journal

It was important to me to figure out a way to bring real life into the digital. Not in the sense of looking at a photo or curating something to share. I just wanted to know if there was a way to look at how I created without the pressure of how it was going to be digested.

My starting place was an idea. Didn't have the credibility in the programing space or the skills to even communicate what I was trying to accomplish.

I knew a few things had to happen if I was going to be able to pull it off - I had to stay grounded. Social media was creating a pressure channel for me. Where it was extremely easy to start living for others perceptions of me.

It can be frustrating when it feels like you are limited to the one version of yourself that someone last saw of you. There is a reference point of "I remember this person when." And if you are lucky enough to develop friendships that last through all the versions of you, you start to realize that introduction version is simply a reference point, the context is weighted, but not relevant.

That's how this concept for UNPARTY works- where the introduction the user makes is treated as a data cluster with no relation. As the user enters and interacts with more of their own content, the clusters overflow into inference points where they get evaluated and turned into connections.

Those connections are made by the user. Where their thoughts form an idea and an idea turns into connection.