Personal Automation with AI

Hosts: Mark Smith, Meg Smith

Personal automation that works now. Real examples beat agent hype: observe tasks, optimise setup, and automate recurring work. Scheduling with ICS, daily briefs, shopping lists, and one-off searches show clear time savings and control.

Join the private WhatsApp group for Q&A and community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/E0iyXcUVhpl9um7DuKLYEz

What you’ll learn

Spot hype and choose automations that save setup time.
Use observation and RPA-style recording to find repeatable tasks.
Build simple, personal apps for health and routines.
Auto-schedule learning, news, and entertainment with ICS and prompts.
Aggregate niche purchases and compare options without bias.

Chapters

00:00 The Hype of Automation and AI Agents
03:56 Real-World Applications of AI in Personal Productivity
11:25 Community Feedback: Personal Productivity Use Cases
18:49 Navigating Information and News with AI
24:43 Future of Personal Automation and AI Tools

Highlights

“we’re in agent slop land”
“they require me to do a whole bunch of work to save myself a whole bunch of time.”
“It should save me time and that’s the time to set it up as well.”
“an alongside helper that’s always looking at how it can make my life more friction free”
“that requires you to give over a lot of control”
“I built an app that allows me to carry out my fasting”
“AI is going to allow people to build the TikTok themselves”
“created ICS files for three to four sessions a week”

Mentioned

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
Signal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Foundation
Meredith Whitaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Whittaker
Rebel Finance School https://rebeldonegans.com/finance/rfs/
Kimi https://www.kimi.com/en/

Connect with the hosts

Mark Smith:
Blog https://www.nz365guy.com
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nz365guy

Meg Smith:
Blog https://www.megsmith.nz
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/megsmithnz

SSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nz365guy)

Subscribe, rate, and share with someone who wants to be future ready. Drop your questions in the comments or the WhatsApp group, and we may feature them in an upcoming episode.

Keywords: personal automation, agents, rpa, observation, fasting app, kimi, gemini, ics files, camper van search, news brief, scheduling, privacy, perplexity, whatsapp

Hosts: Mark Smith, Meg Smith

Personal automation that works now. Real examples beat agent hype: observe tasks, optimise setup, and automate recurring work. Scheduling with ICS, daily briefs, shopping lists, and one-off searches show clear time savings and control.

Join the private WhatsApp group for Q&A and community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/E0iyXcUVhpl9um7DuKLYEz

What you’ll learn

Spot hype and choose automations that save setup time.
Use observation and RPA-style recording to find repeatable tasks.
Build simple, personal apps for health and routines.
Auto-schedule learning, news, and entertainment with ICS and prompts.
Aggregate niche purchases and compare options without bias.

Chapters

00:00 The Hype of Automation and AI Agents
03:56 Real-World Applications of AI in Personal Productivity
11:25 Community Feedback: Personal Productivity Use Cases
18:49 Navigating Information and News with AI
24:43 Future of Personal Automation and AI Tools

Highlights

“we’re in agent slop land”
“they require me to do a whole bunch of work to save myself a whole bunch of time.”
“It should save me time and that’s the time to set it up as well.”
“an alongside helper that’s always looking at how it can make my life more friction free”
“that requires you to give over a lot of control”
“I built an app that allows me to carry out my fasting”
“AI is going to allow people to build the TikTok themselves”
“created ICS files for three to four sessions a week”

Mentioned

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
Signal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Foundation
Meredith Whitaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Whittaker
Rebel Finance School https://rebeldonegans.com/finance/rfs/
Kimi https://www.kimi.com/en/

Connect with the hosts

Mark Smith:
Blog https://www.nz365guy.com
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nz365guy

Meg Smith:
Blog https://www.megsmith.nz
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/megsmithnz

SSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nz365guy)

Subscribe, rate, and share with someone who wants to be future ready. Drop your questions in the comments or the WhatsApp group, and we may feature them in an upcoming episode.

Keywords: personal automation, agents, rpa, observation, fasting app, kimi, gemini, ics files, camper van search, news brief, scheduling, privacy, perplexity, whatsapp

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