Automate Your Life Pt.2

The Better Show

Show Notes

• 1:27 — We got nominated for a “best health and fitness” podcast award!!
• 5:20 — March recommends checking out Episode 56: Better Morning Routines.
• 6:48 — What benefits can you reap from using services to automate things in your life?
• 8:25 — Automating your laundry with LaundryHeap.com
• 12:16 — How to automate your grocery shopping
• 16:10 — Ian’s experience using TaxFyle.com to outsource his tax preparation.
• 19:39 — A few of the lesser known outsourcing services that Darren and Mardee use including Dolly, Fiverr, and 99Designs.com.
• 22:00 — How to decide which outsourcing services are the best value for your lifestyle.
• 25:50 — Ian reflects on the benefits of having a roommate to “outsource” some activities around the house.
• 27:01 —March almost confesses to making phone calls to random people. :-)
• 32:00 — The two categories of automation / outsourcing services.
• 34:19 — Are we already living in a dystopian future of automation?
• 38:42 — Darren offers to do Ian’s taxes. (Not really.)
• 40:00 — The precarious task of putting up Christmas lights.
• 43:10 —The 3 weirdest things that have been outsourced using TaskRabbit.
• 49:45 — The difference between Fiverr and TaskRabbit.
• 51:38 — What is Mechanical Turk by Amazon?
• 1:00:01 — The different options for food and grocery delivery.
• 1:01:00 — The different personal shopping services and how they work.
• 1:05:20 — A service called OffTheRecord.com that will contest your traffic tickets on your behalf.
• 1:07:19 — Automating the setup of a company and payment system using Atlas by Stripe.
• 1:07:59 — Services that automatically coach you on sales calls or for live presentations.
• 1:10:01 — Services that help you automate your travel planning.
• 1:13:05 — Services like Dolly that can help you find people to move large, heavy objects.
• 1:15:05 — How you can get rid of three feet of snow using the Shovler app.

Mentions

• 🎙️ Podcast: The Better Show Episode 56 — Better Morning Routines
• 📦 Product: TaxFyle
• 📱 App: TaskRabbit
• 📱 App: Fiverr
• 📱 App: Shovler
• 📰 Website: Mechanical Turk by Amazon — automate repetitive tasks
• 📰 Website: AngiesList
• 📰 Website: Craigslist.org
• 📰 Website: MyBuilder.com — find tradesmen in the US
• 📰 Website: TradePlatform.com.au — find skilled tradespeople in Australia
• 📰 Website: Tradesman.ie — find skilled tradespeople in Ireland
• 📰 Website: OffTheRecord.com
• 📰 Website: Clerky.com — outsource legal paperwork for startups
• 📰 Article: Best Grocery Delivery Services 2019 (USA)
• 📰 Website: Amazon Fresh
• 📰 Website: Brandless
• 📰 Website: RideOrDrive.org
• 📰 Website: Atlas by Stripe
• 📱 App: Dolly
• 📺 Video clip: Fake Jim scene from The Office