AutomationTown

Jason Staats & Chad Davis•www.automationtown.fm

Welcome to AutomationTown! A podcast about regular people, building automations for the problems we all share. First time here? Start with S02E01 "For When You Need A Chatbot" What are the things you do each day that you'd rather forget? Chad & Jason explore common pain points for knowledge workers, and track down the people & tools necessary to automate trivial to-do's.

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S01E06 | For When You Need To Be Alone

Never have to say, "Go away, I'm in a meeting" again! On this episode, we take some LED lights and turn them red when we don't want to be bothered - all automatically. SHOW NOTES: —------------------------------------------ Chad's unattended instagram: https://jo.my/instagramchad Cheap LED Lights: https://jo.my/ledlights Integromat / Make - https://t.jo.my/integromat-make IFTTT: https://jo.my/ifttt Zoom Webhooks: https://jo.my/zoomwebhooks Bridge Make to IFTTT: https://jo.my/iftttwebhooks Lights...

May 28, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 6

S01E05 | For When You Need To Send Data Somewhere

The internet. It's all around us. Today, we pull back the curtain on how to connect data through APIs. The thing that makes the thing you put into one thing, go into the other thing that you want it to go into. Or something like that. If you make it through to the end of this one, hit us up for a prize. We may or may not try hitting free public APIs at the end like KanyeRest, BoredAPI & Agify (predict age based on your name). SHOW NOTES: —------------------------------------------ API Basics...

May 21, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 5

S01E04 | For When You Have An Important Email

Ever receive an email and wish it automatically did a thing? Maybe combine the email body and attachments into one PDF or kick off an internal process. On today's episode of AutomationTown, we get into email stuff. Fun. SPONSORS: —------------------------------------------ Ignition - https://t.jo.my/ignition 50% off your first 3 months using code AUTOMATIONTOWN. Want to sponsor an episode? Contact us at https://t.jo.my/sponsorcontact SHOW NOTES: —------------------------------------------ PDF.co...

May 14, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 4

S01E03 | For When Someone Uses The Word NoCode

Nocode is a silly word. It gets the point across, sort of, but why is it a term we should care about? What's the real win here and why should you care? We cover that and a share a few stories on this episode of AutomationTown. SPONSORS: —------------------------------------------ Ignition - https://t.jo.my/ignition 50% off your first 3 months using code AUTOMATIONTOWN. Want to sponsor an episode? Contact us at https://t.jo.my/sponsorcontact SHOW NOTES: —------------------------------------------...

May 07, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 3

S01E02 | For When You Want Them To Feel Appreciated

How often do you make time for handwritten letters? On today's episode, we dive into the science of creating, approving and mailing real handwritten cards (without ever touching them). At the end we get into practical, and not so practical, ways of looking good in front of your friends. SPONSORS: —------------------------------------------ Float - https://t.jo.my/float $500 cash back on your first $5,000 spend use code AUTOMATIONTOWN. Want to sponsor an episode? Contact us at https://t.jo.my/spo...

Apr 30, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 2

S01E01 | For When You Have to Mail Something

Ever wish you could automate sending snail mail without touching a piece of paper? On today's episode, we dive into generating, connecting and snail mailing vulgar bird pics. At the end we get into practical uses of this for your business. SPONSORS: —------------------------------------------ Float - https://t.jo.my/float $500 cash back on your first $5,000 spend. Want to sponsor an episode? Contact us at https://t.jo.my/sponsorcontact SHOW NOTES: —------------------------------------------ Effi...

Apr 30, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Season 1 | AutomationTown Trailer

Imagine this... you're at your job and it's time to do that one thing you absolutely despise. So you start working on it and immediately start wishing the computer would do it for you. Like, "Why do I have to do this?" There's got to be a better way. No more click this, click that, over and over again. Somehow, it's just done for you. That's what this podcast is trying to do. Give you a seat at the table as we discuss ways to automate and eliminate the things we want to forget about at work . If...

Apr 22, 2022•4 min

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