Following Kellyanne Conway's infamous line on Meet the Press, some friends and I designed, wrote, and sold a card game within a matter of days. It was meant to be a quick joke, and it ended up taking meetings with Hasbro and the As Seen on TV company.
Alternative Facts won a One Show Bronze Pencil and was shortlisted for a Cannes Lion.
A few coworkers and I built a Slack-based snack distribution service for our office. Post an emoji of the snack you wanted (Diet Coke, Peanut M&Ms, seltzer) and your location, and your sustenance appeared. Monthly Venmo charge tallied your consumption.
My friend Brad wrote a great summary of the whole endeavor.
The best way to tell this story is through the voice of our customers…
Launched through a simple post to #general.
A custom emoji :nom: indicated an order.
The excitement for the product AND seamless service was palpable.
It caught on fast.
Like, really fast.
We developed a NOMenclature:
Some new members had trouble.
Some were in disbelief.
Then we had our first product expansion.
You could say people were excited.
There were times when demand was too much.
When we sold out, we replaced the custom emoji with a blank white square.
We even got a few international orders.
And we were sure to send people out in style.
✌️ for "See you later!"
