Honkish

Honk, a real-time messaging app built by the author before Family, is presented as a case study in playful design that the author calls "honkish." The post highlights features such as a presence-driven interface where typing appears live on a friend's screen, mini games including Trivia and Four-in-a-Row, and custom typefaces and sounds created with Seb McLauchlan and Ethan Mueller. The article says Honk never reached mainstream success, but before it was sunset it facilitated over 2.6 billion characters typed and 170 million Honks sent.