Say goodbye to personal assistants.  Thanks to the creative entrepreneur, Ted Roden, anyone can now have their own virtual assistant. Say hello to Fancy Hands. You can now not only hire someone to get you Starbucks, but you can hire someone to get you a ride to the airport, find where your favorite beer is on tap, even hire someone to sit on hold for you, all at your immediate request and done through professional contractors throughout the U.S for as little as $1 a day.  FancyHands was started by Roden because he felt a need in his personal life to have someone help him with the little tasks that needed to be done. Below are a few of Fancy Hands’ latest user requests, split up by category.

Another company, TaskRabbit, allows you to post a “task” you need done on the site and the amount you would like to pay to get this task completed. Once it is posted, people in your surrounding neighborhood can accept your task and choose to help you at your asking rate. Immediate virtual assistants seem to be the new trend and have the possibility of taking away the jobs from the interns who organize the office and get coffee! Personally, I see some major potential for these services when I think about putting together something from IKEA or fixing a flat tire. Anyone else?