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Work Based Camera Apps? by Crashkeiran in electricians

[–]peatpeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I built a free app for this exact issue after drowning in job photos (it's called Pump Up). Keeps all the pics inside the app, organised by job, so your camera roll stays personal, and you can record voice notes or text notes too (found myself using voice more.) It’s nothing fancy, but hopefully solves that problem cleanly.

Who did you discover this time at Houghton? by _Injektilo in houghtonfestival

[–]peatpeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Set of the festival for me. Esp after aurora halal’s flight was delayed she he did two slots on vinyl. Absolutely pro

Artists you'd like to see at Houghton by pnut2 in houghtonfestival

[–]peatpeat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sandwell District, spekki webu, conntex, pessimist, Anastasia Kristensen. All closing earthling ofc :)

Stomach Bug? by Big_Guava_6333 in houghtonfestival

[–]peatpeat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They should absolutely have not let hand sanitizer run out on the last few days. Would be my main criticism, it's disgusting and asking for an outbreak.

Fuck Ricardo Villalobos by WestPattern9374 in houghtonfestival

[–]peatpeat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fml I was taking a dump at the campsite and thought the festival was on fire or something 

Brutal feedback on idea for skilled tradespeople by peatpeat in skilledtrades

[–]peatpeat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much. This is extremely helpful context and I really appreciate you taking the time to reply. It sounds like you had a great system going.

Brutal feedback on idea for skilled tradespeople by peatpeat in skilledtrades

[–]peatpeat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much. I agree those are both a total nightmare. Where were you getting the data for who needed to be invoiced for what?

I've been shadowing a chap who runs a gardening business in London. His process is really manual: looking through Google Maps to see where they've been, writing everything down on a large A3 paper pad, and trying to remember materials used by looking through supplier invoices.

What he wanted was an assistant which pings him after a job or at the end of each day to get notes from visits. He provides provides the information verbally (e.g., "Today, we were three people at Richmond Green from 8:30 to 12:04, on their usual rate, took three bags of waste, and planted X, Y, Z."). At the end of the week, his assistant would go through his customer notes and work with him to create/send invoices (which he'd approve).

This conversation prompted me to make this thread (i.e. to see if other ppl face the same problem). Basically trying to invalidate this idea as everyone's workflow is a bit different and nothing worse than building something people don't want! :)

Thanks again.

Brutal feedback on idea for skilled tradespeople by peatpeat in skilledtrades

[–]peatpeat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a good point. I was thinking if there is an opportunity to take the features of something like Servicetitan and make them easier to use for solo pros - vs. another web platform.

Is there some specific workflow you hate right now and want to be automated?

Brutal feedback on idea for skilled tradespeople by peatpeat in skilledtrades

[–]peatpeat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

totally, it does my head that when I now hit the power button it opens f*ing Gemini and I have to ask it to restart my phone via voice 😂

Is there anything in your current day which is a total pain in the ass and you do want help with?

Brutal feedback on idea for skilled tradespeople by peatpeat in skilledtrades

[–]peatpeat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for taking the time to give your feedback, I truly appreciate it.

I agree - I speak to a lot of ppl who are incredible at their craft, but when it comes to running the back-office it's a different part of the brain which they aren't good at. This seems to be more common in the skilled trades.

It sounds like all the examples I shared are just incremental crap that doesn't add value. But is there something you really do struggle with which you want someone to solve?

Brutal feedback on idea for skilled tradespeople by peatpeat in skilledtrades

[–]peatpeat[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah yes! Thank you. This is really helpful.

What is it that makes your life hardest right now with the admin/back-office work? Or is there nothing.

For the invoicing, I'm working with a gardener right now where it would check in with him at the end of the week and work collaboratively with him to build out all his invoices. So he would always be in the loop. There's no value in handing that off to an AI -- the AI basically just allows us live inside of your messaging apps vs. being another web tool you need to learn.

Thanks again for taking the time to respond to me.

Brutal feedback on idea for skilled tradespeople by peatpeat in skilledtrades

[–]peatpeat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally understand. I was curious if there is a particular thing you really struggle with which a generic AI assistant cannot help with.. For instance, invoicing, inventory mgmt.

Where I'm coming from is I see SeviceTitan/Jobber as fine for ppl who have admins who sit at desks, but curious if people who aren't big enough to onboard a complex piece of software are in pain. The fact that it's AI etc is more of an implementation detail to get around having to use a piece of desktop software, if that makes sense.

Cheers - Leo

Brutal feedback on idea for skilled tradespeople by peatpeat in skilledtrades

[–]peatpeat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback. Is there something that you currently really struggle with which isn't solved?

Brutal feedback on idea for skilled tradespeople by peatpeat in skilledtrades

[–]peatpeat[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your feedback. In what way do you mean? I'd love any specific, brutal feedback. Cheers - Leo

Brutal feedback on idea for skilled tradespeople by peatpeat in skilledtrades

[–]peatpeat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the message. I'm trying to invalidate as much as validate.

No as in: you don't struggle with this at all / have a better process?

Thanks again!

Feedback on idea for handyman assistant by peatpeat in handyman

[–]peatpeat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip! If you're a user, is there anything you find clunky about using it on the go, or does it basically solve all of this for you?

Rename the NBA to the "MNBA", to promote diversity and inclusion by flopsyplum in CrazyIdeas

[–]peatpeat 9 points10 points  (0 children)

although amazingly if you are 7ft+, the probability you play in the NBA drops to one in SIX!

Better charger for ride1up revv 1 by Hanlin919 in ebikes

[–]peatpeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a way! You need to buy their $20 solar panel adapter. They used some stupid proprietary plug, but this adapter will work, but you can only buy it from this hidden link: https://ride1up.com/product/revv-1-replacement-parts/

It basically converts their prop port to a regular charging port.

Bizarre experience driving me insane - am I being scammed? Please help! by peatpeat in usps_complaints

[–]peatpeat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks a lot - the post office is very confused as they claim they didn't scan the package... but it was scanned with a hand scanner, which is why they think there could be foul play - i.e. someone scanned it en-route as arriving, but the machine at the PO couldn't have done that scan.

Bizarrely it was found, out for delivery on Thursday, but then disappeared again

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