Certified Weirdo
“You're already a weirdo, why not make it official?”
Certified Weirdo is a fun, personal project created by Sly in late 2022 and revamped into a full website in August 2024.
Those who consider themselves a "weirdo" can take a short, free test to become a Certified Weirdo. Those who pass the test are sent an automatically generated Certificate of Weirdness and a link to download the Certified Weirdo badges.
Business owners can also join the Directory of Weirdos to find community and collaboration opportunities with other weirdos.
Sly completed all aspects of this project and continues to maintain it single-handedly.
Website Design and Branding
Sly aimed for fun and quirky branding and a landing page to match. They designed the entire site in Carrd.co.
Graphic Design
The certificate and badge designs were created from scratch based on the website branding and using a combination of Canva and Pixlr.
Automation
One of the most critical elements of this project was setting up reliable, automatic certificate generation. Sly completed this using a combination of Google Forms to capture test answers, Certify’em to generate the certificates, Google Slides to host the certificate template, and Gmail to send the final product to the certificate recipient.
Directory Upkeep
The Directory of Weirdos is hosted in Google Sheets. The directory content is succinct enough to display well on a computer, but detailed enough to provide viewers with ample information. Sly updates the directory with new entries when new submissions come in.