MeFi Projects

"Maybe Henry’s neurocapacity didn’t allow him to dwell on the negative because, well, dog brain. But we can choose how to expend our mental energy—why waste it on something that upsets us?" [more inside]
posted by veggieboy on Jun 26, 2019 - 2 comments

Solo is a mobile web app and ongoing community project where people can share their thoughts and experiences alone. My hope is that by sharing this experience we’ll feel a sense of connection when we’re alone, and find more acceptance of ourselves and our aloneness. [more inside]
posted by willt on Dec 18, 2017 - 4 comments

"Coping With Disabilities Through Pony" is panel set to premier at the largest Brony convention in the United States, BronyCon. The mission of the panel is "...to share how the cartoon My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and its fans have helped to improve the lives of individuals with special needs." It is being organized by a father with a visual disability. [more inside]
posted by ShawnStruck on Jun 6, 2014 - 0 comments

The newly-launched NPR Ed team recently sifted through hundreds and hundreds of commencement speeches going back to 1774, and picked more than 300 of our favorites, for your inspiration-finding pleasure. [more inside]
posted by mthomps00 on May 21, 2014 - 1 comment

I made this for myself when flirting with the prospect of writing last autumn, but I felt compelled to clean it up and share it with the world for this year's contest. Starting November 1, it's going to start counting up from zero to 50,000, which will be reached at midnight on the 1st of December. It was designed as a tool to inspire, but I think the actual effect might be more troubling. I guess that depends whether you're on pace or behind.
posted by blue t-shirt on Oct 24, 2013 - 8 comments

A creative aid for product designers during the concept sketching process. Drawing a card and then sketching the result can lead iterative sketching down new and innovative paths not normally reached through standard concept drawing. [more inside]
posted by gonzo_ID on Dec 20, 2011 - 2 comments

I am a developer in the e-commerce world and I often found myself looking for design patterns of common interface elements on e-commerce stores. I had screenshots of add to cart buttons, color/size pickers, and checkout forms but I had no where to share them. I built this gallery site to share individual elements that I think are inspirational or worthy of reference and I hope it can be a useful resource to other designers, developers, and information architects. [more inside]
posted by tommccabe on Mar 26, 2011 - 2 comments