MakeFive :: New website connecting people through opinions and preferences

My friend, Eric Karjaluoto over at SmashLAB and ideasonideas wrote to me today announcing his new pet project MakeFive (honestly Eric... where do you find the time?) The site was launched yesterday and is based on a simple notion: share your opinions by ranking anything/everything and meet like minded individuals in the process.

After having browsed the new site I thought I'd post a little something here to give a bit of PR to the hard working folks at SmashLab but hmmm... how to I set a category for this post (or even multiple categories) without checking off everything from Art to Zebras? MakeFive has been created to accommodate nearly any subject you can imagine...including design related topics such as Most Influential designers of our time, Best design blogs, Best type families, Great books for entrepreneurs.

It can allow users to do so much:
- Learn about amazing new books
- Share their worst first-date experiences
- Opine on the most relevant news story of the year
- Document what things one wants to do before dying
- Find out about great restaurants they hadn't yet heard of

There is a lot of fun stuff here... one of my favorites is "What George W. Bush could do upon leaving office." My favorite answer : Take an English Class.

Visit MakeFive... and hey Eric, BTW... why do you call it MakeFive?

Comments

[Eric Karjaluoto]

Hi Lisa,

Thanks for all of the kind words about the new site. We're really excited about it, and hope it will allow people to connect as we intend. :-)

The name comes from the action involved in creating lists. You see, we thought it was good to limit each person's selections to the five they felt most relevant to the topic. As such, when then make a list, they "make" their "five" choices.

I hope you get a kick out of the site!

Cheers!

Eric

[Eric Karjaluoto]

Hi Lisa,

Thanks for all of the kind words about the new site. We're really excited about it, and hope it will allow people to connect as we intend. :-)

The name comes from the action involved in creating lists. You see, we thought it was good to limit each person's selections to the five they felt most relevant to the topic. As such, when then make a list, they "make" their "five" choices.

I hope you get a kick out of the site!

Cheers!

Eric