AutomationTown

Written by: Jason Staats & Chad Davis
  • Summary

  • 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.
    © 2024 Jason Staats & Chad Davis
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Episodes
  • S03E10 | For When The App Won’t Integrate
    Mar 4 2023

    It all just hit the fan in AutomationTown. Jake McCringleberry got something into the water supply and, well, it’s a zombie episode. We’ve got zombies. But we’ve also got integrations! What do you do when that app you have just...doesn’t integrate? Workarounds, back doors, hacks. This week we’re hacking your integrations, on this, the season finale of AutomationTown.


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    SHOW NOTES:
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    RPA Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9URSbTOE4YI&list=PLEiEAq2VkUUIMai0l1LiX_ZgU51MkM5op
    Webhooks Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NojgGx9B3Bw
    Postgres: https://www.postgresql.org/
    Xano: https://www.xano.com/
    IFTTT: https://ifttt.com/
    Zapier: https://zapier.com/
    S01E08 - For When You Keep Refreshing That Page: https://www.automationtown.fm/episode/S01E08


    AUTOMATIONTOWN SOCIALS:
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    Twitter: https://t.jo.my/twitter
    Web: https://t.jo.my/automationtown
    RSS Feed: https://t.jo.my/rss


    ABOUT HOSTS:
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    Jason Staats
    Twitter: https://t.jo.my/jstaats-twitter
    Youtube: https://t.jo.my/jason-youtube

    Chad Davis
    Twitter: https://t.jo.my/chad-twitter
    LinkedIn: https://t.jo.my/chad-linkedin


    AUDIO PRODUCTION:
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    Paul O'Mara - https://t.jo.my/paulomara


    SPONSORS:
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    LiveFlow: https://jo.my/liveflow
    Synder: www.synder.com

    Want to sponsor an event, character, local sports team? Contact us at https://t.jo.my/sponsorcontact

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    33 mins
  • S03E09 | For When You Need to Crunch Some Numbers
    Feb 25 2023

    Well it’s happening again. What’s Jake McCringleberry up to now with this water pipeline that connects the two towns? This feels an awful lot like a build-up to a dramatic season finale.

    Also..

    Data processing! What do you do when you gotta crunch some numbers, or take data that’s in one format, and convert it to a different format? Let's automate that, on this week’s episode of AutomationTown.

    SHOW NOTES:
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    Parabola: https://parabola.io/recipes/combine-your-data
    Make/Google Drive: https://www.make.com/en/help/app/google-drive#create-a-file-from-text
    Make Functions: https://www.make.com/en/help/functions
    Formatter by Zapier: https://zapier.com/blog/zapier-formatter-guide/
    Code by Zapier: https://zapier.com/blog/code-by-zapier-guide/
    1SaaS: https://www.1saas.co/saas-collection/javascript
    ChatGPT: https://www.ai.com
    PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org/
    Retool: https://retool.com/
    Simple ML for Sheets: https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/simple_ml_for_sheets/685936641092


    AUTOMATIONTOWN SOCIALS:
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    Twitter: https://t.jo.my/twitter
    Web: https://t.jo.my/automationtown
    RSS Feed: https://t.jo.my/rss


    ABOUT HOSTS:
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    Jason Staats
    Twitter: https://t.jo.my/jstaats-twitter
    Youtube: https://t.jo.my/jason-youtube

    Chad Davis
    Twitter: https://t.jo.my/chad-twitter
    LinkedIn: https://t.jo.my/chad-linkedin


    AUDIO PRODUCTION:
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    Paul O'Mara - https://t.jo.my/paulomara


    SPONSORS:
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    LiveFlow: https://jo.my/liveflow
    Synder: www.synder.com

    Want to sponsor an event, character, local sports team? Contact us at https://t.jo.my/sponsorcontact

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    36 mins
  • S03E08 | For When You Need A Webhook
    Feb 18 2023

    This week, who’s the man behind the madness, Jake McCringleberry? There’s two sides to every coin, and Chad & Jake will meet for the first time. And we’re talking WEBHOOKS! The swiss army knife of integrations - how to get your head around webhooks to bridge the apps you use that won’t integrate, and start thinking like a developer by building your automations in a more modular way.

    SHOW NOTES:
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    Webhook Overview by Twilio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLjSNfoJCYc
    Zapier Sub-Zaps: https://zapier.com/apps/sub-zap-by-zapier/integrations
    Webhooks by Zaper: https://zapier.com/features/webhooks
    Make Webhooks: https://www.make.com/en/help/tools/webhooks
    Make HTTP: https://www.make.com/en/help/tools/http
    IFTTT Webhooks: https://ifttt.com/maker_webhooks
    Stripe Webhooks: https://stripe.com/docs/webhooks


    AUTOMATIONTOWN SOCIALS:
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    Twitter: https://t.jo.my/twitter
    Web: https://t.jo.my/automationtown
    RSS Feed: https://t.jo.my/rss


    ABOUT HOSTS:
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    Jason Staats
    Twitter: https://t.jo.my/jstaats-twitter
    Youtube: https://t.jo.my/jason-youtube

    Chad Davis
    Twitter: https://t.jo.my/chad-twitter
    LinkedIn: https://t.jo.my/chad-linkedin


    AUDIO PRODUCTION:
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    Paul O'Mara - https://t.jo.my/paulomara


    SPONSORS:
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    LiveFlow: https://jo.my/liveflow

    Want to sponsor an event, character, local sports team? Contact us at https://t.jo.my/sponsorcontact

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    32 mins

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