Seizing the Opportunity: Bokardo is becoming a design company

Over the past several months I’ve been receiving many requests for designing social web applications. After all, designing social web applications is the topic of this blog, so it makes sense that folks would assume I do design work. Since I’ve had a full-time job, however, I haven’t been able to offer services…I’ve only been able to write about my observations and ideas with you all.

It was frustrating, however, because social web apps are the future of software and I felt sort of on the sidelines from a design standpoint. At UIE we work on some great projects, such as a recent social web app where we’re doing some cool research on how people are using it, but I still heard the call of those Bokardoans who would ping me and say “Hey, we’re working on this cool thing…” The responsibilities of my current job (which is a great job, btw) forced me to say “Sorry, I can’t help” over and over again.

But that’s about to change. I’ve decided to start a company: Bokardo Design. I’m going to offer the exact services that I write about here at Bokardo: Interface design and strategy for social web applications. For those of you who have read Bokardo for a long time, nothing that I offer will be a surprise. I’m simply putting into practice what I’ve been preaching…so to speak.

So, if you’re working on a social web project and you’re looking for specialized help for interface design or strategy, give me a holler. I’m working with several clients right now, and I’m ramping up my bandwidth going forward. I’ll also be revealing details of those projects, which are loaded with interesting lessons learned that apply to many social web apps. So I’ll have even more to blog about here at Bokardo! 🙂

There’s so much to talk about, but in the meantime here’s my site: Bokardo Design