Using Automation to Become a Better Public Speaker (opens in new tab)

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12 pointsroberja903y ago5 comments

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BMc20203y ago

Interesting, I don't know javascript though. In chrome I use the Automa extension, which is connecting lines with blocks (and you still have to pick up some js. I didn't even know what an 'element' was when I started). Even a beginner can do something useful after an hour of study or so. YMMV.

https://github.com/AutomaApp/automa

https://docs.automa.site/

There's a library of scripts you can copy from

https://www.automa.site/workflows

roberja90OP3y ago

Nice tool. There's been some real steps forward enabling non coders to put together workflows.

Personally I would love to see a Dalle 2 for automation. Would be great to just be able to write.

1. Go to toastmaster website

2. Find next meeting

3. Check if I have selected a role

4. Send SMS

And it magically works. Ahhh maybe one day.

teddyh3y ago

Correct link is https://automating.life/posts/using-automation-to-improve-my...

Summarizing quote: “We are going to build a web scraper that monitors the Toastmasters web portal and notifies me as soon as roles for an upcoming meeting become available for selection.”

roberja90OP3y ago

Hey author here.

Thanks for reposting a working link. The link should be back up and working now.

I was messing around with my new blogging tool (Notion + Super) and must have broken something.

Note to self don't start randomly changes website settings after posting to HN.

roberja90OP3y ago

For some reason this submission was stopped showing up anywhere on Hacker News a couple of hours after I published it. Perhaps because the link was broken for a little while this triggered some automatic moderation.

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BMc20203y ago

https://github.com/AutomaApp/automa

https://docs.automa.site/

There's a library of scripts you can copy from

https://www.automa.site/workflows

roberja90OP3y ago

Nice tool. There's been some real steps forward enabling non coders to put together workflows.

Personally I would love to see a Dalle 2 for automation. Would be great to just be able to write.

1. Go to toastmaster website

2. Find next meeting

3. Check if I have selected a role

4. Send SMS

And it magically works. Ahhh maybe one day.

teddyh3y ago

Correct link is https://automating.life/posts/using-automation-to-improve-my...

Summarizing quote: “We are going to build a web scraper that monitors the Toastmasters web portal and notifies me as soon as roles for an upcoming meeting become available for selection.”

roberja90OP3y ago

Hey author here.

Thanks for reposting a working link. The link should be back up and working now.

I was messing around with my new blogging tool (Notion + Super) and must have broken something.

Note to self don't start randomly changes website settings after posting to HN.

roberja90OP3y ago

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