Jamie Thingelstad

Writer of the Weekly Thing. Blogger. Explorer of tech, the open web, AI, and a good escape room. Maybe a podcast? CTO of SPS Commerce, Board Member of MnTech, Former Board Member Minnestar. Minneapolis is home.

612 POAP Challenge

A niche challenge where I created a summer scavenger hunt around Minneapolis using POAPs. Posts share screen recordings of claiming the first token at Lake Harriet and explain how I used POAP2RSS and Make to automate the experience.

Jul 5, 2025 ∞

Had fun using POAP2RSS and feeding through Make with Claude doing some creative for me and then syndicating to 612 POAP Challenge accounts on Mastodon and Bluesky. Whew!

Jun 11, 2025 ∞

I completed the final set of achievement tokens for the 612 POAP Challenge tonight! I also setup a specific 612 POAP Challenge Mailing List. A few folks have collected tokens. I completed the Architecture Aficionado category! Now to spread the word…

Round badge reading 612 POAP Challenge showing two people with backpacks facing the Minneapolis skyline and Stone Arch Bridge

May 31, 2025 ∞

Screen recording at Lake Harriet claiming the very first POAP of the 612 POAP Challenge!