AsWeThink
Innovation through smart knowledge sharing
In October finally updated the existing placeholder for the https://www.aswethink.com/ presentation home page, and created some diagrams presenting the overall concept of the entire AsWeThink ecosystem as envisioned, including the AsWeThink platform.
Deployed for the very first time the prototype (soon to be MVP) of the AsWeThink Platform to AWS. It was intended for demo & presentation purposes, as it was just front-end. After some initial issues my dev partner managed to set up the deployment pipeline from GitGub to an S3 bucket, that is available only through CloudFront.
REACTOR was a regional development project led by Anglia Ruskin University and co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund. AsWeThink applied for a matched-funded grant that covered the development of some gamified aspects and development of the AsWeThink Platform.
With the help of a talented JS developer contracted through Upwork, we explored the tech stack options and existing open-source projects for visual editors, and decided to build a fully custom React based prototype from scratch, that can support the envisioned functionalities.
After realising that working from home is not always productive, and to meet and work among like-minded folks, I decided to join ideaSpace on a part-time basis. ideaSpace is a shared office and community space part of University of Cambridge (formerly an "enterprise accelerator", these days an "informal" incubator).
It was way too early to give a legal form to the whole concept, but this step induced some pressure to invest time on an ongoing basis in the exploration & learning activities and the started sketching & designing the early stage prototypes of the platform.
With a developer we explored a PHP/JS based canvas editor meant to support the completion of various strategic canvases. We had a basic prototype that could be used to complete & save a business model canvas. Fun fact: The project was code-named "Elara" (a moon of Jupiter). Was abandoned due to other commitments and lack of broader vision.
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this project still active? exactly what i need
Yes, it is. Can you be more specific about "exactly what i need", provide some details about what you are looking for? Cheers
I have a scattered ADHD mind that is hard to organize :P
And as a creative and visual thinker, I have yet to find a product where I can juggle my multiple projects as there is overlap and cross-linking between them. My difficulty is that my projects span across multiple domains of activity (both digital and physical products for example). I need to use kanban, wiki and mindmapping/concept maps simultaneously. cheers.
Hi, sounds like we share quite approaches and challenges. I would like to learn more about your challenges, but from what you wrote, it seems we should discuss this further. Are you up for a private chat or a call?
As a fierce tool/product curator (digital hunter & gatherer), I might be able to suggest some alternative solutions as well. Cheers,
Hello Daniel, I've been kind of unplugged lately. I feel I'm stuck at square one / organizing phase, struggling to map out my multiple projects and start getting my hands dirty. If you have a moment I would be interested in chatting a bit more about your app and other solutions. Thanks.
"digital hunter & gatherer" - oh yes. I relate. In which bookmarks manager app do I collect all bookmarks manager apps bookmarks. ;)
Sure let's talk