6 ms·
Fog Creek renamed to Glitch as we transitioned from being a bootstrapped product-incubation lifestyle company to a single-product VC-backed startup. I think of
by blinkymach12 4y ago
Fog Creek renamed to Glitch as we transitioned from being a bootstrapped product-incubation lifestyle company to a single-product VC-backed startup. I think of the Fog Creek storybook closing with that rename, since Glitch always had a very different business focus, but technically (and perhaps culturally) they're of the same lineage.
In other Joel track record exploits, he's also our co-founder over at HASH.ai [1] and a driving force behind the Block Protocol [2][3]
[1] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2020/06/18/hash-a-free-online-platform-for-modeling-the-world/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2020/06/18/hash-a-free-online...
[2] https://blockprotocol.org/ https://blockprotocol.org/
[3] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2022/01/27/making-the-web-better-with-blocks/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2022/01/27/making-the-web-bet...
- cheeze 4y agohash.ai and the "block protocol" sound like crypto shams. Nice to see something different, although I feel like the branding really, really makes it seem like crypto.
- thunderbong 4y agoProbably because they were created before the words blockchain and cryptocurrency entered the general populace