In my last blog entry, I mentioned that our discussion provided me with valuable insights and new ideas on how to move forward. I was excited to implement the strategies we discussed and explore the possibilities for my app. However, after talking to people who are familiar with my idea in depth, thanks to hours of discussion, I realized that our 15-minute intense discussion was not enough for me to present my idea accurately. We ended up discussing a concept that resembled Facebook or social media for family, but that wasn’t quite what I had in mind.
Social media typically revolves around individuals talking about themselves, whereas my idea is more about others writing about you. The concept of a ‚Tinder for family‘ where you swipe left and right, and answer yes or no questions, didn’t resonate with me in the end.
So now, I am planning to take a more gradual approach to showcase my idea. I will start by developing a Figma prototype with a login/register page, allowing users to input their information for the first time and answer simple questions about their immediate family, such as questions about their parents, siblings, partner, and/or children. I say it will be quite a lot of work already because almost all info needs its own page. For instance, there will be pages for login/register, password reset, a dashboard prompting users to fill in personal information, and separate pages for entering details about parents, siblings, spouse/partner, children, and so forth.
This alone will take me some time to create, and I believe that in addition to these, including information about siblings‘ partners, their children, details about grandparents, their siblings, spouses, and children would sufficiently flesh out this prototype.
I’m eager to see how this structured approach will unfold, what insights it will bring and how big of a rabbit whole will I dig for myself this time.
