probolsky

It is not socially acceptable to be texting or typing in most meetings I'm in, so I built Scrbbl - hand write a question with an Apple Pencil, underline it three times, and the answer streams back in handwriting below it. Circle it instead for a longer answer.

Try it: https://testflight.apple.com/join/WvMPFk74 (you bring your own OpenAI API key, stored in the iPad's Keychain).

Useful learnings...

Sending a picture of the handwriting to the model beat on-device OCR by a wide margin on messy writing. Speed mattered more than depth for short answers, so the fast mode turns reasoning off. It needs to be able to search the web for current answers.

MIT licensed. Feedback on additional gestures? Adding AI providers?

I don't think there's a path to monetization. Honestly, I just want Apple to incorporate this into Notes (Goodnotes too).

I have reduced my entire tech stack to a clean desk and a MacBook Pro.

No more monitors or microphones or lights or stands. It is so freeing.

You conduct a statistically valid survey among your target audience.

If you have the resources, conduct qualitative research like focus groups or individual interviews too.

There are thousand of market researchers like me that do this for a living. Find one you trust and ask them for help.

Why Geography Mattersby Harm de Blij

It gave me a whole new perspective on virtually everything. It answers a lot of the ‘why’ questions about how we got to the place we are in this world.

I’ve known people who work at Microsoft. Their attitude is we are the biggest so we don’t need to be good. This may seem too simple, but it’s their corporate culture.

I use a platform that amazing and 10% the cost of competitors. But run by one dude. I’ve even asked him about the hit-by-a-bus scenario. He didn’t have a good answer. My concern is always there.

I’ve even discussed buying him out because it’s such a worry.

I became a specialist. In my industry there are a ton of general consultants. Some make millions, most get by.

When I chose to specialize, not compete with the general consultants, but make all of them clients, that’s when business took off.

Awesome.

I recently had to reserve six hotel ballrooms/conf. rooms for focus groups. Hotel sales offices suck. They are not responsive, sometimes taking days to respond, they have old technology (if any). They require signatures on multiple documents (almost none use online forms). For some inexplicable reason sales and catering managers all have assistants, who by the way, cannot actually do anything or give you any information, they are just clerks to take info. It was a coordination nightmare to set up all six locations and dates. There is great opportunity here to automate and streamline this process.

Not true.

It wasn't but I am happy to give props to people who help me. I am pollster - so feel free to hate me even more for that. But have like 100 web and mobile app ideas I want to make and I want to learn how to develop them. More coming soon. Other than the true haters, I've really enjoyed the process and look forward to getting deeper into coding.

Are you serious? Didn't you get help from SOMEONE on your first project. Thanks for the encouragement.

Give a guy a break. I did as much as I could and got help too. That's how you learn, right?

Would you mind telling my what device you are using? OS?

Thanks.

Nope. The name of my 'company'. Yes it's prestigious without the s in the middle.

Thank you all for such great feedback, encouragement. I am adopting a lot of your suggestions. Please, keep them coming.

Fixed. Thank you.

Yes evil...we live in a first-world country, for now.