How to make wishes that come true – for free
A couple of years back now (was it really that long ago?) my friend Stef and I made a website together.
It was called I So Wish, and it’s not online anymore (so that link won’t actually work), but when it was active, it was a nice little community of people who would wish for things, as well as try and help make each other’s wishes come true.
I So Wish was a really nice concept, and for the most part, it worked really well – and frequently brought out the best in people. Some incredible, generous gestures were made to complete strangers, and some amazing (and sometimes heartbreaking) stories revealed themselves through the wishes that were made and the conversation that followed on the site.
Stef did a brilliant job of the web development, and there were some great people who were actively involved as community leaders and enthusiasts who were very invested in the site – as well as some genuine commercial interest. But all the same, life sort of got in the way, and neither Stef nor I could really actively sustain and promote it and we both had other things to focus on.
Additionally, a friend of mine who we had asked to come on board as a community manager tragically died as a result of a life-long illness, and shortly thereafter, we decided to let the website close.
