Projects
I've worked on (and continue to work on) an absurd number of things. Current tally? 60 projects.
| Project |
Started |
Description |
What Happened |
| ReallyDumbStuff |
2003 |
Link directory of weird things I found around the internet |
Sold it |
| ReallyFunArcade |
2003 |
Link directory of Flash games |
Sold it 1 year later for $4,500 |
| Indie Riot |
2003 |
Online community & publication for musicians/artists |
Shut it down |
| Automatik Studios |
2003 |
Web design consulting |
Morphed in to Sabotage Media (see below) |
| Tutorial Outpost |
2003 |
Link directory of design tutorials around the internet |
Sold 6 years later for $19,000 |
| The Fun Mall |
2004 |
Amazon affiliate site |
Shut it down |
| Lawn and Garden Outlet |
2004 |
Amazon affiliate site |
Shut it down |
| Brush Source |
2004 |
Amazon affiliate site |
Shut it down |
| Smart Pet Shop |
2004 |
Amazon affiliate site |
Shut it down |
| eKitchenShop |
2004 |
Amazon affiliate site |
Shut it down |
| Jewelry Shopper Online |
2004 |
Amazon affiliate site |
Shut it down |
| MagazineReviews.net |
2004 |
Amazon affiliate site |
Shut it down |
| Arcade Rampage |
2004 |
Amazon affiliate site |
Shut it down |
| AppleLeak |
2004 |
Amazon affiliate site |
Shut it down |
| Poster Outpost |
2004 |
Amazon affiliate site |
Shut it down |
| All Tropical Vacations |
2004 |
Amazon affiliate site |
Shut it down |
| HarmonyPeriod |
2004 |
Free music lessons |
Shut it down |
| TheAppleBlog |
2004 |
Apple technology publication |
Acquired 4 years later by GigaOm for $75,000 (plus a salaried job for 2 years) |
| Sabotage |
2004 |
Shell company |
Still exists as the legal entity for all my random stuff |
| MedicineDB |
2005 |
Directory of information on medicine |
Shut it down |
| Survive The War |
2005 |
Content for preppers |
Shut it down |
| First Aid Support |
2005 |
Content on first aid |
Shut it down |
| CodePaste.net |
2005 |
Code sharing site |
Shut it down |
| The File Bin |
2005 |
Free file storage and image hosting service |
Shut it down |
| MyMegaFile |
2005 |
Free file storage and image hosting service |
Shut it down |
| Doinko |
2005 |
Music video embedding |
Shut it down |
| 26Faves |
2005 |
Community to share your favorite things |
Shut it down |
| Brush Find |
2005 |
Photoshop brush directory |
Sold 1 year later for $700 |
| Statblox |
2006 |
Web stats & hit counters service |
Shut it down |
| Adregate |
2006 |
Ad management platform |
Sold it for $10,000 before even launching |
| Fugitive Toys |
2006 |
Urban vinyl toy store |
Sold 3 years later for $26,000 |
| Daily Translation |
2006 |
Weird phrase guessing game |
Sold 1 year later for $200 |
| BanThat |
2006 |
Community based around what people didn't like |
Sold 1 year later for $2,000 |
| Arcaplay |
2006 |
Free online flash games |
Sold 1 year later for $2,700 |
| MyPollCreator |
2006 |
Poll builder |
Shut it down |
| MadLibCreator |
2006 |
Madlib builder |
Shut it down |
| MyQuizCreator |
2006 |
Quiz builder |
Shut it down |
| Fleckspot |
2006 |
Web host |
Shut it down |
| TrackThePack |
2006 |
Package tracking app |
Sold 6 years later for $11,000 (and then backed out at the last second) and then shut it down. |
| Designerside |
2006 |
Creative community and graphic assets store |
Sold 1 year later for $975 |
| ColourMod |
2006 |
DHTML/JS color picker and OS X widget |
Sold 1 year later for $3,150 |
| Sitethrive |
2006 |
HTML/CSS template building service |
Sold 1 year later for $800 |
| Superior Mint |
2007 |
Coin collecting dropshipping site |
Shut it down |
| Imgry |
2007 |
Photoshop tutorials |
Shut it down |
| Decomodo |
2007 |
Cool stuff blog |
Sold 1 year later for $1,000 |
| PugSpot |
2007 |
Online community for pug owners |
Sold 10 years later for $5,000 |
| TechUniversity |
2010 |
Mac video tutorials |
Shut it down |
| Critterly |
2010 |
Pet management app |
Sold 1 year later for $1,650 |
| PopSurvey |
2011 |
Survey app |
Sold 3 years later. Made nothing from the sale. |
| Deck Foundry |
2012 |
Pitch deck design as a service |
Shut it down |
| Temper |
2013 |
Customer happiness survey app |
Sold in 2014 as part of PopSurvey |
| Baremetrics |
2013 |
Business insights app |
Sold 7 years later for $4,000,000 |
| Cedar & Sail |
2016 |
Handmade home decor |
Active |
| Rockburg |
2017 |
Music simulation game |
Inactive |
| Droptune |
2018 |
New music notifications app |
Shut it down |
| Laser Tweets |
2018 |
Wooden laser etched tweets |
Active |
| PLYLST |
2019 |
Smart playlists for Spotify |
Shut it down |
| The Nerd Diversion |
2019 |
Maker video channel |
Inactive |
| weird.diamonds |
2020 |
A newsletter of literally things |
Shut it down |
| Maybe |
2021 |
Modern financial planning & wealth management tools |
Active |
