@veronica Hey Veronica, that's a totally fair point, and I appreciate you bringing it up. We are sensitive to the issue of gender. If you try signing up via the website, you'll notice we actually offer a Carl option for assistant name -- so you can make your assistant male too, if you prefer.
We did ultimately have to choose one name for the app overall (Carl vs. Carla) but this is an issue we'll keep in mind moving forward. We are open to your / the community's suggestions as well.
Thanks,
Sush
To @manikarthik's point, I feel like a broken record but this is yet another Invisible App.
Carla is fairly open ended, I'm curious what use cases have emerged.
@manikarthik - thanks for sharing this with the community!
@rrhoover The most common use case for Carla we've observed is super fast reminder capture. Carla supports a shorthand where you just text a task and a time to create a reminder.
For example, you wake up and remember three things you have to do later. You shoot off a few quick text messages to Carla:
"call Joe 230pm"
"email Jen 5pm"
"pick up wine 10pm"
Now those items are out of your mind, and Carla will text you back accordingly (it's easy to later snooze, or make corrections as needed).
As far as sending reminders to others, we've seen couples and roommates use that. It's definitely a more intimate feature, so it does require approval from the receiving person.
Thanks all! Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback.
-Sush
PS: @rrhoover totally agree about the Invisible App trend. Our users are already opening their text message app pretty often, so there's no "context-switching" cost in setting a Carla reminder. And since they're checking texts throughout the day, the reminders Carla sends back are received in a handy location.
@nalin Hey Nalin, thanks for your support! Deleting reminders and contacts via SMS is definitely something we're working on. I'm glad you are finding it useful so far!
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