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Ask HN: Is there an app that reminds me where I stashed stuff?

5 pointsby micwawaover 9 years ago
I&#x27;m looking for my Allen wrench, but I can&#x27;t remember where I put it. I have limited random access space around my house, and so I stash rarely used objects in clever places. I&#x27;m hoping there is a simple app to whom I could say &quot;I&#x27;m stashing the Allen wrench in the purple jar above the fridge&quot; and then two months later I can say &quot;where is my Allen wrench&quot; and it will say &quot;in the purple jar above the fridge.&quot;<p>I&#x27;ve googled a bit and found list apps that don&#x27;t quite serve the purpose. I&#x27;m not a app developer, but I would guess this should be fairly easy to build.

5 comments

teapot01over 9 years ago
I have a solution that would work for this, it&#x27;s not quite ready to launch but I would suggest the biggest barrier to any app trying to service this market is the effort of writing this down into an app.<p>I think the simplest solution is the notes app on your phone.
joefarishover 9 years ago
You could create a simple Google Form which saves this to a Google Drive Spreadsheet. Only really needs three columns: Thing, Place, DateTime
taprunover 9 years ago
Sounds like a spreadsheet would work quite well for this.
spydumover 9 years ago
notepad&#x2F;dictation&#x2F;search? pretty sure the issue is you will NOT make mention of where you placed stuff. Often we misplace stuff because it&#x27;s tangential to the task, and we&#x27;re in a hurry to transition back to the main focus.
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eecksover 9 years ago
I might build this..