#7.Hello Strangers, supporters out somewhere
Leaving babies out somewhere, even for their good, is intimidating. However, it is an inevitable part of being a mother, and a designer. Designers always have to be prepared and open-minded for critics from co-workers, clients, professors, friends, and even from total strangers.
I've got thoughtful comments from my people during last few weeks, so it was now time to meet unknown people. To hear from them, I was forced to launch a signup page from my great professors, and I decided to try posting on reddit. As I'm still on the prototyping status, I decided to try "notebooks" section which has relatively small number of subscribes(2447).
I posted a line of link to Exp Journal signup page, secretly and quietly, saying to myself, "Don't be disappointed even with no response". However, I got some mindful feedbacks immediately and sign up boosted up from 60 to 120(100% up!) during 3days. It was a big surprise for me. Thanks to unmet supporters, I'm more convinced that, in the universe, there exist some portion of people who cares about surroundings, and who loves notebooks, just like me! Thanks to the internet and SNS it's possible to find stranger-supporters.
This small event became a big motivation for me. When the time comes, I would love to be brave to meet a larger audience, and get critics for the better product. Thanks, strangers!
A link to Reddit : http://redd.it/1ydk4u
A link to Signup page : http://signup.experience-journal.com/