Memoryst
Memoryst is a responsive website I designed and produced during the pandemic. The goal was to create a friendly, private space on the internet where you can keep track of favorite past events and rehash memories with your friends.
The idea came while I was visiting family and heard a story that my father had taken my mother AND her 3 younger sisters to see The Supremes back in the day. Why had I never heard this story before? Did the story stop getting told? Was the memory fading?
Regardless of the answer, I didn’t want that to happen to me. So, I got to work.
One of things I missed most during the initial year of the pandemic was going to see music. I started feeling nostalgic for all these past events. I must have seen hundreds of bands and some of the details were getting blurry.
Once the event is created, a user can make make comments or upload photos. There is also an option for private notes. Finally, we check Setlist.fm for a match and display the songs that were played on that day – but the best way to figure out the details was to invite who was there.
Once entries are created, users can quickly add the people who were at the event. Then, after the recipient confirms, they get added to the event’s private group and can begin adding comments, photos and videos.
Only the creator of the entry can invite people to keep it secure.
However, the non-secure data (artist, venue, and poster) is now available to anyone so that they can have less friction when creating their own space for the same show.
Once a user has entered events, they can view their dashboard in a variety of ways through sorting and filtering. Some examples are:
- Who have I seen the most concerts with?
- How many times have I seen my favorite band?
- Which venue have I been to the most?
- How many times have I seen my favorite team?
- How many countries have I visited?
In an effort to combat negativity on the internet, I wanted to make it clear that everything the user is doing is private. There is no need to configure anything. That way, no one can leave a comment on your event if they weren’t there. No trolling. No hating.
I also think it’s possible to make a profit without selling user’s information through targeted ads.
We can easily see what are the user’s favorite bands, comedians, venues, sports teams, and travel destinations. The next steps would be to target ads based on what we learn about the user’s entries. The goal would be to do this without asking for any additional info.
