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about us
mayhem(method) is a collective of web professionals based in Melbourne, Australia. We are passionate about technology, usability, and getting things done. If these things interest you too, send us an email.
our team
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Craig Baker
Craig is a systems architect with years of experience in high value projects and mobile applications.
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Jason Brownlee, PhD
Jason is an experienced software engineer what a passion for system design and machine learning.
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Matt Milosavljevic
Matt is a talented designer and web developer with a passion for user experience design.
current projects
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Five Second Test
"A simple online usability test."FiveSecondTest.com is an online usability tool for assessing the impression a web page makes on the user.
Conducting a five second test allows you to find out which elements of your user interface are the most prominent. You do this by asking users to recall elements they saw after looking at your interface for five seconds.
The Five Second Test service provides a consistent platform for executing this usability test, facilitating distributed participation across the Internet with with automatic and centralized result aggregation.
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Spicy Elephant
"The quickest way to put stuff in your brain"SpicyElephant.com is an online self-study website where you tell us what you want to study in the form of flash cards, and the system intelligently schedules when you need to study.
Spicy Elephant uses a state-of-the-art spaced repetition learning algorithm that adapts your study schedule to your individual learning needs
The user generated study material can by reviewed directly without an account. Signing up for a free account provides access to sophisticated scheduling system with up to five study decks. A premium account can be purchased for $20 (USD) permitting unrestricted study and the capability to create private study material.
The competing products fall into two categories: heavyweight desktop applications that offer intelligent scheduling of study material, and lightweight web offerings that offer management and sharing of study material.
The advantage of Spicy Elephant is that it offers the wealth of shared user generated study material through a web interface, combined with the intelligent scheduling
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decomissioned projects
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Comment is King
"Tap into the broader conversation""The conversation has left the blogsphere", meaning that increasing the conversations regarding online content are occurring offsite.
Comment is King is an online tool for blog authors and other context producers for finding and participating in the broader conversations around their content from disparate services such as Reddit, Digg, Delicious, FriendFeed, and Twitter.
Comment is King is a free service with no immediate plans to monetise.
Content producers currently resort to ad hoc searches, alerts, and generally manually tracking broader conversations around their content across the web.
The core competitive advantage is the automation of the process to consolidate relevant broader conversations from high-profile services across the web into a single comment stream.
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gnatDB
"Record everything"gnatDB is a lightweight personal data tracking service that encourages users to record everything and add meaning to collected data at some later date.
gnatDB collects daily data points (data, context, and tags), for example: 10 pushups, exercise, arms and 5.50 hamburger, food, purchase, junk
The service is free with no immediate plans to monetise.
Competitors include Datum which collects data around specific contexts in the form of graphical motifs.
The competitive advantage of gnatDB is its simplicity, focusing on data capture and storage, encouraging the user to export their data into their data manipulation tools of choice at some later stage.
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Screen Sponge
"Connects you with the shows you want"Screen Sponge is a movie management web site where you manage all the movies and television shows you have, want, and have seen.
Screen Sponge provides an online community, connecting your broader circle of friends to trade shows they have that you want, write reviews, and discus the shows you love.
Signing up to Screen Sponge is free, and Amazon advertisements are shown on each show details page.
The core competition include the minimal movie management features on IMDb and the elaborate show management on Flickster.
The competitive advantage of Show Sponge is the focus on wanting and having shows and allowing users to make requests for shows on their social graph.