When I think of the holidays, the basics come to mind. You know…family, snow, food, games, football, candy, movies, more candy…and facebook apps. Actually, that last one just got added. Feeling like we had waaaay to much time on our hands (to be read with a heavily facetious tone), my family—my parents, siblings and their spouses—decided to create a Facebook app…just for fun. Well, as more of a business venture, to be honest. It’s called Status King.
Essentially what we’ve done is create a King of the Hill competition for whoever comes up with the most clever Facebook statuses. The winner gets a custom Facebook T-shirt with their status and photo printed right on it. The ranking is all based on user votes. You can vote funny statuses up or down, or submit one of your own. And win or loose, you can still create and order a T-shirt using your own status—or somebody else’s that you happen to find more fashionable.
The majority of the concepting for Status King came from a brainstorming session I wasn’t even involved in. They just called me up after they’d already got the ball rolling and roped me in for design and copy help. Now, less than a month later, we have a living, breathing Facebook app. Crazy, eh? I guess that’s the power of collective creative energy. (It also doesn’t hurt to have a php Ninja for a brother spitting out code faster then I can inhale red and green Peanut M&M’s.)
