Harper Reed

Apr 2026 Redesigned harperreed.com after about 10 years Mar 2026 🔊Finally got some smaller speakers: Altec Lansing 9812-8A Monitors. Mar 2026 Started having FAC events at the space Dec 2025 🦞Started using an AI assistant Nov 2025 Made cool hoodies → Sep 2025 🤖Published a paper on how we gave agents Social Media → Sep 2025 Shut down the Harper Rules office Sep 2025 2389 Office opened. It is very cool Aug 2025 Spoke at H.O.P.E. Apr 2025 📇Stopped using an IDE Feb 2025 📈Code throughput really ramped up Nov 2024 Kickstarted my blog again. This time with notes, links, and long form → Oct 2024 🏃Started running for cardio health Sep 2024 🤖Became an AI agent Aug 2024 💾Built some very bespoke models for 2389 Jul 2024 📸Started carrying a tiny point and shoot digital camera to capture more moments Jun 2024 🪩"Started" 2389, Research Inc → Apr 2024 💸Invested in some local GPUs Feb 2024 🦾Started using AI to aid my coding Feb 2024 🏋️‍♂️Started working with a personal trainer, again: Krys Oct 2023 🧑‍💻Started hacking on some AI stuff Jul 2023 🔊Received my uncle’s 70s macintosh stack. Vintage HIFI rules. Jul 2023 Started fourth vision quest / walkabout Jun 2023 😥Galactic officially shuts down 😥 → Jun 2023 😔Made the hard decision to shut Galactic down Mar 2023 Galactic launched the beta of skyteller.xyz → May 2022 Stopped going to Chicago Bulls games regularly Apr 2022 Got really into HYPERPOP Jan 2022 Galactic started focusing on crypto off-ramps Nov 2021 Accidentally launched Floppydisk.xyz → Oct 2021 Started going to Chicago Bulls games regularly Oct 2021 Launched Galactic Camera → Aug 2021 🧑‍🎤AMAZING THING HAPPENED Aug 2021 🍎Started using OSX full time cuz Apple Silicon is fast af Jun 2021 Published my “decentralized” website: https://harper.eth.link → Jun 2021 Joined my first DAO → May 2021 Got a pair of Klipsch La Scala speakers on a whim May 2021 Convinced my brother, Dylan, he should start his own crypto company and follow his dreams! → Apr 2021 Fake.sale got banned from opensea → Apr 2021 🍕Hacked together art.pizza → Apr 2021 Dove deep into web3. Mar 2021 Launched fake.sale, my first NFT project → Jan 2021 Bought my first NFT → Oct 2020 Joined the RAND Pardee School Board of governors Oct 2020 🚴My brother convinced me to get a peloton and start riding. Fun! Sep 2020 Wrote up all my time doing covid work over the first 3/4 of 2020 → Sep 2020 🚀"Started" General Galactic Corporation → May 2020 Found out I was a Jamstack Pioneer based on our work at Obama for America → Apr 2020 Launched zooooom.us - a screensaver for our anxious times → Mar 2020 Started doing COVID-19 work full-time Feb 2020 Started watching covid → Dec 2019 Reclaimed modest.com and started using harper@modest.com for my email again → Oct 2019 Joined the RAND Pardee School’s Tech & Narrative Lab advisory group → May 2019 Opened the company.lol office to figure out what the next thing will be → Apr 2019 Became a Senior Fellow at the Annenberg Innovation Lab at USC → Mar 2019 Named as a 2019 delegate for the US-Japan Leadership Program → Jun 2018 🐧Started using Linux full time again May 2018 Became a MIT Medialab Director’s fellow → Apr 2018 Started third vision quest / walkabout Apr 2018 Left PayPal to pursue my dreams Mar 2018 🎂Turned 40 Dec 2017 🧘‍♂️Started doing yoga Apr 2017 Slightly regretted spending all my bitcoin on things Mar 2017 Used up all my bitcoin buying Leica cameras on overstock Oct 2016 Joined IllinoisTech Computer Science advisory board Sep 2016 🏴󠁡󠁦󠁷󠁡󠁲󠁿Joined Royal United Service Institute advisory board Aug 2016 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” → Aug 2016 🏠Started living at the house in Ukrainian Village May 2016 🏫Joined Cornell College Board of Trustees Mar 2016 📸Bought a Leica Monochrom from a good friend. A perfect camera Dec 2015 📸Started carrying a camera everyday Dec 2015 📸Purchased a Leica Q. Started carrying a camera everyday Sep 2015 📸Decided to make photography a real hobby Aug 2015 👨‍💻Started as Senior Director @ PayPal, inc Aug 2015 Sold Modest, Inc to PayPal Jul 2015 Was awarded 4 patents for work done on Modest, Inc Oct 2014 First time visiting South America (Santiago, Chile). Fifth continent outside of U.S. I visited. Oct 2014 🏆Cornell College Young Alumni Achievement Award → Oct 2014 🏋️‍Started working out Oct 2014 🏋️‍♂️Started working with a personal trainer: Dan Mar 2014 🐩Adopted our wonderful puppy, Lulu Feb 2014 🏠Started living at the condo in West Town Nov 2013 Became an honorary patron of the University Philosophical Society at Trinity College → Oct 2013 First time visiting Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa). Fourth continent outside of U.S. I visited. Oct 2013 Wrapped my parents car in zebra stripes while they were on vacation → Jul 2013 First time visiting Australia (Sydney, Australia). Third continent outside of U.S. I visited. Jun 2013 🏆CTO of the Year @ Moxie Award May 2013 Installed ant miners in the Modest office Apr 2013 Launched FriendFracker with Rafeal Lozano-Hemmer at Seven on Seven. → Apr 2013 🏆Breakout of the Year @ Webby’s Mar 2013 Spoke at TED 2013 (technically TED-U) Feb 2013 Did a TED University talk at TED which predicted that the 2016 election would be hacked and manipulated → Jan 2013 Started doing a lot of speaking internationally Dec 2012 👨‍💼Started a company called Modest, Inc with @dylanr Dec 2012 Started second vision quest / walkabout Nov 2012 Helped Barack Obama win his reelection campaign Nov 2012 🏆40 under 40 @ Crains Apr 2012 Stopped going out as much Apr 2011 👨‍💻Started as the Chief Technology Officer at Obama for America Apr 2011 Bought a kindle for 45 bitcoin Apr 2011 🍎Started using OSX for work Oct 2010 Discovered Minecraft Sep 2010 🏆Data Innovation Award @ MCIC Aug 2010 🏠Started living at the apartment in Wicker Park Oct 2009 👨‍💻Became the Customer in Residence for Rackspace Hosting Oct 2009 Started first vision quest / walkabout Sep 2009 Left Threadless to pursue my dreams Jul 2009 Built CityPayments.org with Daniel X Oneil Oct 2008 Built Unofficial Transit API for Chicago Transit Authority Sep 2008 Received a photo credit in Metallica’s Death Magnetic album. It should have gone to Derek Brooks. → Aug 2008 🏠Started living at the apartment in North Center Apr 2008 App Engine launched - learned python and launched Excla.im, Awesome Updater, and Chicago Alerts Mar 2008 🎂Turned 30 Aug 2007 💍Got married to Hiromi Feb 2007 👨‍💻Became CTO of Threadless Jun 2006 🪟Stopped using Windows for work, or personal OS May 2006 🐧Started using Linux full time Aug 2005 👨‍💻Started at Threadless as an engineer Jun 2005 🍸Vox Paid for radio ads with my name in them: Step behind the velvet rope with Harper Reed. Jun 2005 👨‍💻Started Working as a Summer Intern with Seth Godin @ Squidoo Apr 2005 Started a podcast about the club scene in chicago with my Vox Vodka sponsorship Apr 2005 🍸Became a professional vodka drinker - Got a sponsorship by Vox Vodka Apr 2005 Got laid off. It was awesome! Oct 2004 👨‍💻Started Working as a web programmer @ Cramer-Krasselt May 2004 First time visiting Asia (Delhi, India). Second continent outside of U.S. I visited. Feb 2004 🎪Juggled on stage at the Metro for Chris Holmes’ Electroclash night Jun 2003 🎪Did a juggling show for Billy Corgan’s showcase at the Hideout Feb 2003 Stopped promoting parties in Chicago. I was terrible at it Jan 2003 Started promoting parties in Chicago. Sep 2002 Started my first “startup” - 3g Screensaver. Selling ringtones and wallpapers for phones May 2002 🎪Regularly street performed with Matiss Duhon in downtown Chicago Apr 2002 🍸Started going out clubbing every night. Well M,T,W,F,S lol. Oct 2001 Sprint launches Samsung A500 and I launch a500hacking.com Sep 2001 🏆Net Vision Honorary Mention @ PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA Sep 2001 Launched Audreyhacking.com to help hack the 3COM Audrey. → Aug 2001 Hosted my first colocated server in a data center at OAR.net Jul 2001 Purchased my first server (A firesale VALinux 2U server) Jun 2001 🏠Started living at the apartment in Logan Square Jun 2001 Moved to Chicago, IL Jun 2001 🎓Graduated from Cornell College with a degree in Computer Science and Philosophy Jun 2001 👨‍💻Started first job as a Security and Software Engineer @ World Book Publishing May 2000 👨‍💻Started an internship @ MSI in Cedar Rapids, IA Apr 2000 🎪Opened for Sir Mix-A-Lot as a juggler Sep 1998 🎪Opened for Incubus as a juggler Mar 1998 🎂Turned 20 Nov 1997 🎪Juggled for the first time with @dylanreed Nov 1997 🎪Learned to Juggle Sep 1997 🏫Started going to Cornell College in Mt, Vernon, IA Aug 1997 Moved to Mt. Vernon, IA for college Aug 1997 💻Purchased my first laptop Apr 1997 Purchased my first domain name: nata2.org. Still used as my email address. Oct 1996 First time visiting Europe (Dublin, Ireland). First continent outside of U.S. I visited. Aug 1996 👮The ATF visited and suggested I stop using BBSs, and stop blowing things up. I did the latter. Oct 1995 Ran my first Apache server Sep 1995 🪟Waited in line for Windows 95 Aug 1995 🏫Started going to Greeley Central High School Sep 1994 🏠Started living at the house on 43rd ave in Greeley, CO Apr 1994 🎸Started a terrible punk band called Faucet with Atkins Meyer, Karl Mahlburg, and some friends. Oct 1993 🏂️Started snowboarding Sep 1993 Started subscribing to MONDO 2000 → Aug 1993 🏫Started going to Heath Junior High Jun 1993 Bought a Boing Boing and MONDO 2000 magazine at Powell’s in Portland. Changed everything. Apr 1993 🐧Installed Linux for the first time: Yggdrasil. Linux changed everything. → Oct 1992 Saw Public Enemy open for U2. Sep 1992 Ran up my first huge phone bill dialing into BBSes around the country. &TOTSE forever Feb 1992 Saw Metallica for the first time. Aug 1991 🏫Started going to Maplewood Middle School Jul 1991 🖥️Built a computer for the first time. Ram was so expensive so I could only afford 1mb. Jun 1991 Went to first concert, David Bowie. May 1991 🖥️Got really into OS/2 Mar 1991 🎂Turned 13 Jun 1990 Was enamored by Roxanne Shante. Jun 1990 Bought Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A. May 1990 Stopped taking myself seriously Mar 1989 🖥️Received an older IBM PS/2 model 25 for my birthday. My brother and I played a lot of kings quest. Mar 1988 Got Love and Rockets’ Earth, Sun, Moon for my birthday. Jun 1987 Programmed BASIC based on code from the 321 Contact magazine Aug 1986 🎒Started going to Cameron Elementary School May 1986 Accidently got Killers by Iron Maiden. Changed everything. Aug 1985 🎒Started going to Shawsheen Elementary School Apr 1985 🖥️Family got a Apple IIc. My brother and I set it up. Jun 1984 Learned to code LOGO on an Apple II Apr 1984 🏠Started living at the house on 11th st in Greeley, CO Jan 1984 🔥House caught on fire and burnt a bunch. LEGOs survived Sep 1983 🏠Started living at the house on 27th ave in Greeley, CO May 1983 Television broke. Never got fixed Oct 1981 🏠Started living at the house near the hospital in Greeley, CO Feb 1981 👶Brother @dylanreed was born. The Reed Brothers are finally united. Sep 1980 🏠Started living at the farm house on rd 15 in Greeley, CO Jan 1979 👶Secret Brother Jon was born. The Reed Brothers are almost united. Apr 1978 Moved to Greeley, CO Apr 1978 🏠Started living at the house on 11th st in Greeley, CO Mar 1978 🏠Started living at the house in Windsor, CO Mar 1978 Moved to Windsor, CO Mar 1978 👶Harper was born in Greeley, CO