Daniel Hardy » Idea http://www.danielhardy.com I speak usability & developer to make amazing user experiences. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:27:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 An idea lost… http://www.danielhardy.com/blog/an-idea-lost/ http://www.danielhardy.com/blog/an-idea-lost/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:08:00 +0000 Daniel Hardy http://www.danielhardy.com/?p=92 A while back I came up with an idea to create a site for memorials.  A lot of people create pages or even myspace profiles when they loose a loved one.  It is a great way for friends and family to share their memories and post pictures.  I remember sitting around with several friends and explaining the idea to everyone.  At the time everyone thought I was crazy to consider monetizing tragedy.

It appears that I am not the only one who thought of this and in fact, someone acted upon it.  Take a look at OurMemoryOf.com.  This is a great idea and I believe it can bring some joy to people in their darkest hours as well as be profitable.  Beyond that they have a great design.

They did take a little different approach than I would have.  They are going to charge for their services where as I would have tried to go a different route for funding the service.  Either way I think it is a great idea and look forward to seeing how well it works.

Just goes to show that when you get a great idea you need to act on it fast :-)

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