2023 was a great year. It was the year that I became a true millionaire, thanks to my unwavering commitment to creating stuff from the little that I have learned, and a bit of luck with the forces that I don’t control.
In the same year, I moved to a better neighborhood with a bigger living space. For that reason, there was a need to purchase some more household and kitchen appliances. From a bigger (and better TV) to some non-technical interior decor items.
However, I noticed a disturbing trend: Within a few days of purchasing an appliance, I would have misplaced its product manual, making it difficult to make references whenever I needed to tinker with a feature. Sadly, this is a story relatable to millions of other people throughout the world, especially in the consumer electronics industry.
The only way out? query the search engines with hopes of getting these precious documents from the manufacturers’ websites — or YouTube videos covering these problems. The problem with this, however, is that sometimes, you may never find the product manual you are looking for, especially when you have purchased a not-so-popular product.
Only a handful of websites already do this, but there is still a huge gap to fill. This has inspired me to create The Lost Manual.
Here are a few things that we’d be looking to achieve in 2024;
- Get indexed and featured on Product Hunt.
- Make huge improvements to the User Account dashboard to enhance the experience of our users.
- Integrate true PDF parsing technology so that all PDF Manuals load asynchronously.
In addition to all that, we aim to build a larger community of passionate contributors, as I believe that they are the backbone and the future of this project.
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I wish you all the best
May Allah increase your wisdom, you’re a role model to the upcoming one.
Ameen, chief.
Thank you.
Insightful. I remember having to Google company website to get manual to run assay in our molecular lab when we couldn’t find the manual disk that comes with the machine. I downloaded, sreeenshot and pasted it in my room as worksheet. Good job brother. I pray for the success of this project.
Thank you, baba mi. 😃
Ahead ahead Captain. A true creative
Many thanks.
Nice 1 Baami
I appreciate, man.
Great thinking. Funny though, this reminds me about our bad habit, most pple don’t even bother to read manuals to the end nowadays unless they have critical issues with a purchased product. Back in the day it was a most and enjoyable but now we seem to be in a haste to power on and go!!
True that! The issue is that volume of content everyone is subject to these days is scary. From Facebook skits to YouTube movies. It is no surprise why people feel exhausted when it comes to reading what really add value, except when they are fazed by a problem.
You always motivate me, congrats boss
Thank you!
Great idea and good job well done.
Kudos to you big bro. 👏
Thank you, my sis.
This is a very innovative and problem solving idea….meanwhile your storyboarding is woww…..I give you 5 star review
Thank you, boss. I appreciate your feedback.
I can’t wait to be a part 〽️ of this community
Everyone’s welcome. Working on a guideline.
You are amazing good luck and keep on the good work.
Thank you, dad.
I love this ❤️❤️❤️
Please can there be Whatsapp version of this too ?
I will think about how to make that work. Thank you so much
More achievements to you Sir
Many thanks. I appreciate.
Drawing closer to easier lifestyle,
Indeed the untold stress really worth it,
Cheers to a greater height,
Cheers to the great year
2024.
🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇
Thanks… I appreciate your comment.
As always, this is brilliant.
Congratulations and well done.
Thank you, Theo.