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8 of My Side Projects That Never Saw The Light of Day
Side project cemetery: Projects I’ve worked on that never went anywhere
I’ve always used side projects as an excuse to either escape client work, explore new and creative ideas, or develop and refine my skills as a product designer.
While creating these interface designs, I was often very ambitious and passionate about the ideas. I was building these interfaces in hopes of pitching them to dev friends of mine, hoping that they would want to partner up with me and develop it together.
Since these are the products that were never actually built, I thought it would be cool to dust them off and bring them out of the attic where they’ve been stashed away and share them with the world. Most of these were created in a vacuum and have never been shared with anyone.
Some of these ideas are pretty bad, and some of I believe still have potential.
The projects go in order from oldest to newest.
1. Wink List
A dating app.
Wink is a little cringy to look back at now, but it was essentially Tinder meets Yik Yak (because that used to be a thing).
The idea — you signed in with Facebook, and then all of your friends were loaded into the app. You then selected whether you wanted to date women or men or both, and the app lets you add your Facebook friends to a ‘Wink List.’
If someone on your wink list also has you on their Wink list, then you’re matched, and you can chat.
I created this app to break the barrier between dating friends or people in your circle. It’s often awkward to ask someone that you’ve known for a while on a date or let them know that you have a crush on them. With the app, you only found out who had a crush on you if you also had a crush on them.
The other side of the app was less about dating; it was pretty much anonymous Facebook. You could post anonymous flirty or silly messages on your friend’s profile. With Yik Yak and similar…
