Super happy to share my entry for the Figma Makeathon 😊 Connected Earth. Language separates us. Sound connects us. https://www.connected.earth Connected Earth started with a simple observation: despite being more connected than ever, many of us feel increasingly disconnected from each other, our surroundings, and the places we live. Most platforms ask us to compete for attention. More followers. More likes. More visibility. More noise. I wanted to explore the opposite. Connected Earth is a living archive of sounds contributed by people around the world. A quiet place where someone can capture a moment from their corner of the planet and share it with someone they’ve never met. The sound of rain in Scotland. A train arriving in Tokyo. Waves breaking in Australia. Bikes whizzing past in park in Amsterdam. Children playing on a street somewhere you’ll probably never visit. None of these moments need translating. They’re immediately human. Every recording becomes part of a growing global collection that can be explored individually or experienced through Earth Radio, a continuously evolving stream shaped entirely by community contributions. The more people contribute, the richer and more diverse the experience becomes. Alongside the archive, Connected Earth includes Ambient Radio for creating evolving soundscapes from community recordings where sounds are stretched, overlayed, reversed, and can have user effects applied. We also have Resonance Tables for discovering related sounds and places, and Resonance Chains that allow recordings to be connected (chained) together into journeys spanning countries, cultures, and time zones. Together they transform individual moments into something larger than a collection of uploads. Rather than likes, Connected Earth uses Resonations. Small acknowledgements that a sound resonated with someone else. No user account, No follower counts. No popularity contests. No pressure to perform. Just people sharing moments. For those looking for calm, Ambient Mode transforms community recordings into evolving soundscapes that can be used for focus, reflection, relaxation, or simply feeling connected to somewhere else in the world. The result is less of a social network and more of a shared listening experience. The project was designed and built using Figma’s evolving ecosystem, including Figma Agents (Conversation & Moods), Make, AI-assisted (ChatGPT > validation) workflows, and iterative prototyping. What began as a conversation with design tools quickly became an exploration of how technology might help us feel a little more connected to one another. Connected Earth is fully desktop and mobile compatible, allowing people to contribute, discover, listen, and explore wherever they happen to be. In a world increasingly driven by content, Connected Earth is an experiment in presence. A reminder that while we may speak different languages, we often experience the same rain, the same wind, the same birdsong, and the same quiet. And perhaps that matters more than we think.

Love the idea, Lee! Being focused on what matters most, the small details of life. No pressure, no engagement, no likes... Just seeing the awesome world that we have from our chairs

Hi everyone, I’m showing GiveAFck365, a tiny daily ritual for giving a damn. In a world where it feels like no one gives a f*ck anymore, I wanted something simple and human; just one intentional act of care per day. So I created this little app for the Config Makeathon. GiveAF*ck365 gives you 365 f*cks at the start of the year, one for each day. You can drag a token from the Unsent jar into the Given jar as a personal acknowledgment, or send one to someone else as a small digital care token. No streak pressure. No gamification guilt. Just a quiet, physical-feeling daily ritual. The entire experience lives inside two glass jars on screen. Tokens pile up with satisfying physics, and when you send one, you choose from seven different types of care (Tough Love, Pure Care, Gratitude Bomb, and more). Each send returns a small random impact message that makes the interaction feel surprisingly meaningful. I built this as my first public project for the Config Makeathon, mostly because I wanted to stop watching everyone else's incredible projects and finally ship something myself. What it does 🧠 Two-jar drag-and-drop system with spring physics and satisfying landing bounce 🎯 7 unique care token types with custom names and descriptions 🔥 Gentle streak tracking + weekly counts focused on awareness, not pressure 💬 Random impact messages after every send "This one hit different." 🎉 Confetti bursts and interaction feedback when a token lands 📜 History drawer with token thumbnails, token types, and CSV export 💾 Automatic local saving via localStorage How I Built It The entire app - from blank canvas to working React prototype - was created and iterated entirely inside Figma Make, with zero context switching. Figma Make generated the complete React + TypeScript scaffold, component structure, and Tailwind-based design system. Using MCP tools and aesthetic-stance skills, I defined the visual language: a dark charcoal interface accented with warm orange highlights. Every iteration happened directly inside Make: - Fixed Radix forwardRef issues - Replaced random token positioning with a deterministic seeded system (eliminating visual jitter) - Redesigned the send experience into a visual 7-token selection grid - Added streak tracking and weekly insights - Implemented spring bounce physics on the Given jar - Added confetti interactions and motion polish - Unified history and token data structures for maintainability - Claude served as an AI pair programmer throughout the process, helping with debugging, feature implementation, and iteration directly inside the canvas. - The jar illustrations and token assets were sourced from Figma, and the entire workflow - design, code, debugging, and refinement - remained in a single environment from start to finish. What It Could Grow Into This foundation maps surprisingly well to an on-chain experience. Each daily token could become a unique ERC-1155 NFT (or similar on a better fit chain), with only 365 minted per year. Instead of simply sending a digital gesture, users could send actual care tokens directly to friends' wallets. The app already includes a stubbed "Connect Wallet" flow, making that evolution feel like a natural next step rather than a complete rebuild. Longer term, active participants who consistently give could receive airdrops of a playful GiveAF*ck meme token, unlock limited-edition token variants, or earn rare legendary "f*cks" tied to community milestones. What excites me most is the possibility of creating something unusual in web3: a product built around generosity rather than speculation. A wholesome social ritual that sits somewhere between meme culture, habit-building, and meaningful human connection. I'm genuinely open to collaborating with builders, designers, and web3 developers who would like to help turn this into a real on-chain experience. If this little ritual resonates with you or if you have your own version of wanting to give a fuck more intentionally I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Huge thanks to everyone sharing their work during Config Makeathon. Seeing your projects inspired me to stop overthinking and finally ship something. Links Live Prototype: https://giveafck365.figma.site Video Walkthrough: https://www.loom.com/share/99cdc09f767940f1b5eb48dc4080391f Figma Community File: https://www.figma.com/community/file/1649359320060581320/give-a-f-ck-365

The two-jar mechanic is doing something most habit apps miss entirely. Drag to give, not drag to log, that shift in framing makes it feel much more like a gesture than a task. Congrats on shipping your first public project.