I realized that I was "trapped" in a continuous need to mediate, compromise and discuss with these friends/team members for many reasons: split of shares of the project, lack of deep passion for the project, lack of knowledge of the current social network environment, etc. All the time, I spent 90% arguing with my friends/team members instead of working hard on realizing my vision.
After the last failure, I decided to give up but the desire to create something like this kept me from sleeping. I finally decided to work on my own, use tools that I master (such as wordpress with its thousands plug-ins, themes, etc.) and develop my vision.
Sure, I had to compromise on some of the things I would like to build and that wordpress does not allow you to do. But it is so much better to fly solo and be able to give life to your ideas and hopes. Just being able to finally ship Everythinker.com has been an enormous goal for me and I look forward to continuing building new features and adding new content.
Thanks in advance for any comment or feedback you may have!
Here are three questions I ask myself before shipping a product:
a) What problem does it solve? b) Does it "actually" solve that problem? c) Does the end product superimpose with the vision I had before beginning development.
Ask yourself these three questions.
The interface looks amateur and the functionality isn't obvious. Also, the user has to spend time figuring out how to go about it. Apart from that, I think it's a great personal achievement for you (with regard to your comment about the hardships you faced while rolling this out!)
Also, I think this is an apt moment to quote Steve Jobs. Here you go: http://cl.ly/image/0P0V2Z080C2H
"Real Artists Ship!" :)
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The general idea behind the website is to give users an opportunity to reach a big audience with their content. I already have about 400 users on the website's mailing list and I am trying to increase the number of pageviews on the home page. Let's say I can get at least 500/1000 visitors per day, this means that users posting their messages on Everythinker would know that their message - when it reaches the home page - would be read by 500/1000 users + 400 or more other users receiving the newsletter.
By providing pictures, I help users create good content.
What do you think about this idea?
As to the person who asked what does this solve? What did Instagram solve? What does Twitter solve or Lolcats or Angry Birds or Reddit? Sometimes providing reprieve from a day or entertainment/inspiration is enough.
The spirit of these replies confirms my idea of this world, made of people passionate about their projects and willing to share this passion with other people.
Thanks again to each and every one of you.
