Stay ConnectedWelcome 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.
Copyright: © 2022 Jason Staats & Chad Davis
Chad, Jason and the fine people of AutomationTown return for a third season of fun, drama and education. New characters, new storylines, and new ideas to go about your business in a more automated way.
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On the season finale of AutomationTown, we’re talking about secrets! How can you keep your messages away from prying eyes, emails away from those who mean you harm, and workplace memes out of reach of the all-seeing eye of your employer?
Paul uncovers important info about the subway collapse, a mysterious letter surfaces and the most impactful event in 40 years happens to AutomationTown.
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Threema: https://jo.my/threema
Signal:https://jo.my/signal
S/Mime: https://jo.my/smime
Google Confidential Mode: https://jo.my/googleconfidentialmode
Can My Employer Read My Slack messages: https://jo.my/slackadminmessagereading
Microsoft eDiscovery: https://jo.my/microsoftediscovery
Noteshred: https://jo.my/noteshred
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This week, we’re talking security! How do we ensure our data is safe and secure when it’s bouncing around the Interverse? How do we automate responsibly, and know where to draw the line?
Paul also discovers what happened 40 years ago under the Grum Grum, his Airtable sensors uncover a secret and a new character is introduced.
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Airtable: https://t.jo.my/airtable
Airtable Sharing: https://jo.my/airtablesharing
Sim Swapping: https://jo.my/simswap
MFA: https://jo.my/mfa
Loom Security: https://jo.my/loomsecurity
Airtable Automations: https://jo.my/airtableautomations
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This week we’re talking about databases! Specifically Airtable, how we use it to enable automation, and why it’s one of the fastest-growing automation tools on the market.
Also Chad rides a bike, the Grum center gets the grumblies and Mayor Goodway sweeps it all under the rug on this exciting installment of AutomationTown.
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Airtable: https://t.jo.my/airtable
Airtable Webhooks: https://t.jo.my/airtablewebhookscript
Airtable Interfaces: https://www.airtable.com/guides/collaborate/getting-started-with-interface-designer
IFTTT: https://jo.my/ifttt
QR Code Monkey: https://jo.my/qrcodemonkey
Zapier: https://t.jo.my/zapier
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What do you do when it all hits the fan? Today, disaster strikes in AutomationTown. We talk through how to hire an expert when things break, or just…when you want to make cooler stuff. When to DIY, when to outsource, all on this week’s, AutomationTown.
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Upwork: https://jo.my/upworklink
Fiverr: https://jo.my/fiverrlink
Heep.so: https://jo.my/heepso
Makerpad: https://jo.my/makerpad
NoCodeFounders: https://jo.my/nocodefounders
Code Meets No Code: https://jo.my/codemeetsnocode
Nocode North: https://jo.my/nocodenorth
Zapier Community: https://jo.my/zapiercommunity
Indie Hackers: https://jo.my/indiehackers
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This week Chad & Jason get stuck between a mysterious door and a main drain. We talk through how to automate phone processes, and the mayor of Manualsberg returns with an ominous warning.
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Line2: https://jo.my/jsyh3s
Twilio: https://jo.my/twiliophone
OpenPhone: https://jo.my/openphone
Grasshopper: https://jo.my/grasshopper
RingCentral: https://jo.my/ringcentral
Teamwork Desk: https://t.jo.my/teamworkdesk
Calendly: https://jo.my/calendlylink
Make: https://t.jo.my/integromat-make
Zapier Sub Zaps: https://jo.my/subzap-zapier
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Okay okay okay hear me out: printing automation. No come back, it’ll be good, I swear.
Instead of covering something people want to talk about, Chad & Jason cover printers, and how to build them into your cloud Zapier or Make workflows. Why is that a thing that exists? Why is it a tool you should still have in your toolbelt? Why are you 5 sentences deep into a podcast episode description?
The boys also meet Buzz McTompkins, the head of 104.3 TheBuzz, Stuart from Radio Shack calls in with another embarrassing question and we automate a preschool.
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Scott Stratten (QR Codes Kill Kittens): https://jo.my/qrcodeskillkittens
QR Code Monkey: https://jo.my/qrcodemonkey
Ali Pay: https://jo.my/alipay
GO QR: https://jo.my/goqr
BeanconStac: https://jo.my/beaconstac
JotURL: https://jo.my/joturlqr
Litter Robot: https://jo.my/litter-robot
IFTTT: https://jo.my/ifttt
N8N: https://jo.my/n8n
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Okay okay okay hear me out: printing automation. No come back, it’ll be good, I swear.
Instead of covering something people want to talk about, Chad & Jason cover printers, and how to build them into your cloud Zapier or Make workflows. Why is that a thing that exists? Why is it a tool you should still have in your toolbelt? Why are you 5 sentences deep into a podcast episode description?
The boys also meet Buzz McTompkins, the head of 104.3 TheBuzz, Stuart from Radio Shack calls in with another embarrassing question and we automate a preschool.
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Make: https://t.jo.my/integromat-make
Zapier: https://t.jo.my/zapier
IFTTT: https://jo.my/ifttt
Google Cloud Print: https://jo.my/googleprint
PrintNode: https://jo.my/printnode
Printify: https://jo.my/printify
SellIntegro: https://jo.my/sellintegro
iBeacon: https://jo.my/ibeacon
Philips Hue App: https://jo.my/phue
Typeform: https://jo.my/typeform
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Today Chad & Jason talk Make (don’t call it Integromat)! When do I use Make vs Zapier? What does it do differently, and how do I get started? We also cover CRMs, intimacy issues and whether spreadsheets are cool, all on a piping hot episode of AutomationTown.
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Make: https://t.jo.my/integromat-make
Zapier: https://t.jo.my/zapier
n8n: https://jo.my/n8n
Airtable: https://t.jo.my/airtable
Hubspot: https://jo.my/hubspottub
Bannerbear: https://jo.my/bannerbear
Make Facebook Group: https://jo.my/facebookmake
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Contracts, documents, invoices. We all find ourselves generating documents more than we’d like, but what’s Google’s approach to doing this in an automated way? We’re taking a look at google templates, what they can do, how to use them, and whether office 365 users should give a hoot, all on this week’s AutomationTown.
Oh, and we go live with episode 2 of our call-in radio show, AutomationShow.
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Formstack: https://jo.my/formstack
Google Templates: https://jo.my/google-templates
Make: https://t.jo.my/integromat-make
PDFco: https://t.jo.my/pdfco
Office 365 Template Overview: https://jo.my/office365templates
Calendly: https://jo.my/calendlylink
Motion: https://jo.my/motion
Stripe Payment Links: https://jo.my/stripe-pmt-links
Fintable: https://jo.my/fintable
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