It’s a massive time saver. I used to have a monthly recurring to do item to handle my expense reporting, and I literally last week removed that. Even though we switched about a year ago, I still had it and realised I hadn’t done this type of sitting down and manually creating a report since then.

But they’re quite disjointed

Separately, I use WordPress/Tumblr/Simplenote/Jetpack/Longreads/PocketCasts without even trying to like Automattic (I only realized today that Automattic owns PocketCasts). They’re just great products.

And they’re tantalisingly close to becoming a really great ecosystem.

I want a dashboard that gives me everything in one place (a bit like the Automatic for Agencies dashboard but for end users).

I want to use Automattic for everything, and I’m sure users of one great product would love to use many of the others, if only they knew about them and could easily integrate them (or at least see them).

So am I just dreaming?

And designing the offer letter for the end user is such a good approach.

Thanks for sharing these ideas. It would have been cool if they made it into the Inc article!