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Driving Thoughts

You know that brilliant idea you had in the shower this morning? The one that was going to revolutionize your entire company? The one you’ve now completely forgotten because your brain decided “Remember to Buy More Shampoo” was a more important To-Do to keep?

We’ve all been there. And highways, dog walks, and grocery store lines seem to be where the best ideas strike… precisely when you can’t write them down.

So we built a thing.

Driving Thoughts in action

How it works:

• Speak your brilliant idea into your phone while walking your dog/driving/pretending to exercise

• The app converts your verbal rambling into coherent text

• AI categorizes and structures your thoughts automatically

• Everything gets neatly organized in your Notion workspace

• Your ideas actually survive long enough to become useful

  
  

Things we learned from the thing:

1. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴. There’s something about being away from a keyboard that makes our brains suddenly productive. Our goal was to create a friction-free way to capture those moments without needing to pull over, stop walking, or find a pen.

2. 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗲. Traditional voice recording apps are where good ideas get trapped and forgotten. Without structure and organization, we rarely go back to actually listen to our rambling thoughts. Adding automatic transcription and categorization makes these ideas actionable.

3. 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗣𝗜 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀. Building on top of tools people already use creates a smoother experience. By integrating with Notion, we could focus on the capture experience while leveraging existing organization systems people already trust.

4. 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱. The beauty of speaking an idea is that you don’t have to think about where it belongs. Is this a personal to-do? A feature idea? A random thought? The app figures that out, so you can focus on the idea itself.

5. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄. What starts as simple idea capture could expand into more structured workflows. We’re already thinking about versions that could create Linear tickets, GitHub issues, or even Slack messages – all through the same simple voice interface.

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