Board Games, Emotish, & Self-Obsession

board games,emotions, &general self-obsession

dan bretl

i heart self datagps tracksamount of sleepdaily ratingdaily goalstime distributionphysical activityweighttennis scoresgolf (& mini-golf) scores

board games dbfilemaker pro (old school)translate score to performancecalculate all-time ratingrecord players’ moods

“mood photos”

“mood photos”

aggressive

i am self-obsessedaren’t we all?photos of myselfonline presenceself reflectionself analysisself reference

i am overly emotional

(i anthropomorphized my notebook)

thus, emotishi love apple & iOS

thus, emotishi love apple & iOS

thus, emotishfebruary - april 2012niche photo sharingnovel UI & UXcommunity contentbuilt with parse

why, emotish?creative expressionemotional awarenesslearning languagesteaching emotions(to humans, & to computers)

dream of a startup1 million users in the first week300+k photoswritten up in techcrunchfeatured by apple$5M venture capital raised

reality of a startup1 thousand users all time3+k photos postedwritten up in... a couple blogsignored by applewhat’s venture capital?

looking backdon’t bring your personal projectto a startup (or do?)the product is important, butmarketing is even more important

moving forwardself tracking is easy(er) on mobileparse makes anything possibleself tracking is fun, butenabling self tracking is more funtrick people into self tracking(it’s a photo sharing app!)

i like peopledanbretl.comdanbretl@gmail.com@danbretldanbretl...(on pretty much anyservice you can think of)

emotish.com(join me!)