Technically Not Tech: Iamguiltyof.com

Let’s just place the warning up front: iamguiltyof.com is not safe for work. Seriously, if you’re in a cubicle, go browse our events calendar. The site, created by Bensalem-based Web developer Brian Driscoll can be raunchy, disgusting, enlightening and tragic all in one. And it could also get you canned.

The concept is simple: users can confess their sins to the world. The entries appear in a single column on the site’s homepage. There is no sign up process, and the entries are 100 percent anonymous. Confessions range from the mundane (“I am guilty of…watching ninja Warrior!“) to the downright chilling (“I am guilty of…pushing you down the stairs when you were prego.”).

“It occurred to me that when it comes to things like Twitter and Facebook, it’s hard to say what you want to say because everyone can identify you,” says Driscoll. “For the most part they tend to be benign … they lack a certain level of honesty.”

The site is very much like PostSecret or Fmylife except boiled down to a paragraph; something that could begin as a voyeuristic lunch time distraction and end up as an easy way to lose an hour of your day. The Temple graduate Driscoll started the site as a side project to sharpen some of his Web development skills and to finally give him a site of his own. Driscoll has seen his small side project slowly picking up steam and collect over 600 confessions in a matter of weeks while gaining coverage in mainstream media outlets.
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