Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Electronic Call Board


The idea originated from being a Fine and Performing Arts student in undergraduate. I remember checking the call board everyday to see what was going on in the theatre, music and studio art departments. However, when it came to events, it was difficult to get people from different genres to show up. I thought it would be great to build a platform in which people from different genres could promote their events and thereby increase participation from others.

Monday, February 11, 2019

From Job Posting to a New Mission


Even though my initial goal was to create more jobs in the creative fields within the economy, the social network that I built had undergone several development changes over the years. The early days of the website were reserved for job postings across many disciplines in the United States; however, there was a spike in the number of visual artists who joined the website in order to promote their creative works. Over time, the website became more of a place to upload images of your art and promote it to a global audience, which caused me to revisit the mission of the website.