The family calendar
One sentence is enough: Ned adds the event to the shared calendar, knows who is free and spots overlaps.
“On Thursday, you both have an appointment at 6 pm and nobody is picking up Paul.”
The problem
A household's mental load is a list that never ends.
It lives in one parent's head, on sticky notes and in a spreadsheet nobody opens. One busy week is enough for a reminder to slip through the cracks.
Hundredsof things that come back in a home: motorway vignette, vaccinations, health insurance deductible, chimney sweep, registrations…
13 weeksof school holidays a year, for 4 to 5 weeks of leave per parent. Childcare gaps show up too late.
1 threadwith Ned, by message. No app to install, no form to fill in.
What Ned does today
An assistant who knows your week.
Ned knows who works where, when the children finish school and how long it takes to get to the physio. He thinks of what would have slipped your mind.
Holiday childcare
Half-day by half-day, Ned sees who is looking after the children and where someone is missing, weeks ahead. He drafts the requests and sends the schedule as an image.
“Monday and Tuesday, nobody for Léa and Paul: shall I draft a message for Granny?”
The morning briefing
At 7 am (9 am on Wednesdays, at weekends and during the holidays): the weather, the day's appointments, disrupted trains and when to leave. On Sundays, the week ahead.
“Rain at 5 pm, Léa has swimming. Leave the physio by 4:05 pm to make it to school.”
E-mails and documents
Forward an e-mail from school or an appointment letter, drop a PDF in the shared folder: Ned pulls out the dates and reminders, and suggests them to you. Nothing goes into the calendar without your OK.
“Swimming lessons at Les Vernets: 10 Saturday-morning sessions. Shall I add them to the calendar?”
Expiring documents
Passports, ID cards, residence permits, contracts, warranties: Ned warns you early enough to act, and before a trip.
“Emma's passport expires in August: shall I remind you on Monday to book an appointment?”
Home upkeep
Boiler, chimney sweep, windows, filters: Ned tracks what comes back, takes the holidays and the weather into account, and suggests another slot when things slip.
“The windows have been waiting for two weeks: Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon?”
Everyone's health
Vaccinations, check-ups and follow-up appointments, in a separate conversation, processed in Switzerland. When a check-up is coming up, Ned suggests slots when you are free.
“Tom's vaccine booster is due in March: Tuesday 3rd or Thursday 5th after 5 pm, you're free.”
After-school care, booked
Ned spots the days when nobody will be there in time. On your written OK, he books it himself on the portal, then checks that it went through.
“Tuesday and Thursday, nobody before 6 pm: shall I book after-school care on both days?”
The connected home
A finished wash, a frost warning, the shutters at the right time, the alarm forgotten at night. An action on the house always waits for your OK.
“Frost tonight, −3 °C: the balcony plants need bringing in this evening.”
And also: birthdays and the children's party invitations, workouts in free slots, protected time for everyone each week, the garden and its seasonal jobs, tradespeople expected at home, and everyone's holidays in the calendar. A voice message is enough to talk to him, and the living-room screen shows the family's day.
In the works
What Ned is learning right now.
Always with the same rule: Ned prepares, you decide. The order will depend on what families tell us in the survey.
When a child falls ill
Who stays with the child each half-day, balanced between the parents, what to cancel, and the note for school, ready to send.
“Emma has a fever. Tomorrow: Marc in the morning, Claire in the afternoon, to keep things even over the year. Dance class to cancel? I'll draft the note for school.”
Family in the loop
With your consent, the grandparents receive your childcare requests in their own conversation, never in yours, and answer in a word: their reply is noted.
“Granny can take Léa and Paul on Monday. It's in the calendar.”
School, day to day
Outings, packed lunches, notebooks to sign: what the teacher asks for arrives at the right time.
“Tomorrow, outing to the Bois de la Bâtie: packed lunch and CHF 10. Shall I remind you tonight?”
The survey
Help us build Ned.
Today Ned serves one family. Before opening it to others, we want to know what matters to yours: about twenty multiple-choice questions, around eight minutes. Your answers stay anonymous, even if you leave your contact details at the end to try Ned before anyone else.
A day with Ned
He speaks when he has something useful to say.
A briefing in the morning, one in the evening, and a question when a decision is yours to make. The rest of the time he stays quiet, and at night only an emergency makes him speak.
The morning briefing
The weather, the day's appointments, disrupted trains and when to leave.
A question
“Nobody's home on Thursday when the cleaner comes: shall I draft a message for her?” An OK is enough.
A change
A new appointment at a bad time? Ned counts the travel time and sees that Marc can pick up the children.
The evening briefing
What's left for tomorrow. Nothing to say? He says nothing.
How it works
Three things, that's all.
You write
By message, privately or in the family group. A sentence, a forwarded e-mail, a document dropped in a folder.
Ned notes and checks
What you tell him is noted straight away, then Ned checks with you; what he reads in an e-mail or a document waits for your OK. Nothing leaves the family without your consent.
Ned reminds
At the right time, to the right person, with what you need to know to act.
Trust first
A butler knows how to keep a secret.
- Nothing without your consentA booking, a message to someone outside the family, an action on the house: Ned prepares, a parent confirms.
- Everyone's privacyA private appointment stays private, even from the other parent.
- Quiet at nightBetween 10 pm and 7 am, Ned doesn't message you, except in an emergency.
- No advertisingData is used to help the family, and nothing else.