Projects

These are the projects/businesses that I've done over the years.

CarPriceValue

South African used car price tracker.

πŸ“… 2024 πŸ’° 0

When my car overheated, I seriously considered buying a "new" car. The wise choice always seemed to be to purchase a used car instead of a new car because everyone knows that a new car loses ~30% of its value once you drive it off the showroom floor. Right? Well, once I started looking at the used car market (in late 2023) the used car prices didn't seem to match my expected savings when compared to buying a new car.

CarPriceValue keeps track of what specific cars are selling for and compares them to the expected market value. It shows you if a car is over or under priced based on similar cars on the market.


OneLessPhone

Get a business phone number without needing an extra phone.

πŸ“… 2023 πŸ’° 0
🌍 https://onelessphone.com (active)

It has become increasingly difficult to separate your work life and personal life, especially when it comes to using your phone. One solution is to get a separate phone for all your work needs, but that means buying and maintaining an extra phone.

OneLessPhone gives you all the benefits of having separate work phone number without the need for an extra phone in your pocket.


OpenForWeb

Get your business online with a one-page website & a professional email address.

πŸ“… 2023 πŸ’° 0
🌍 https://openforweb.com (active)

This is relaunch of my previous "Business In A Box" project. Funny enough, this is when the project finally gets its own website.

Despite there being thousands of ways for businesses to get their own website and email address, it's still not a solved problem. People still fumble when it comes to figuring out how a domain, hosting, and email address all fits together. That's were the opportunity lies.

OpenForWeb is a productized-service where I build and manage a small-business's website and email address.


AdSlicer

Link More Purchases Back To Your Facebook Ads.

πŸ“… 2021 πŸ’° 0
🌍 https://adslicer.com (zombie)

Since Apple's infamous iOS-14.5 update, Facebook has had difficulty tracking a users journey from their app to a third-party website. This lack of visibility increased the cost of Facebook advertising and reduced the effectiveness of their ads. AdSlicer bridges the data gap by being a third-party web tracker that links ecommerce events back to a marketer's Facebook advertising efforts.


SocialHooks

Integrate with social like you integrate with Slack.

πŸ“… 2020 πŸ’° 0
🌍 https://socialhooks.io (zombie)

Slack has made it incredibly easy to integrate with their platform. It's as easy posting data to a URL. What if it was just as easy to integrate with Twitter, Facebook, or even Gmail? That's exactly what Social Hooks tries to achieve. It turns a complicated OAuth integration flow into a single URL that you can use to post to (almost) any social platform.


Business In A Box

Get your business online with a professional email address and single-page website.

πŸ“… 2019 πŸ’° 0

This was my attempt at a productized service. The idea was that friends & family normally ask me to help them with tech stuff, so why not provide that as a service? When it comes to setting up a website, people are spoiled for choice, but yet it's still not obvious where to start. So I wrote an article outlining the basics of what goes into setting up a website, with an option to contact me to do it for you.


Good Wash

A car wash for a good cause.

πŸ“… 2018 πŸ’° 0

The point of Good Wash is to help struggling members of the community earn a sustainable income. The idea is to provide:

  • Credibility through branding
  • Structure through a predictable source of income
  • Basic equipment to get the job done
  • Tech needed to accept payments

Watercooler

Every company’s employee referral program.

πŸ“… 2018 πŸ’° 0

Word-of-mouth referrals are still the most effective way of hiring new employees. The problem is that most of the time your own employees don’t even know what skills your company is looking for. We solve this problem by sending your employees a weekly email update on open positions at your company. Each email is tracked and any successful hire can easily be attributed back to the original referring employee. Stop paying recruiters and start rewarding your own employees instead.


Cats And Notes

Free past tests and exam papers.

πŸ“… 2013 πŸ’° 0

While I was at university, I figured out that professors were just as lazy as students. So when it came time to setting up tests and exam papers, a lot of the questions were just copy-pasted from pervious papers. So what if there a website where I could download previous papers that could help me prepare for my exams? The website became wildly popular amongst students, but I lost interest after leaving university.