Unlocking the magic box: The future of NFTs and XP with Joel Comm

Nobody can fill a room with charisma and energy quite like Joel Comm. The speaker, best-selling author, podcaster and entrepreneur not only helped emcee last month’s NFT.NYC, but also put together a crypto-meets-comedy educational session for NFT newbies (right after a Q&A with filmmaker Spike Lee). Joel’s crypto-fluency and tech experience made his message feel logical as well as optimistic. Joel has always been on target when it comes to “the next big thing” in tech. He launched a website at the dawn of the internet, created a #1 iPhone app (click if elementary school humor is your thing) in the early days of the App Store, produced the world’s first competitive internet reality show and was an expert in online video marketing before social media took off. Joel and I originally met several years ago while nerding out over escape room technology. Now he’s looking ahead to the untapped potential in the world of cryptocurrency and NFTs.  NFTs are often associated with art, but as detailed in our XP Land Field Guide, these digital certificates of ownership are also shaking up the experiential world. I met with Joel in one of the many busy (nay, chaotic) exhibit halls of NFT.NYC...