Automators

Automators

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Automators episodes

  • 57: Automating Meetings

    In this episode, David and Rosemary talk about how you can automate various aspects of meetings - from invitations to notes, and more!

    This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
    • The Uptake, from Microsoft: A new show on all things tech and community from Microsoft
    • Mint Mobile: Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month.
    • DEVONthink: Get Organized — Unleash Your Creativity. Use this link for 10% off.
    • Links and Show Notes: Invitations | Fantastical for Mac | Help Airmail - Email Client for iPhone, iPad and Mac Free online meeting scheduling tool | Doodle Free Online Appointment Scheduling Software - Calendly WhenWorks Automators #49: Reusable Shortcuts with Scotty Jackson - Relay FM Automators 01 Block Events with Workflow - YouTube

      A video of a similar Shortcut to what David and Rosemary use for time blocking.

      Project management software, online collaboration: Basecamp Zapier | The easiest way to automate your work Integromat - The glue of the internet Scriptable Calendar - Scriptable Docs

      Reminders lists are actually Calendars which have a special designation, this is the right part of the documentation to find the list.

      Joe Buhlig's AppleScript

      This inspired Rosemary's script.

      Process Inbox Tasks (OmniFocus) - Pastebin.com Roam Research – A note taking tool for networked thought. Toolbox Pro
      1 hr 12 min
    • 56: Document Automation

      Strap in gang! Rose and David are digging in this time on document automation. Whether you assemble your words with text, the Web, or Microsoft Word, we've got ideas and automations.

      This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
      • PDFpen, from Smile: The ultimate tool for editing PDFs on the Mac.
      • ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package.
      • DEVONthink: Get Organized — Unleash Your Creativity. Use this link for 10% off.
      • Links and Show Notes: Automators - Relay FM Automators Talk Mac Power Users #548: Jumping Into Markdown - Relay FM David's Webinar - Contextual Computing with Keyboard Maestro Replace Placeholders | Drafts Action Directory Fixing the Print to PDF Trick for High Sierra — MacSparky
        1 hr 23 min
      • 55: Drafts with Agile Tortoise

        In this episode, David and Rosemary are joined by Greg Pierce of Agile Tortoise to talk about Drafts and how they're using it and text-based automations to improve their lives with everything from dinner alerts to complex project templates.

        This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
        • Mint Mobile: Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month.
        • DEVONthink: Get Organized — Unleash Your Creativity. Use this link for 10% off.
        • Guest Starring:

          Greg Pierce

          Links and Show Notes: Google Maps URL Scheme for iOS  |  Maps URLs  |  Google Developers Beta Program - Drafts User Guide URL Schemes - Drafts User Guide Drafts 21 Released - Better undo and advanced HTML Previews - News & Updates - Drafts Community Matt Gemmell's Actions | Drafts Action Directory Plain Text Preview | Drafts Action Directory Creating Custom Preview templates - Drafts for Mac - Drafts Community Preview in Marked | Drafts Action Directory Toggle Shopping Mode | Drafts Action Directory OF Taskpaper | Drafts Action Directory Message Action Step - Drafts User Guide Save Note and Send Tasks to OmniFocus | Drafts Action Directory Pushcut - Help & Support - Automation Server
          1 hr 22 min
        • 54: Scripting Time with Dr Drang

          In this episode, Dr. Drang returns to the show to talk about scripting - why it's beneficial, and above all, why everyone can do it!

          This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
          • TextExpander, from Smile: Unlock your productivity with TextExpander. Get 20% off with your first year.
          • ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package.
          • DEVONthink: Get Organized — Unleash Your Creativity. Use this link for 10% off.
          • Guest Starring:

            Dr. Drang

            Links and Show Notes: Automators #21: Invoicing, Writing, and Regular Expressions with Dr. Drang - Relay FM Fear of scripting - All this Automators Talk MPU Talk Drafts Community Drafts | Where Text Starts Python Documentation Keyboard Maestro 9.0.5: Work Faster with Macros for macOS Scriptable Pythonista for iOS Next Monday | Drafts Action Directory Learn JavaScript | Codecademy LaTeX addresses on the Mac and iOS - All this New Project Script

            Dr. Drang's script to create database entries, folders in iCloud, a folder in Mail, and a set of labels for a new project. · GitHub

            Combining Python and AppleScript - All this GitHub - drdrang/plabels: Perl scripts for printing sheet-fed labels. Data Jar Bad AppleScript: Template Gun meets the Internet – Six Colors Quick Tip: Zip files as templates – Six Colors Automators #35: Automating Business with Don McAllister - Relay FM Post Haste - Digital Rebellion xkcd: Automation Pushcut - Help & Support - Automation Server
            1 hr 37 min
          • 53: WWDC 2020 Automation News

            Rose and David bring all the automation news from Apple's 2020 Developer Conference.

            This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
            • The Uptake, from Microsoft: A new show on all things tech and community from Microsoft
            • DEVONthink: Get Organized — Unleash Your Creativity. Use this link for 10% off.
            • Links and Show Notes: Automators - Relay FM Home | Automators Automators Talk What's new in SiriKit and Shortcuts - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer Design and Development Videos - Apple Developer Evaluate and optimize voice interaction for your app - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer Empower your intents - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer
              1 hr 10 min
            • 52: Charty with Rodrigo Araujo

              Charty developer Rodrigo Araujo joins us to talk about using Charty with Shortcuts and share some of his favorite personal automations.

              This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
              • PDFpen, from Smile: The ultimate tool for editing PDFs on the Mac.
              • DEVONthink: Get Organized — Unleash Your Creativity. Use this link for 10% off.
              • Guest Starring:

                Rodrigo Araujo

                Links and Show Notes: Charty – Create charts from Shortcuts Rodrigo Araujo (@rodrigoaraujo) / Twitter ‎ChatStats on the App Store Latest iOS/Charty topics - Automators Talk ‎Toolbox Pro for Shortcuts on the App Store shortcuts: search results - Charty Alex Hay (@mralexhay) / Twitter ‎Launch Center Pro on the App Store Day One - Your Journal for Life. App for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Day One Daily

                Rodrigo's Day One Shortcut

                ‎Data Jar on the App Store

                The App we can't stop loving.

                Mac Power Users #540: Subroutine in the Brain - Relay FM Automators #51: Ken Case and Omni Automation - Relay FM Save Receipts

                Rodrigo's Receipts Shortcut

                Book Tracking

                Rodrigo's book tracking shortcut.

                Patrick Rothfuss - Google Search Relay Episode Duration Temeraire Novels Adapt - Relay FM Gabriel Visser on Twitter: "Unsatisfied with the lackluster keto-diet tracking apps in the App Store, I spent the last couple of days combining Siri Shortcuts, @datajarapp and @chartyios to basically create my own 😀 https://t.co/WvlSPxiT2J" / Twitter Animal Crossing™: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch™ system – Official Site
                1 hr 4 min
              • 51: Ken Case and Omni Automation

                In this episode Ken Case, CEO of the Omni Group joins us to talk about adding automation in the form of Shortcuts and JavaScript scripting to the Omni Group apps, as well as his first, and favorite automations.

                This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
                • Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code AUTOMATORS to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021.
                • Ahrefs: SEO Tools & Resources To Grow Your Search Traffic. Get a 7-day trial for just $7.
                • ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package.
                • Guest Starring:

                  Ken Case

                  Links and Show Notes: Omni Group OmniFocus 3.8 Launches with Support for Omni Automation - The Omni Group OmniFocus 3.7 for iPhone and iPad Includes New Shortcuts - The Omni Group Editorial for iOS x-callback-url

                  Unfortunately, this website is quite outdated, but it tells you about x-callback-urls as a concept.

                  OmniFocus 3.6 Introduces Support for Floating Time Zones - Learn OmniFocus Automators #47: The Daily Brief - Relay FM Charty – Create charts from Shortcuts Eloquent JavaScript Omni Automation

                  The help site for learning Omni Automation, JavaScript support for Omni Group applications.

                  Omni Automation Plug-Ins for OmniFocus Join our Slack Workspace - The Omni Group Ken Case (@kcase) / Twitter
                  1 hr 3 min
                • 50: Some Favorite Automations

                  David and Rose celebrate episode 50 buy looking at the different flavors of automation and sharing some of their favorite automations for Shortcurts and Keyboard Maestro.

                  This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
                  • TextExpander, from Smile: Unlock your productivity with TextExpander. Get 20% off with your first year.
                  • MindNode: Mind Map & Brainstorm Ideas
                  • Links and Show Notes: Photos Field Guide (2nd Edition) | MacSparky Field Guides

                    Sparky's new Photos Field Guide.

                    Rose's Driving Shortcut Rose's Driving Shortcut (Toolbox Pro) Keyboard Maestro Script Using AppleScript to Create Contacts — MacSparky Automators #36: Sal Soghoian's Control Panel - Relay FM Automators #33: Packing List Extravaganza - Relay FM Automators #31: Making Your ScreenFlow Flow and More with J.F. Brissette - Relay FM Home | Automators
                    59 min
                  • 49: Reusable Shortcuts with Scotty Jackson

                    In this episode, David and Rosemary are joined by Scotty Jackson to talk about his Shortcuts based automations which cross into the web and beyond.

                    This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
                    • Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code AUTOMATORS to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021.
                    • Ahrefs: SEO Tools & Resources To Grow Your Search Traffic. Get a 7-day trial for just $7.
                    • ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package.
                    • Guest Starring:

                      Scotty Jackson

                      Links and Show Notes: Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership Nested Folders Podcast HeyScottyJ – Practical Productivity

                      Scotty's Blog

                      Data Jar OmniFocus 3.7 for iPhone and iPad Includes New Shortcuts - The Omni Group Preparing for a 1:1 Meeting – HeyScottyJ Airtable Wrike Agenda - Date-focused Note Taking. X-callback-url Support and Reference - Shortcuts - Agenda Community Automators #47: The Daily Brief - Relay FM Creating Better Structure: My Digital Bullet Journaling – HeyScottyJ Automating Emails With Data Jar – HeyScottyJ
                      1 hr 3 min
                    • 48: Automating Music

                      David and Rose tackle the best ways to automate your music. They also talk about automating calendars and email attachments.

                      This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
                      • TextExpander, from Smile: Unlock your productivity with TextExpander. Get 20% off with your first year.
                      • Ahrefs: SEO Tools & Resources To Grow Your Search Traffic. Get a 7-day trial for just $7.
                      • Boll & Branch: The Softest Organic Sheets & Luxury Bedding. Save $50. Try them for 30 days in a risk free trial.
                      • Links and Show Notes: Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership Create a Smart Playlist in Music on Mac - Apple Support Doug's AppleScripts » dougscripts.com Doug's AppleScripts » Block Party! v4.0 » Official Download Site Doug's AppleScripts UPDATED: Delete Empty Playlists v4.2 » Doug's AppleScripts Automators #44: Automating with Doug Adams from Doug's AppleScripts - Relay FM ‎Marvis Pro on the App Store Automators 30: Our Recent Automations (& Shortcuts Album Player) – Rosemary Orchard Shazam to List Create a time tracking report from a Google Calendar - Web - Automators Talk Mac Power Users #532: BetterTouchTool - Relay FM Toolbox Pro Data Jar
                        1 hr 12 min

                      About Automators

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                      Automation makes your life easier and everyone can do it. Hosted by David Sparks and Rosemary Orchard.

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