MyMotivatr – A 24 Hour Project

I recently launched a small web site called MyMotivatr, which allows users to quickly and easily create really slick motivational (or de-motivational) posters.

There are several online motivational poster-making tools, but they are usually very poor quality. For example, Despair, Inc has amazing, professionally-designed posters and a “DIY” user submission tool. If you compare the two, the DIY version uses high-compression/low-quality images, uses the wrong typeface (Times), does not drop caps or underline the title, and the description is not in small caps.

Using Flash, I created a tool that generates posters on the client, then submits the pixel data to the server, generating a permanent file. I paid close attention to detail, to make sure the result is as close to professionally-designed posters as possible.

MyMotivatr went live within 24 hours of conception, the maximum amount of time I was willing to dedicate to this particular for-fun project. During the site’s first 24 hours of operation, it received about 9,800 unique visitors, 22,500 page views, and 275 user-submitted posters.

6 Replies to “MyMotivatr – A 24 Hour Project”

  1. I like your tool- it’s pretty nifty. I like Dispair’s too… They let you choose from lots of type faces. i dont think one version is “wrong” or “right” though. there are so many different typse of variations of motivational posters– lines, underlines, caps, lowercase, font variations etc… what I want to know is where is your training video? ! The dispair one cracked me up!!!

  2. I could agree that the fonts are great and all that. But I think what Brian is really trying to say is….

    If you procrastinate, all you need is between 12-24 “meals” of coffee, and you too can create your own project in just under 24 hrs.

  3. I have problems with the sizing of the photo.
    Tried to do it several different sizes and they all turned out the same.
    Is there a specific size we should be using.

    The one I tried to make is BearNaked

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