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.
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…
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 pr…
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 in…
Oh it’s all happening now! Cue the montage! Paul & Amelia, it’s officially a thing.
Chad’s elected mayor of AutomationTown, and.. how do you.. sell an automation? We talk about the business of automat…
It’s happening! Chad’s running for mayor of AutomationTown! Not only that, he’s going to automate running for office. This can only end well.
And do you ChatGPT? Of course you do! It’s AI’s killer app…
This week the most talked about love story of the year takes a new twist, and app builders!
It’s one thing to connect the apps you already use with automation… but to build your own app from scratch? …
Automation in small businesses is like the… peanut butter and jelly of.. automation.. applications. This week, special guest Mitchell Baldridge shares how he automates his small businesses,
Now Jake …
You ever think about whether this is all just, a simulation? This week the boys give up RV life to get back to...something closer to normal, and we’re talking AI! What does it mean? Is it going to st…
The boys are on the run. They go into hiding in Chad’s RV, work out how to get back at the evil powers that be, and…
Podcasts! Do you ever listen to podcasts? Of course you do! This week we’re talking…
Trapped beneath the rubble of the Grumley center, Chad, Jason, Paul & Amelia bumble through AutomationTown’s abandoned subway tunnels in search of answers.
This week’s all about email, and how to auto…
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 wa…
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 o…
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 dis…
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 …
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, …
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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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 …
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 …
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 spreadshe…
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…