Another week done, and a good mix of projects on the go. Here’s a round-up of what I’ve been up to, and a few things that might spark an idea for your own business.
Letting the computer do the bargain-hunting for me
I run a bit of automation that quietly watches the second-hand market for specific pieces of hardware I’m after, comparing prices across dozens of listings every single day and only flagging something when it’s a genuine, well-below-average deal from a trustworthy seller. This week it actually found one — a workstation going for over 45% less than the current market average, verified as legitimate before it even reached my inbox.
The point isn’t the hardware itself. It’s the principle: if there’s something you buy regularly, or a price you need to keep an eye on (supplier costs, competitor pricing, raw materials), a simple watcher like this can save you the daily habit of checking manually — and it only bothers you when there’s something worth acting on.
A handy new feature for WI1 CRM users
Over on the WI1 CRM side of things, we shipped a small but genuinely useful improvement this week — a new toggle for the mobile bottom toolbar, making the app noticeably easier to use one-handed on a phone. It’s a good example of the kind of change that doesn’t sound exciting on paper but makes a real difference every single day for the people using it.
If you’re building or maintaining any kind of software for your team or customers, it’s worth remembering that the “boring” usability tweaks are often what people actually notice and appreciate — more than a flashy new feature they’ll use once a month.
Keeping the content machine ticking over
The automated content workflows I run for a couple of clients kept humming along this week too — a new property-industry blog post went live, complete with its own on-brand image, and I kept the twice-weekly Google Business posts flowing for my own consultancy, each one freshly written from recent blog content rather than staring at a blank box wondering what to say.
It’s a good reminder that a lot of the value in “AI automation” isn’t some dramatic one-off project — it’s the unglamorous, repeatable stuff (a blog post, a social update, a follow-up email) happening reliably in the background so nobody has to remember to do it.
Scouting new ideas for other industries
I also spent time this week thinking through automation ideas tailored to specific professions — conveyancers chasing milestones, recruiters tracking compliance deadlines, financial advisers flagging portfolio drift, and finance teams commentating on monthly variances. None of these are built yet, they’re deliberately “what if” ideas to test which ones resonate with the people actually doing those jobs.
If you work in a fairly process-heavy role, the kind with recurring checklists, deadlines or reports, there’s a good chance a version of this exists for you too. The trick is usually spotting the repetitive bit buried inside a job that otherwise needs real human judgement.
That’s the week. If anything here sounds like it could apply to your business — a price or deadline you’d love someone (or something) to watch for you, content that needs to happen more consistently, or just curious what AI could realistically do for you — get in touch and I’ll happily talk it through.
