there are some missing pieces which need to be designed. Dave is already on it. Expect first mockups in the upcoming weeks! 🦾
Playbooks UI is still awaiting one or two dedicated builders, who will help with technical direction and implementation of designs. Until then, all we have are wireframes 🤷♂️
Everyone interested in the UX roadmap, with more details about all ongoing design efforts, find all the info in their Notion 👀
🛠️ Builders
Michiel, luxumbra and penguin have created a new MetaFam fleek DAO account in readiness for migration of MetaFam related stuff over from METADREAMER’s personal account, which was used until now for practical reasons. Michiel was generally busy with the minting process, with assistance from penguin. 🌱
Alec has been busily focusing on the Guild Onboarding Discord bot, wrapping it up & helping others with reviews. dysbulic and Huxwell have been busy with pair programming sessions and good progress is underway on IDX migration.
Builder Align calls will now start 0.5 hours earlier to provide more space for onboarding new members.
🧚♂️ XP Fairies
Again between Michiel and penguin an hour was spent going over did-a-thing which is planned to be a regular thing going forward.
This was initially suggested by Michiel and was focused this time the session mainly on looking at historic XP attributions for twitter related stuff and Seed planting rewards. Please go to the xp-fairies-guild in MetaGame Discord to discuss anything related to value discrepancies or ideas for management of this crucial bit of the puzzle. Alternatively, you can DM Michiel or penguin. Great to see this ongoing raid being more active.
📚 🖋️ Playbooks/Writing
This raid has definitely seen a big boost in commitment this week. 💪 At least 3 Playbooks are ready to be published as of this week and a batch PR process is planned for a live session in Discord at 3pm UTC this Saturday the 28th.
Understanding Impostor Syndrome by Gnomeski
Understanding SourceCred by Gnomeski Needs some adaption.
How to Git on Git-Hub as a non builder by luxumbra
Some more Playbooks that spring to mind for writing imminently are...
Guide to Tokenomics, X steps to become a DAO revolutionary, How to take meeting notes well, Discord cheat sheet… get going with these here or suggest new ones in here, there is no limit to what help we can bring to Web3.
A surprising bottleneck this week with Playbooks was that most available people who were able to proof read and edit were busy writing! 🤦 Be sure to not forget to go give-props for any decent editorial efforts people make and keep that service coming! 🔊
A wild workshop presentation opportunity appears..😱 AnnaKaic has made us aware of the imminent Crypto Commons Gathering 2021 - currently preparing a workshop.
🍻 Innkeeping
Friday Community Call had an unexpected guest, Throne, do a talk about Tarot Cards that engaged quite a few people. Just goes to show, yet again, how open minded people at MetaGame are! The talk was a general intro & destroying prejudice by Throne and had people talking about Tarot NFTs and even virtual reality ‘cards’ as 3D environments people could enter and explore! 🤯
Rankko and luxumbra have been fielding in metasquare as an effective team this last week.
AMA with Discovery was organised by Huxwell with Michiel’s encouragement. They presented their Web3/Crypto onboarding project - in a similar way as Playbooks.
The basic premise is that the project provides a platform for courses to be run on. Participants learning on these courses get NFTs minted that verify their completion. Other nuances and potentials for this kind of project were also explored. The meeting was recorded by dysbulic and can be found here.
Discussions will follow on helping Discovery get some funding from other DAOs & potentially integrate Discovery directly into the MetaOS.
🧑🏿🎓 Cohorts.
The meeting were quieter over the last week as part of the normal flux of things. Misanth has suggested there be a bit more of a flow for supporting tech types as they onboard. This was taken up by Michiel who has agreed to start Builders Align meetings on Wednesdays half an hour earlier to accommodate and orient newcomers. Starting for new Octos at 3.30 CET in the Builders Dungeon.
Michiel and penguin have both agreed to try turn up a bit earlier each Friday at the Townhall also, to hopefully help field general tech interests at that first point of community contact.
📣🕵️♂️ Shilling/Headhunting
A quieter spell while strategies and tactics are re adjusted is underway here. Fearless Thompson has become Champion of Shillers Guild and is assisted by newly appointed AnnaKaic who is an Octo with a plan! Congrats are in order there. 🥂
peth has been further developing MCON Headhunt strategies to support the raiders about to head out there - penguin, chair, kyle, bagsy, vanillay & probably others.
🤷🏼 WTF is MetaGame? 💭
Still not quite sure WTF MetaGame is?
Here are these excellent 12 minutes of pure WTF explained beautifully. If you are new, forgetful or just want refreshing, check out this video for some condensed Octoplasm!
🌉 Bridgebuilding
A lot of work has been going down in terms of bridgebuilding!
Besides sponsoring the Raid Guild cohort & setting up the now-recurring check-in calls with Raid Guild; peth, eowulia & anna have set out on a bridgebuilding quest to the Crypto Commons Gathering.
More on this quest as well as some deeper thinking on peth’s bridgebuilding strategies coming up soon!
🚨 Top Priorities:
Onwards! 🐙
Mondays:
Champions Ring @ 8am PST / 11pm EST / 3pm UTC / 5pm CET / 8:30pm IST
Headhunters Align @ 10am PST / 1pm EST / 7pm CET / 10:30pm IST
Tuesdays:
Content and Shilling Strategy @ 8am PST / 11 am EST / 5 pm CET / 8:30pm IST
Wednesdays:
Builder Onboarding @ 6.30am PST / 9.30am EST / 3.30pm CET / 7.00pm IST
Builders Align @ 7am PST / 10am EST / 4pm CET / 8.00pm IST
Innkeepers Align @ 9am PST / 12pm EST / 6 pm CET / 9:30pm IST
Mid-week Storming, Feedback, AMA - open office, coworking @ 10am PST / 1pm EST / 7pm CET / 10:30pm IST
Thursday:
Playbooks @ 9am PST / noon EST / 4pm UTC / 6pm CET / 9:30pm IST
Fridays:
Cohort Onboarding @ 8:15am PST / 11:15am EST / 5:15pm CET / 8:45pm IST
Community Gathering @ 9am PST / noon EST / 4pm UTC / 6pm CET / 9:30pm IST
Want to help MetaGame succeed?
🚨 Top Priorities:
Help builders with finishing MyMeta
Help with getting more Playbooks written
Seeds & Eternal Glory await!
Brought to you with love,
by peth & Gnomeski