👀 Web3 no-code product building! + ✌️ New Glide Pages tool-path

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📚 On the blog

🛠️️ How a law professor is enabling no-code product building on web3

Houman Shadab is a New York Law School professor and blockchain expert. His recent venture, ICME, enables people to build no-code products on web3.

Developing an appreciation for blockchain technology

"For over the past decade I have been involved in technology, startups, and business innovation as a professor, researcher, and tech entrepreneur.

Early in my career, I began teaching a course on raising early-stage capital and commercializing software products.

At the same time, I also realized the rapidly growing importance of technology to everything, including areas that I was researching and writing about, like financial derivatives.

This led to me testifying before the federal government on Bitcoin derivatives and developing a deep appreciation for the potential of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, including what is now known as web3."

The Internet Computer & Building ICME

"In my view there is a major new wave of blockchain technology that can power the next generation of the Internet and it centers around the Internet Computer blockchain that was launched by the Dfinity Foundation in May of 2021.

Unlike Ethereum and other blockchains, apps on the Internet Computer run entirely on blockchain; they are fast and cheap and don’t require paying tokens just to use them.

In more recent years I’ve become very passionate about building with no-code and spent a couple years developing expertise in building with Bubble.

Right now, my entrepreneurial energies are focused on building ICME as a cofounder.

ICME combines my passion for web3 and no code by enabling its users to build directly on the Internet Computer blockchain without writing code.

ICME is a no-code building tool, the first one on the Internet Computer blockchain. It is built with code, Motoko in particular."

Supporting a decentralized product economy

"I'm a firm believer that the explosion in NFTs confirms how important it is to be able to make digital objects unique.

NFT marketplaces at the moment, however, don’t let their users customize the design of how their NFTs are displayed. And adding anything beyond very basic functionality to NFTs—such as distributing NFTs in response to conditions—requires coding.

ICME is going to enable creators to customize not only the design and interactivity of NFTs, but also the functionality of NFTs—such as how or when they are distributed in response to community activities.

The goal for ICME is to leverage the unique and valuable features of the Internet Computer blockchain, so that builders can make apps that are impossible to make with existing no-code tools.

By combining no-code and web3, ICME enables apps that are truly “by the people, and for the people."

By the people because anyone can build without coding. And for the people because web3 apps are owned by users, not centralized companies."

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📚 More from the blog

☕ How a sales exec built an anger management app on Adalo

Wondering what it takes to bring your app idea to life on no-code? Often, it just takes starting! Mark Howland used Adalo for the very first time with a clear idea of what he wanted to build: An app to help you manage anger. Find out how this former sales executive journeyed through the world of app building to come up with a truly unique product.

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📺 Tutorials

Tool-Path: Build an employee directory with Glide Pages

With Glide Pages, you can create portals, dashboards, directories, and more from spreadsheets. The best part is that you can create web apps or websites that stay in sync with Glide Mobile Apps as well. In this tool-path, we will get familiar with the Glide Pages interface and build an employee directory web app.

​View this tool-path.

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🧑‍🏫 Courses

Enrollment for No-Code Fundamentals cohort 5 is now OPEN 👏👏. Onboarding week kicks off January 17th 2022. Early birds get $400 off!

>> Get your seat <<

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🚀 Community Projects

​I've listed the best watches for investing in 2022, by Hugo Duprez.

"Hey 👋, As a watch enthusiast, I've always considered Horology as an art and a philosophy of a job well done. I quickly noticed that beyond their artistic and mechanical aspects that show the insane amount of work behind the scene, luxury watches rarely see their value decreasing over time. So here are my favorites watches to consider for investing in 2022, your feedback is welcome!"

​Ninjadesigner is Live 🚀 - Looking for Freelance Designers to test it., by Sylvain Naessens.

"Hi everyone, I have launched a SaaS platform called Ninjadesigner - an all-in-one tool that helps Freelance Designers grow their business."​
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​From No Tech to No-Code, by Elliott Zelinskas.

"What's up everyone! I'm Elliott, and I'm super happy to join the group. I'm an elementary school teacher by trade, who pre-covid didn't own a computer. Once the pandemic hit, I started teaching online. For the first time in my life, I used a computer for work- AND I LOVED IT!"

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💼 Jobs

​Senior Product Manager – Mason

​Nocode Video Instructors – RecreateApp

​Product Engineer – Stacker

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😍 Want to see your own story featured in this newsletter?

We're looking for more stories from our own community and beyond—tales of success (and failure) you've had using no-code tools. Whether you're building a business, forging a community, writing a newsletter, running a non-profit, or anything in between, we want to share it

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Cheers!
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Ben & the Makerpad team ✌️