MeFi Projects

Monolog is an interactive diary bot that prompts you with interesting questions, which it chooses based on the topics you write about. [more inside]
posted by TheMadStork on Dec 23, 2016 - 6 comments

There's many encrypted IM apps, but few of them are actually usable. Subrosa is a web app that abstracts away all the cryptographic details*, resulting in an app you can share and use with everyone. It's open source (of course), and supports IMs, voice and video calls, group chats, and more. *: Yes, real end to end encryption, not 'encrypt with keys the mothership knows'. [more inside]
posted by movablesingularity on Dec 14, 2014 - 1 comment

In the wake of the recent wiretapping allegations, I thought this might be of interest. Frank is a fairly unique iOS app which we've developed for secure chat. It permits frictionless, accountless, completely anonymous, end-to-end encrypted conversations, voicemails etc. Free at this point, although we will have to start charging for it sooner or later to cover server costs. Elevator pitch below the fold. [more inside]
posted by unSane on Jun 10, 2013 - 6 comments

A communal free-form text world, overlaid on a street map of the user's physical location. It incorporates elements of online chat and graffiti to explore and create a bridge between the physical and virtual. Write on a map. It'll be fun. I swear. [more inside]
posted by zazerr on Jul 11, 2012 - 0 comments

It's a comedy show of interviews with absurd fake guests, plus improv scenes, sketches and other funny bits. [more inside]
posted by jayfrosting on Jan 28, 2012 - 1 comment

cellphone and I created a simple two-person character-at-a-time talk utility modeled after old-school unix (but you don't have to care about that to use or like it!). [more inside]
posted by dmd on Aug 24, 2011 - 3 comments

I made a little free iPad app called Picture Chat. In it, two people (sharing the same iPad) talk not by speaking... but by typing any of the over 500 pictures to form picture sentences. In this video, you can actually see two of the robots (that come with the program) automagically talking to each other -- see robot communication weirdness ensue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBRmL7YXCZ8
posted by philipp on Jun 26, 2011 - 3 comments

The MetaCooler is a simple message boards where mefites can stand around talking about television. Spoiler tags included! [more inside]
posted by PhoBWanKenobi on Jun 17, 2011 - 8 comments