Faveous is a service, allowing you to quickly and simply find all the content you have starred as favorites on websites such as Twitter, Google Reader, Youtube, Facebook and many more…
Story & Idea
The idea for Faveous came to me in May 2010, while I was still in high school. I had saved an article for later reading - however, when it came to reading the article, I was incapable of remembering how I had saved it: was it a Twitter favourite, a starred item on Google Reader, or even a Facebook like? This left me frustrated, and prompted me to create a tool capable of aggregating all favourites, likes and starred items from many different online services.
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Project Timeline
May 2010: Idea
The idea for Faveous came to me in May 2010, while I was still in high school.
September 2010: School
In September 2011 I dropped out of higher education in order to focus solely on the development of Faveous.
November 2010: Development
I met with 10Clouds in Warsaw while I was still refining the design and purpose of Faveous, and immediately decided to work hand-in-hand with their team of engineers in order to develop the product.
January 2011: First Product
The first beta of Faveous was launched in January 2012 for a few registered users, barely a month after the start of its development.
May 2011: Fund Raising
The first round of investment for Faveous aimed to push the development forward and to expand the user base.
September 2011: iPhone App
With just over 100,000 users of the service, I launched the Faveous iPhone app while in San Francisco for TechCrunch Disrupt.
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Design
Faveous was my first experience of designing an entire product from scratch. While I was quite happy with the product at the time, with hindsight I now realise some of my choices in terms of design were questionable - to say the least. I am, however, still happy with the mobile app, which I’ll show you now. That’s why I won’t show you the web part of Faveous but the mobile app instead.
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Reader View
With its beautiful typography and unique Faveous style, ‘Reader View’ was designed to offer the best reading experience on mobile.
Main Screen & Login
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End of Story
In December 2011, a year after the launch of Faveous, I decided to stop working on it. I had concerns that, although the app was used by over 100,000 people, the service would not be able to generate enough revenue to become a worthwhile long-term investment. Competitors such as Pocket, who had recently raised a considerable amount of money and whose team was still expanding, were also a factor in this decision.
Faveous is dead. Long live Faveous.