Korbin Houston
Strategist | PM + Talent + Content for High & Social Impact
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After really thinking about the remixable template theme, decided to try and create a project dashboard overview.
The goal was to try and create a mobile overview that would allow someone to integrate personal and work projects into one app to see what has been progressing and what needs immediate attention.
https://d2b65475-c5ca-4041-945d-cd4f37580d9b.web.anythingassets.app/
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Well, a new challenge and new lesson I have learned. This time though I initially came in to try to build something with some purpose and that ended up being an attempt at a feral cat colony app concept.
Thinking about the theme, I guess I took the approach of a white label concept with this one. I was thinking anyone could just copy the template and adjust to their needs.
Other than that, this shows how strong (and scary) and ai tool could be. I was thinking, would this app builder really know what feral cat colony caretakers really would want? And it did lol. Well this is still definitely a work in progress with a strong start.
https://b92d599c-7bc8-4d96-965a-8baa69999378.web.anythingassets.app/
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So this second work flow was better. Still messy but less of a mess than my first one lol. My goal for this flow was to lend on the book industry trends of having really engaging online promotional content.
I ended up creating a book trailer (which was honestly phenomenal), a mini interactive game, and 3D landscape play ground based off would be settings in the book.
Of course created a branded tote bag that could be sold online. And you could use this exact work flow for clothes, bookmarks, water bottles and other tried and true physical products. Seashells in a bottle is an option.
If I hadn't burned through credits, I would have tried creating engaging ad interactive meta and mobile ads, along with creating email campaigns that integrated all that would be created for the campaign.
Link: https://app.fuser.studio/view/6d45e18e-6f45-4eec-8ab9-4e361aff4ca7
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Since I have been using the challenges to learn, things sometimes working on submission get really messy Which this submission did become a hot mess for me. Probably pushed Fuser in a way that will be unexpected for the Fuser team lol. Of course, I learned a lot from this challenge and as I move forward.
So, for my first submission, I was aiming to create a start up ramp up system, to quickly iterate on product mock ups and promotional material. So a little bit of branding, product mock up, and ad campaign all in one. I did this using a fictional startup concept I created based on how food cooking videos on social media make me feel after watching them. Product mock ups being the websites and apps possible design concepts.
I still need to work on my prompting skills because I was burning through the credits more than I liked. 😂 On top of the fact that I am someone who likes to rerun things until I like what I see. So I eventually nipped things in the bud at a certain point to try a new concept with the remaining credits, to see if I can do the next one better.
Link: Find My Cravings https://app.fuser.studio/view/c997774f-034f-403e-aff0-aa33ab8bbd3b
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Had planned to submit this yesterday but the lag after using the system hours straight was real. And what a miss because I really was trying to up the originality with this submission.
I also had to pare it down as I guess the run started getting too complicated so kept strictly to: a trip brief input and 8 pic trip mood board out put with more a generated trip itinerary in the brief node.
I thought this would something fun as ai generated trip ideas and itineraries have been trending lately, so why not make a mood board to help represent a trip plan visually.
Link to the technique: https://app.flora.ai/techniques/trip-mood-board-generator
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Reflecting on my submissions to the Notion Buildathon and how my first idea was really niche for very specific workflows. So, as of now, it has no downloads. My 2nd and 3rd ideas have broader scopes that allows more individuals to find use for them.
As of today 14 people have downloaded my Social Media Planning Tool, and a brand new download for my Book Trends and Sales Tracker. Hopefully they find these tools as useful as I intended them to be.
Definitely gained more confidence from this buildathon, as I was coming up with ideas left and right once things started flowing. I had reflected on previous work and needs and where the custom agent would make sense in similar work flows.
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I have been working on different projects, and trying to get them to a point where they are shiny shiny from all the sweat and tears (no/minimal blood I guess?).
For some of my projects it really has been a long time coming. So I'm excited and nervous to polish them up and release them to the world.
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Now that the Creative Sprint is over. Here is a summary of what happened of 14+ days of posting:
- Posted everyday during the sprint
-Using the time to really think about tools and projects
-Created creative work which I haven't done in a while
- I am roughly at 5000+ words out of my 50,000 goal for NaNo month. So now, I will try to play catch up by writing a whole lot of words today and tomorrow.
-Somehow ended up being #1 for upgoating posts two weeks in a row. I thought everybody was using them lol. I truly upgoat posts/designs that make me feel something and somedays it really is hard to just pick 2 posts. So much talent on Contra. I am going to let this go though so I don't become goat obsessed 😂 (And hopefully they keep switching the sounds since they took away my precious and lovely scream)
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After some prolonged thought, I decided to share a snippet of my marketing plan for my personal projects that will hopefully kick off in December. Very much a work in progress. I'm planning in a way that makes things flexible and manageable.
Well, I started off in Figma then went to Canva trying to figure how I wanted to present this lol. Started off doing way too much with not enough time, so decided to use this simple graphic. Even though the sprint maybe wrapping up, there is more to come from me. 🚀
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Drew a blank for the second to last day of the Create Everyday sprint. Have nothing planned for tomorrow so we will see how tomorrow goes lol. Of course it is towards the end where I start having a little bit of trouble.
After looking at my calendar and thinking about my projects, I decided to highlight how I get started with event conception since I am working on events/workshops that will hopefully take place through out the next few months.
Sometimes there is your standard need. Sometimes my goals. Other times, I just want to do something (like hang out with others or invite others to activity I want to do). And then I get to planning. Some events, the concept is the event itself. Sometimes an event happens because I came up with a concept I really wanted to try out. Or the concept is hammered out during planning.
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Another previously planned post that fit the Create Every Day sprint. Today is Monday and I am definitely focused on catching up and making things happen. Ngl, stressed though so not exactly sip and pain vibes like I wanted lol. Focused nevertheless.
My plan today is to finish my sessions and emails, some clean up on my todo list, and produce a gazillion words for my Novel Challenge.
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Today for my Create Everyday, I focused on getting a sense of Figma. It is a tool I definitely had heard and seen in action before, but never in a position to use it. It was pretty much what I expected it was capable of and more. I don't think it will take me long to learn the basics, as more so how do I level up to the advanced usage and integrations with other design tools. I know I will have to pick a initiative/project to focus my upskilling.
I attached a souvenir from my exploration in Figma, a creation inspired by the recent cold. Wanted to share this versus all my other test runs that looked like kindergarten drawing sessions lol.
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What I will be working on and/or thinking about today. November has been such a busy month.
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For my Create Every Day post today, created a quick mood board about my week. I will leave it here for you all's interpretation lol
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Some of my quick thoughts on being more intentional with measuring impact. Whether your an individual working on a small project or an organization rolling out a new initiative.
A lot more individuals and organizations would benefit so much for being more intentional and thoughtful. I have seen many projects/initiatives falter and just get washed as a total failure when really it was other factors that were disregard that impacted the success and desire results. (Honestly, a lot of us could probably share a story or two at the very least about this very thing.)
Between this, and wanting to try to make working and work places a better place to be, that is one of the reasons why I have been building up the skillset and experience to impact these areas.
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I found contra pretty much right before the relaunch of the community. It definitely has been a lot to take in so quickly. I am amazed at the community in terms of culture along with the talent that I see.
It is a little intimidating. I always have been a creative person, but have taken other routes and focuses while adding creativity in many things that I do, including personal projects that I am working on.
I am taking the moment of joining Contra as new opportunity to upskill in areas that I always wanted to dabble into. I have used technically tools here or there, and seen some in action by others. I have learned so much already and will continue to do so.
In the mean time, I am truly a strategist at heart. I have experience from project management to working on creative adjacent projects. Hope to start here as I grow.
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