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

5 points by micwawa 10 years ago | 8 comments

I'm looking for my Allen wrench, but I can'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'm hoping there is a simple app to whom I could say "I'm stashing the Allen wrench in the purple jar above the fridge" and then two months later I can say "where is my Allen wrench" and it will say "in the purple jar above the fridge."

I've googled a bit and found list apps that don't quite serve the purpose. I'm not a app developer, but I would guess this should be fairly easy to build.

teapot01 10 years ago |

I have a solution that would work for this, it'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.

I think the simplest solution is the notes app on your phone.

joefarish 10 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

taprun 10 years ago |

Sounds like a spreadsheet would work quite well for this.

spydum 10 years ago |

notepad/dictation/search? pretty sure the issue is you will NOT make mention of where you placed stuff. Often we misplace stuff because it's tangential to the task, and we're in a hurry to transition back to the main focus.

micwawa 10 years ago | |

Tangential exactly (which is why something like a spreadsheet would never work.) I've tried using notes but then I often forget exactly which note I used or how I had planned to access it later. But I imagine myself being able to quickly tell the app "I'm a stashing X at Y" without a lot of cost.

spydum 10 years ago | | |

http://www.guidingtech.com/20562/search-create-edit-notes-si...

for those with an affinity for ios. seems like notes and siri are actually a viable solution. No idea how many notes ios can hold, or how search performance goes?

eecks 10 years ago |

I might build this..