Twenty-five years of shipping things that stay shipped.
Thinglet is one part of a larger portfolio. Below are the ventures, platforms, and tools built and operated by Patrick Albert and the Thinglet family of companies. Every one of them is live and every one of them taught us something we now use on client work.
Frothier Media
News aggregation and local Coachella Valley coverage with AI-assisted synthesis, storytelling, and publishing projects.
Visitfakeserver.net
Subscription platform selling pre-built AI agents, multi-step workflows, team seats, and a developer API.
VisitFrothley
A social network built for the Coachella Valley: local feeds, family and neighbor lenses, birthdays, reactions, and a Things to Do guide.
VisitForgeDaily AI
Daily AI tool discovery, category guides, and the AI Stack Architect that builds your personal toolkit.
Visitafakeserver.com
Automated bot trading experiments and the hands-on AI automation lab behind the production platforms.
VisitSocial & Marketing Audit
Scored audit of a business's website and social presence with grades, plain English, and a prioritized action plan.
VisitGeekworks Unlimited
Clean, fast, conversion-focused websites built and shipped for businesses across the desert.
VisitBitcoin for Charity
Transparent giving with Bitcoin and card donations straight to vetted nonprofits, auditable on the blockchain.
VisitAnalytics Simplifier
AI-powered insights that turn raw analytics exports into plain-English answers and next steps.
VisitCanny Software
Local IT support and web development for homes and small businesses since 1999.
VisitDebtFree Path
Independent debt-relief comparison and education with calculators and plain-English guidance.
VisitPat Albert vs Fat Albert
A personal site with stories, a soundboard, and cartoons. Not everything has to be a business.
VisitSquishyBliss
DIY squishy tutorials, kid-safe slime recipes, and sensory-toy guides.
VisitThe Baysinger Files
The interactive flipbook conspiracy archive that runs alongside the Geoffrey's Conspiracies books.
VisitLa Quinta Real Estate Group
Full brokerage platform with MLS listings, market data, mortgage tools, and instant home valuations.
VisitPerformance Ignorance
The counterintuitive approach to higher performance: articles, a newsletter, and the interactive Limit Audit.
VisitThinglet Marketing
Branding, web and mobile, social, SEO, email, and media buying including TV and radio, paired with measurable growth.
VisitPatrick Albert
The author hub for the books, speaking, and the wider portfolio, published under Albert Publishing House.
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Every tool on this site started as a real problem in a real business. Tell us yours and we will tell you straight whether AI is the answer.