HolaNeighbor!
This past weekend we sponsored and were apart of a unique event, DC Start-Up Weekend. Essentially, 50+ passionate and energetic people who have a bit of the entrepreneurial bug got together to try to create and launch a web-based community service in just a couple days (over the course of a weekend).
We were surprised to see that the design community was very small; four people showed up on Friday evening and only two came back for the rest of the weekend (myself and Jesse Thomas). Hoping to play more of an adviser/moderator role in this social experiment, I had to roll-up-my-sleeves and get some sh*t done.
Homepage Design Concept
So, between the hours of 9pm and 1am on Friday night – (being the last man standing in the design group) I decided to be proactive and ended up developing the product name, brand identity, base wire-frame as well as the user interface design for both the homepage and the interior page (not bad for four hours on a Friday night).
Interior Page Design Concept
The site, holaneighbor.com has been said to of officially launched – however, after playing around with it for a bit, I think that might be an over-exaggeration.
While we might not be a fully functional site — it was one hell of an experiment! A lot was learned, friends were made, and at the end of the day everyone was a part of a great answer to the “what did you do this weekend” question. There was a lot of chaos, but through it all came clarity — probably at the same time of the reality check that Sunday night is right around the corner.
I must send out a special thank you to Rana Sobhany for helping me with idea generation and keeping the laugher in full supply in an effort to combat the natural chaos.
Posted by Martin Ringlein on October 28, 2007 | Permanent Link |
