I spend my life traveling the world, sharing my experiences and showing people the possibilities of tech. I believe a few things:
I am available to speak at your conference and would love to participate. Feel free to book me or reach out for more information.
I am incredibly easy to contact. Just reach out. My email is harper@modest.com. I would love to get to know you and help with anything I can.
Otherwise, follow me on twitter (@harper), read my writing or contact me.
Today!
Kickstarted my blog again. This time with notes, links, and long form โ
Started running for cardio health
Became an AI agent
Built some very bespoke models for 2389
Started carrying a tiny point and shoot digital camera to capture more moments
"Started" 2389, Research Inc โ
Invested in some local GPUs
Started using AI to aid my coding
Started working with a personal trainer, again: Krys
Started hacking on some AI stuff
Received my uncle’s 70s macintosh stack. Vintage HIFI rules.
Started fourth vision quest / walkabout
Galactic officially shuts down ๐ฅ โ
Made the hard decision to shut Galactic down
Galactic launched the beta of skyteller.xyz โ
Stopped going to Chicago Bulls games regularly
Got really into HYPERPOP
Galactic started focusing on crypto off-ramps
Accidentally launched Floppydisk.xyz โ
Started going to Chicago Bulls games regularly
Launched Galactic Camera โ
AMAZING THING HAPPENED
Published my “decentralized” website: https://harper.eth.link โ
Joined my first DAO โ
Got a pair of Klipsch La Scala speakers on a whim
Convinced my brother, Dylan, he should start his own crypto company and follow his dreams! โ
Fake.sale got banned from opensea โ
Hacked together art.pizza โ
DDove deep into web3.
Launched fake.sale, my first NFT project โ
Bought my first NFT โ
Joined the RAND Pardee School Board of governors
My brother convinced me to get a peloton and start riding. Fun!
Wrote up all my time doing covid work over the first 3/4 of 2020 โ
"Started" General Galactic Corporation โ
Found out I was a Jamstack Pioneer based on our work at Obama for America โ
Launched zooooom.us - a screensaver for our anxious times โ
Started doing COVID-19 work full-time
Started watching covid โ
Reclaimed modest.com and started using harper@modest.com for my email again โ
Joined the RAND Pardee School’s Tech & Narrative Lab advisory group โ
Opened the company.lol office to figure out what the next thing will be โ
Became a Senior Fellow at the Annenberg Innovation Lab at USC โ
Named as a 2019 delegate for the US-Japan Leadership Program โ
Became a MIT Medialab Director’s fellow โ
Started third vision quest / walkabout
Left PayPal to pursue my dreams
Turned 40
Started doing yoga
Slightly regretted spending all my bitcoin on things
Used up all my bitcoin buying Leica cameras on overstock
Joined IllinoisTech Computer Science advisory board
Joined Royal United Service Institute advisory board
Installed a permanent rock monument in my parents front yard that is inscribed, “Boyhood home of Harper & Dylan Reed. The first astronauts to explore Uranus” โ
Started living at the house in Ukrainian Village
Joined Cornell College Board of Trustees
Bought a Lieca Monochrom from a good friend. A perfect camera
Started carrying a camera everyday
Purchased a Lieca Q. Started carrying a camera everyday
Decided to make photography a real hobby
Started as Senior Director @ PayPal, inc
Sold Modest, Inc to PayPal
Was awarded 4 patents for work done on Modest, Inc
First time visiting South America (Santiago, Chile). Fifth continent outside of U.S. I visited.
Cornell College Young Alumni Achievement Award โ
Started working out
Started working with a personal trainer: Dan
Adopted our wonderful puppy, Lulu
Started living at the condo in West Town
Became an honorary patron of the University Philosophical Society at Trinity College โ
First time visiting Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa). Fourth continent outside of U.S. I visited.
Wrapped my parents car in zebra stripes while they were on vacation โ
First time visiting Australia (Sydney, Australia). Third continent outside of U.S. I visited.
CTO of the Year @ Moxie Award
Installed ant miners in the Modest office
Launched FriendFracker with Rafeal Lozano-Hemmer at Seven on Seven. โ
Breakout of the Year @ Webby’s
Did a TED University talk at TED which predicted that the 2016 election would be hacked and manipulated โ
Started doing a lot of speaking internationally
Started a company called Modest, Inc with @dylanr
Started second vision quest / walkabout
Helped Barack Obama win his reelection campaign
40 under 40 @ Crains
Stopped going out as much
Started as the Chief Technology Officer at Obama for America
Bought a kindle for 45 bitcoin
Discovered Minecraft
Data Innovation Award @ MCIC
Started living at the apartment in Wicker Park
Became the Customer in Residence for Rackspace Hosting
Started first vision quest / walkabout
Left Threadless to pursue my dreams
Built CityPayments.org with Daniel X Oneil
Built Unofficial Transit API for Chicago Transit Authority
Received a photo credit in Metallica’s Death Magnetic album. It should have gone to Derek Brooks. โ
Started living at the apartment in North Center
App Engine launched - learned python and launched Excla.im, Awesome Updater, and Chicago Alerts
Turned 30
Got married to Hiromi
Became CTO of Threadless
Started at Threadless as an engineer
Vox Paid for radio ads with my name in them: Step behind the velvet rope with Harper Reed.
Started Working as a Summer Intern with Seth Godin @ Squidoo
Started a podcast about the club scene in chicago with my Vox Vodka sponsorship
Became a professional vodka drinker - Got a sponsorship by Vox Vodka
Got laid off. It was awesome!
Started Working as a web programmer @ Cramer-Krasselt
First time visiting Asia (Delhi, India). Second continent outside of U.S. I visited.
Juggled on stage at the Metro for Chris Holmes’ Electroclash
Did a juggling show for Billy Corgan’s showcase at the Hideout
Stopped promoting parties in Chicago. I was terrible at it
Started promoting parties in Chicago.
Started my first “startup” - 3g Screensaver. Selling ringtones and wallpapers for phones
Started going out clubbing every night. Well M,T,W,F,S lol.
Sprint launches Samsung A500 and I launch a500hacking.com
Net Vision Honorary Mention @ PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA
Launched Audreyhacking.com to help hack the 3COM Audrey. โ
Hosted my first colocated server in a data center at OAR.net
Purchased my first server (A firesale VALinux 2U server)
Started living at the apartment in Logan Square
Moved to Chicago, IL
Graduated from Cornell College with a degree in Computer Science and Philosophy
Started first job as a Security and Software Engineer @ World Book Publishing
Started an internship @ MSI in Cedar Rapids, IA
Opened for Sir Mix-A-Lot as a juggler
Turned 20
Juggled for the first time with @dylanreed
Learned to Juggle
Started going to Cornell College in Mt, Vernon, IA
Moved to Mt. Vernon, IA for college
Purchased my first laptop
Purchased my first domain name: nata2.org. Still used as my email address.
First time visiting Europe (Dublin, Ireland). First continent outside of U.S. I visited.
The ATF visited and suggested I stop using BBSs, and stop blowing things up. I did the latter.
Ran my first Apache server
Started going to Greeley Central High School
Started living at the house on 43rd ave in Greeley, CO
Started a terrible punk band called Faucet with Atkins Meyer, Karl Mahlburg, and some friends.
Started snowboarding
Started subscribing to MONDO 2000 โ
Started going to Heath Junior High
Bought a Boing Boing and MONDO 2000 magazine at Powell’s in Portland. Changed everything.
Installed linux for the first time: Yggdrasil. Linux changed everything. โ
Saw Public Enemy open for U2.
Ran up my first huge phone bill dialing into BBSes around the country. &TOTSE forever
Saw Metallica for the first time.
Started going to Maplewood Middle School
Built a computer for the first time. Ram was so expensive so I could only afford 1mb.
Went to first concert, David Bowie.
Got really into OS/2
Turned 13
Was enamored by Roxanne Shante.
Bought Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.
Stopped taking myself seriously
Received an older IBM PS/2 model 25 for my birthday. My brother and I played a lot of kings quest.
Got Love and Rockets’ Earth, Sun, Moon for my birthday.
Programmed BASIC based on code from the 321 Contact magazine
Started going to Cameron Elementary School
Accidently got Killers by Iron Maiden. Changed everything.
Started going to Shawsheen Elementary School
Family got a Apple IIc. My brother and I set it up.
Learned to code LOGO on an Apple II
Started living at the house on 11th st in Greeley, CO
House caught on fire and burnt a bunch. LEGOs survived
Started living at the house on 27th ave in Greeley, CO
Television broke. Never got fixed
Started living at the house near the hospital in Greeley, CO
Brother @dylanreed was born. The Reed Brothers are finally united.
Started living at the farm house on rd 15 in Greeley, CO
Secret Brother Jon was born. The Reed Brothers are almost united.
Moved to Greeley, CO
Started living at the house on 11th st in Greeley, CO
Moved to Windsor, CO
Started living at the house in Windsor, CO
Harper was born in Greeley, CO
Beginning of the Universe!