Deadbook

Description:

Deadbook is an interactive social network narrative set on the edge of the afterlife, as souls reconnect with loved ones and ones less loved. As they sort through memories of who they are or once were, they decide which memories they want to take with them into eternity, and forget what is too painful to remember.

As in every social network, the viewer isn’t a mere voyeuristic bystander, but gradually becomes part of the story.

Technical Details:

Ruby on Rails – Backend programming
HTML and CSS – Front end designing.
Javascript – Front end effects.
Adobe Photoshop – Image editing.
SQLite 3 – Backend database.
Adobe Premier – Video editing

Role:

As backend tech support and advertisement designer, I learned Ruby on Rails from scratch and succeeded in implementing several tasks such as creating more robust admin backend and integration of AJAX effects upon Ruby on Rails.

Challenges:

My lack of experience in the development as a backend programmer.
Also, it was my first experience with ruby on rails.

Outcome:

We met the deadline with fully functioning product. It was unique in terms of creating social networking website for telling visual stories.

Http://deadbook.org got nominated for popvox awards

Images:

Official Site and Demo: Deadbook