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Stop Figuring Out the Same Task Every Single Time
I hate lunch. I’m never prepared for it, so I just end up wasting a bunch of time before picking the fast, easy thing. If I did some meal prep, this wouldn’t be a problem.
But many solo business owners do the same thing with their work. They sit down, they shrug their shoulders, and wonder what to do. Everything takes more time because it’s not written down.
That’s why today I’m walking through how to create an SOP with a screen recorder, a microphone, and AI.
If your business feels broken and you don’t know where to start, take the quiz — a couple of questions, and it’ll tell you which system to build first and send you the resource to get going: https://streamlined.fm/quiz
Show Notes
- (00:00) – Why I Hate Lunch
- (01:24) – You Need SOPs
- (02:34) – Step 1: Choose a Task
- (04:12) – Step 2: Record and Narrate Your Process
- (06:27) – Step 3: Generate the SOP Using AI
- (08:36) – Finding Where to Start
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Streamlined Solopreneur helps overwhelmed solo business owners go from overwhelmed to having their time back.Each week, Joe Casabona shares one practical idea — a system, tool, or strategy to help you get your time back without selling your soul to AI…and run your business without sacrificing the rest of your life, or your health.
Looking for a place to start? Take the Solo Systems Starter Quiz. 60 seconds, 8 questions, and I will tell you what system you should build first, and exactly how to build it. https://streamlined.fm/quiz
Connect with Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcasabona/
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Stream Deck Plugin: Cue for Apple Music
I have used Clade to create a Stream Deck Plugin for Apple Music. To my incredible surprise and dismay, Elgato seems to have quietly removed the Apple Music Stream Deck Plugin. It’s one of my favorite plugins, so I decided to create a replacement.
*Disclosure: The plugin was written entirely with Claude Code. The images and some of the copy associated with the plugin were also generated with Claude.
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I'm Getting iPhone Duo [Friday Wrap-Up]
This week I talk about the iPhone Duo — my first real foldable — and why I’ll trade away the telephoto lens, action button, and fast charging (and swallow a $2,100 price plus the end of the annual upgrade program) for a big anti-glare screen that folds into my pocket and takes an Apple Pencil.
Then an episode of Ditching Hourly with Nick Richtsmeier on doing things that don’t scale and focusing on impact, which sold me on his new book, The Damn Rules. And a recommendation for You Can See Everything, the A24 documentary following Elizabeth Holmes in the weeks before she began her prison sentence, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival.
Plus this week’s systems tip: a Claude skill that splits one long recording into separate episodes by detecting the claps between them, then transcribes, titles, and schedules each one on rss.com.
Links:
- iPhone Duo Hands-On: Apple Finally Made a Foldable (MKBHD)
- The Damn Rules — Ditching Hourly with Jonathan Stark (Ditching Hourly)
- The Damn Rules by Nick Richtsmeier
- You Can See Everything — Official Teaser (A24)
If you need help with your systems — you’re doing everything yourself and want to take things off your plate, but you don’t want to hire a team or lean too much on AI to do the actual craft — I can help. Book a free 25-minute coaching call at streamlined.fm/clarity.
Are you an Apple nerd with something on your mind about the iPhone Duo? Let me know at streamlinedfeedback.com. You can write in or leave a voice note — I might even play it on the show.
- (00:00) – My Thoughts on the iPhone Duo
- (03:34) – Recommended Reading: ‘The Damn Rules’
- (04:28) – Something Fun: Theranos & Elizabeth Holmes Documentary
- (06:12) – How I Use Claude to Automate My Podcast Workflow
- (09:16) – Wrapping Up
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Streamlined Solopreneur helps overwhelmed solo business owners go from overwhelmed to having their time back.Each week, Joe Casabona shares one practical idea — a system, tool, or strategy to help you get your time back without selling your soul to AI…and run your business without sacrificing the rest of your life, or your health.
Looking for a place to start? Take the Solo Systems Starter Quiz. 60 seconds, 8 questions, and I will tell you what system you should build first, and exactly how to build it. https://streamlined.fm/quiz
Connect with Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcasabona/
Disclosure: these show notes were generated from the transcript and written newsletter, using a very strict format for how it’s all put together.
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Telling AI to Write It Doesn't Mean You Wrote It
When I was 17, my high school organized a two-week trip to Italy and Ireland for $900. My dad offered to pay for it. I said, “Why do I need to go when I can just look at pictures online?”
Seventeen-year-old Joe, you were so, so stupid. I’ve since learned that photos aren’t the experience. Just like ideas aren’t the fully fleshed-out thought.
On top of a passionate credo about why we need to write for ourselves, I tell you exactly how you can start writing more without letting AI do it for you.
Wondering if you rely on AI too much? Take the Conscientious AI Usage quiz — it’ll tell you if you’re at risk of AI brain rot and what to do to prevent it: https://quiz.lovehate.ai
Show Notes
- (00:00) – Photos vs. Experience
- (04:06) – Don’t Be a Tourist in Your Own Life
- (05:30) – How to Make Time for Your Own Writing
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Streamlined Solopreneur helps overwhelmed solo business owners go from overwhelmed to having their time back.Each week, Joe Casabona shares one practical idea — a system, tool, or strategy to help you get your time back without selling your soul to AI…and run your business without sacrificing the rest of your life, or your health.
Looking for a place to start? Take the Solo Systems Starter Quiz. 60 seconds, 8 questions, and I will tell you what system you should build first, and exactly how to build it. https://streamlined.fm/quiz
Connect with Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcasabona/
