NCE.DFOS: A-Corps become law and post-Hacienda reflections

Two weeks after the launch of Hacienda, we've finally caught our breath. Back to our regularly scheduled update on what's new and happening this week.

Artist Corporations bill signing tomorrow

Right now we're posting this from a plane en route to Denver, where tomorrow Colorado's Governor will sign the world's first-ever Artist Corporations bill into law in a special ceremony. Two years of research and writing and a year of community building have led to this actually happening.

Look for a deep dive into the process and all we've learned in the next week.

Post-Hacienda reflections

We as a team are still coming off of the build up to and launch of Hacienda ten days ago. Last week Ilya and Brandon squashed a bunch of bugs. Lena and Danielle hosted a session for new Keepers. I did whatever it is I do.

A few reflections on the first few days of this new world:

• Hacienda is the closest we’ve gotten to our vision so far: the OS, the apps, the shared group spaces, money in place. We're proud of this as DFOS's first public release.

• We feel incredibly grateful for the gradual, communal development of this product with all of you. We’ve all gotten to live in DFOS together, find the breaking points, push the edges. It continues to keep the work aligned. You are the primary customer and cohort we're thinking about all the time. This has been very helpful.

• The biggest question we’ve seen about DFOS is some variation of “what is this/what do we do here.” We hear in these reactions a pleasant surprise at how different DFOS feels, as well as a need for the product to help set up both Keepers and Members for success when they join a space. More to come here.

• Private and public spaces behave differently. Chat in private areas is a useful and vital tool for doing things together. Chat in public areas can have empty lobby vibes. Thinking through how "alive" the public areas of DFOS spaces need to be.

• How public should a DFOS space be able to be? Should a space be able to make its desktop fully public, or does that undercut the dark forestness of what we've made? (Curious to your thoughts on this.)

• Though we haven't/won't enforce this, it's clear looking across the many spaces we're in that most spaces in DFOS have a clear creative focus and intention. Helpful to keep in mind as we keep building out the Discover and network parts of DFOS.

• Last week in the newsletter we invited Mark from Tech Itch Recordings and the Sol Invicto DFOS spaces to share with us how they're using the platform. We especially loved this from him:

  "Members have supported us through limited releases and understand the value of staying somewhat in the shadows to protect creativity. It’s about quality over quantity — people who appreciate the grandiose, cinematic vision, the imperfections, and the resistance to industry norms."

• During the special SpaceCamp we held for members of the waitlist last week, we invited a handful of people to give tours of their spaces. Super interesting to see what people are doing. Related...

Forest keepers monthly

Join the DFOS squad this Thursday for our first-ever monthly community call, sharing where DFOS is, what's next for the product, and taking your questions.

RSVP here.

Thoughts? Questions? Concerns? Share them in the comments.

Cheers,
Yancey