Regardless of how you start, what you make and whether you deliver or not, let us know of your side projects. We're making a side project showcase/discovery place.
This is a great site for getting exposure online. It lets people interview others about their projects online, be they bloggers or otherwise! It has been a huge hit since its recent release.
Been running SideProjectors for about 2 years now. Built to specifically help people sell & buy side projects. Recently did a re-design too. Would love to see your projects on there. :)
I launched http://practicalinterviews.com, where I'm posting my interviews with entrepreneurs, business owners and creative folks of all sorts. I'm still working on my recording setup, to say nothing of my interviewing techniques, but at least it's out there. :)
P.S. I'm looking for interviewees, so if any of you would like to discuss your newly launched apps, let me know.
Awesome. Thanks for the response. It's nice to hear about your experience and the process. I have thought about mentioning the project as a comment on a related HN submission...but I can never think of a way that seems natural enough. To answer your question the project is here: http://moviepileapp.com
Well, I'm obviously pretty biased here because I made it, but I really enjoy using http://cueyoutube.com/
It was a "sunday night" project, and the first thing I've ever done where I thought I did just the right amount of work and no more. It hasn't, like, gone viral or anything but has a few likes and a few people using it - who knows maybe some more will use it.
But it was a great feeling - to really get something useful made, throw it out there and see what happens without investing a whole lot in it.
Another I made earlier this year was http://pickdropapp.com/ which was even less successful than cueyoutube :)
I find that whipping up things like this and just releasing them is a great way of "staying in shape". Releasing software is like a habit and the more you do it, the easier it becomes.
To deviate from my shameless self promotion, I would also like to add that I love the story of TKs http://toutapp.com/ - he's actually turned that into a real product now with thousands of users, but he got a lot of validation from his initial MVP release so that's a real success story. He's written about it quite a bit on his blog.
Great for recording content (interviews) remotely easily & in high-quality.
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