Adriaan and Guillem

About Adriaan

I am Adriaan, a web application developer from Holland living in Barcelona. I have been developing websites, games, and applications since early 2000. I think the current web has become too centralized and we are now seeing its cracks and negative effects on society. Holochain and Holo offer a new paradigm for how we communicate, collaborate, and move the web and humanity forward.

About Guillem

I am Guillem, a web developer from Barcelona. I became interested in decentralized technologies about 2 years ago when I learned of their potential to build new communication patterns. Since then, I’ve followed different projects related to DAOs, and became fascinated by Holochain when I found out about it. Now I’m working to build Prtcl, hopefully on Holochain.

Why did you choose to get involved in the community work of Holo, as opposed to other projects?

Adriaan:

Holochain’s agent-centric model made so much more sense to me when compared to blockchain’s data-centric model.

After participating in two online DevCamps, it became clear to me how easy it is to develop something on Holochain.

I wanted to meet like-minded people and learn more about Holochain.

Setting up a Meetup group is a quick and easy way to start a community.

A developer community is a great way to learn from one another, share knowledge and ideas, and create new connections and collaborate on different projects.

I see my role as a facilitator and creator of space for the community.

Guillem:

The inspiration from nature and the patterns already present in our environment immediately struck home with me.

It was easy and exciting to start building and playing with the technology.

The community was very inviting from the first moment, and the motivations around it resonated with me greatly.

I wanted to get in touch with people and projects in the decentralized collaboration space.

I see my role as a facilitator from a technology point of view, making it easy for others to access Holochain, and bringing people together through common interests.

What accomplishments, highlights, or goals would you like to share regarding growing and expanding the community?

We have organized six Meetups to date; the seventh will take place on June 20th.

We’ve experimented with different formats and try to do something new at every Meetup.

Our community is slowly growing and we are starting to have a core group of members who join regularly.

Some of our members are actively working on Holochain projects.

We got invited to give a workshop for the Ethereum Dev Community.

This year we are planning to organize a multi-day DevCamp.

We hope to have our own space in the future, where we can work together on Holochain projects and organize more events on a regular basis.

Check out the video interview.