Plot HQ
hiring app for small businesses

Plot HQ was a mobile app to enable small businesses to publish a mini mobile site for hiring; and a candidate-side app for viewing job listings at small businesses near you.

plothq.com
app demo

when: Sep-Nov 2022
platform: iOS
competitors: instawork, indeed, homebase, humi, breezyhr
for: plot inc. / plot network inc.
my contribution: design, engineering, product mgmt & product mktg

Plot
visual resume tool+network

Plot was a mobile app that let people publish a portfolio of their work online within minutes. It was designed to reinvent the resume.

The product went through several design iterations for almost 2 years:

Iteration 1: A web+mobile portfolio tool merging professional & personal experiences, with a network built around it. iOS demo

Iteration 2: A one-page bio with basic info and embedded Instagram & YouTube content. iOS demo

Iteration 3: A “link-in-bio” app letting people publish a bio and links, eventually spun into seperate app WhoThis.

Iteration 4: A highlights of your work app, built in the style of Instagram Highlights. iOS demo

Iteration 5: A block-based visual resume built as a document editor (a Notion-like tool for your resume). iOS demo

Iteration 6: An end-to-end career management tool for job search with job shortlisting, resume blocks editor and career OKR tracker. The idea was to build an operating system for your career. landing page


plot.bio

when: 2020-2022
platform: iOS
competitors: linkedin, polywork, contra, read.cv
for: plot inc. / plot network inc.
my contribution: design, engineering, product mgmt & product mktg






   
WhoThis
link-in-bio app

WhoThis (previously, just Plot) is a mobile link-in-bio app that lets anyone easily publish a professional-looking digital, shareable bio online.

whothis.me
App Store link 

when: 2021
platform: iOS
competitors: linktree, beacons, hoobe, koji
for: plot inc. / plot network inc.
my contribution: design, engineering, product mgmt & product mktg

Dino
social maps

Dino was a mobile map-based app for place recommendations from your friends.

After the onset of the 2020 Covid Pandemic, the location-based element was removed and the app was redesigned as a reading and TV recommendations app.

when: 2019-2020
platform: iOS
competitors: foursquare, yelp, gmaps
for: blankslate labs inc.
my contribution: design, engineering, product mgmt & product mktg

Blocdoc
block-based doc editor

Blocdoc was an innovative block-based document editor with fluid inter-document linking, transclusion, collaboration and in-built templates for daily notes and meeting notes.

The academic dissertation project was inspired by the work of Douglas Engelbart from the 1950s in Human-Computer Interaction. Here is an excerpt of the paper I wrote for the academic dissertation.

when: 2018-2019
platform: web
competitors: roam research, notion, obsidian
for: university of surrey
my contribution: design & engineering