One time, a long time ago, I designed a writing app with writing prompts, audio, video and other elements. It was meant for journaling. I designed it for myself basically. It was meant to help me write down fleeting memories quickly without spending too much time.

I showed the design to a developer friend who laughed it off saying no one would use this.

Apple journal is a major feature in upcoming iOS releases and their feature set is mirror for mirror of the things I drafted for myself.

Yeah, no one will use that! πŸ˜‚

Glad I didn’t have to compete with Apple.

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I hate developers! 😜

Are you saying Apple used your design, or the developer stole and took it to Apple, or just that you’re glad you never ended up getting it made because then it’d suck when apply brought something similar out?

No, not saying anything really.

Sorry. I read too much into it haha.

My last non-freedom-tech startup was a journaling app that channeled habit-forming tools.

It looked ugly and there was a lot of room to improve its UX. Wish I had had your designs back then! πŸ˜‚