Projects I’ve informally worked on over the past few years. None are functioning services, some are just domain names and scribbled notes. As I put together these notes, realized they fall broadly into 3 categories; social, ecommerce and security. Why put them in a blog post? Why not?
Social Projects
Scooch.in
Elevator Pitch- Turn online association into real world friendships. Helps individuals and groups with similar interests and associates to coordinate relaxed group interactions to cultivate wider social circles.
Similar Services- Foursquare, MeetUp
SpokeStream.com
Elevator Pitch- Podcast ‘accumulator’ and player. Provides user with basic search capability which is augmented by ongoing review of never-ending stream. Over time, tool learns to build stream with minimal interaction.
Similar Services- Swell (closed), Pandora
Twidit.com
Elevator Pitch- App and website to manage asking your social network questions. (Tinder meets Survey Monkey)
eCommerce Projects
APOList.com
Elevator Pitch- Resource and deal site for American military expats.
Similar Services- slickdeals.net, deals.woot.com
Yardcrow.com
Elevator Pitch- Shipping intermediary providing escrow and insurance services for private sales.
SprintFund.com
Elevator Pitch- Funding site focused on collecting funding in limited stages, building from small goals to larger, demonstrating success and capabilities along the way.
Similar Services- Kickstarter, GoFundMe, Patreon
Security projects
Wyrz.com
Elevator Pitch- Point to Point Encrypted tunneling solutions. Hardware devices that secure public connections with minimal user effort.
Talksolution.com
Elevator Pitch- Self-Hosted, highly secure solution providing quick deployment of basic collaborative tools ‘behind the firewall’.
Similar Services- Slack, SharePoint
SuisKey.com
Elevator Pitch- Multi-factor Identify verification tool encompassing U2F, text code receipt, and biometric verification.