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Re: My 5-minute productivity method

AdamD — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 21:53:32 -0000

Lovely thoughts and practice, Marshall! Surely worth five (or 10) minutes a day. We can’t do everything, but we can do just about anything for five minutes.

Re: API Keys vs OAuth Tokens vs JWT Tokens - The Zapier Engineering Blog - Zapier

AdamD — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:53:02 -0000

Thanks for the notes, Mike! I understand your issue with comparing these three topics. As I mentioned, they aren't mutually exclusive. But they are topics people are thinking about when they look to secure their API.

On OAuth 2, we completely agree! It would be great if every service supported it!

Re: How to Use Zapier Webhooks - Zapier

AdamD — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 17:23:25 -0000

Aha! Our Webhooks app also has a trigger to poll a URL instead of waiting for a webhook. If you have JSON on the other end of that URL, you're set. Check out https://zapier.com/zapbook/...

Re: 27 Things to Do Besides Spending The Next 27 Minutes on Facebook

AdamD — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 16:47:34 -0000

Nice post! I found it from the screenshot in today's ConvertKit blog post ;-o

Re: 5 Great Movies For Kids Under 5 Years Old

AdamD — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 01:38:36 -0000

This is great! Our oldest of just over three, and we've never watched anything longer than a Caillou episode. I'm looking forward to seeing if their attention spans are ready for these. Do you think they'll sit through 90 minutes?

Re: 5 Reasons You Should NOT Switch From MailChimp To ConvertKit

AdamD — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 17:26:01 -0000

Check out their explanation here:
http://kb.convertkit.com/ar...

Basically, it depends how related the businesses are. If it's one big audience, a single account makes sense. If they're distinct, you'll be better off with two accounts.

Re: How to Test Code that Uses HTTP APIs Using Node.js, Mocha, and Nock

AdamD — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:23:16 -0000

Thanks Sankho. I'll get that code updated!

Re: Variable Rates On Your API GET Requests Depending On How Many POST or PUT Requests You Make

AdamD — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:45:20 -0000

You should talk to Factual about how they structure their place data deals. I know they used to incentivize those providing data back, but that wasn't ever built into public pricing that I saw.

Re: I suck, therefore I do · Isaac Saldana

AdamD — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:48:28 -0000

Very cool, Isaac! I'm clearly biased towards the writing goal. I'm guessing there's still room for you on the SendGrid blog. :)

Re: How to A/B Test Your Way to Better Email Marketing

AdamD — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 22:50:00 -0000

Where's #3?

Re: It’s time to cut down the crazy hours at your startup

AdamD — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:32:14 -0000

I think it's very important to avoid after-hours (evening or weekends) email to your direct reports. It sends the wrong message that they should also be working instead of enjoying the work-life balance that makes them better during work hours.

You might check out Boomerang if you're a GMail user. It lets you schedule an email to be sent later, which is very helpful for getting the thoughts out of your head, but making sure you don't undermine the importance of others taking time off.

Re: McKayla Is Not impressed With Craigslist

AdamD — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:58:17 -0000

Agreed, I am flabbergasted by the companies that don't share their data when there's a clear business reason to do so. Yet, I come across examples of it all the time, including some API providers who require signing an NDA just to see their documentation.

Re: Versioning the Tribesports API - Tribesports Tech Blog

AdamD — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:59:44 -0000

My use case requires a public API. I'd like to list it on ProgrammableWeb. We currently catalog 4,500 APIs, including 60 related to sports:
http://www.programmableweb....

Re: Versioning the Tribesports API - Tribesports Tech Blog

AdamD — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:36:53 -0000

Do you have any documentation for the Tribesports API?

Re: The Zoom! book got me thinking about Kwwika

AdamD — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:45:46 -0000

Great post, Phil. I think it's good to look back at why some things didn't work. It sure helps as you look to do better next time. Thanks for sharing.

It's a shame I have to wait until February to check out the book for myself!

Re: Bing Mall Maps and the Future of Mobile Retail

AdamD — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:21:26 -0000

Pretty cool to see this come to such a big player. Of course, the trouble with indoor mapping is knowing where you are. GPS doesn't work so well indoors. There are companies trying to fix this, but at the very least having a map is useful. Perhaps if it's searchable you can find your own location. Looking forward to seeing the feature go live.

Re: Save The Salarymen Foundation

AdamD — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:09:08 -0000

I'll take it! I need it! Though, as long as I'm on the road, the company buys my beers.

Re: Save The Salarymen Foundation

AdamD — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:30:31 -0000

You are doing very important work.

Re: Like Windows Phone 7, Bing Gets "Live Tiles" Too

AdamD — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:09:21 -0000

This reminds me of Yahoo SearchMonkey, which included review info for movies and local search. It also had a way for developers to create their own extensions, which users could then activate in their search profile.

Re: http://ryansnyder.me/post/2624981777

AdamD — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:52:02 -0000

I don't know how to use the Internet. Where are your previous lists?

Re: City Forums

AdamD — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:45:37 -0000

I like to walk around the track.

Re: http://ryansnyder.me/post/1037020043

AdamD — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:56:03 -0000

This is awesome for you and super-awesome for Mozilla.

Re: A Modest Proposal For More Microstructure: /Location

AdamD — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:43:35 -0000

I, too, would like location meta-data from tweets, where appropriate. The practice of adding lat/lon point to the location field definitely does not cut it. It only keeps the current location, so it can't be traced back to previous tweets. Plus, it takes away an interesting piece of information: where someone is from.

As I've looked at fellow Where 2.0 attendees on Twitter over the last few days, knowing where someone is an interesting additional data point. Knowing where they are? Not as useful.

Your syntax suggestion makes sense to me. I like the idea that it is both human-readable and possibly geo-codeable. The slash seems like a reasonable character, as it reads like wiki-style /emphasis/. The only problem I can forsee is a one word slash-tag, followed by a standard text, then a normal use of a slash.

For example:
Hanging out at /PDX, but my battery died, so I have to go w/o Internet.
I'm at /PDX and I don't know what the lat/lon point is.

I'm not sure there's a solution to that, other than hoping users learn to avoid it.

Re: Alexander H. Williams

AdamD — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:10:45 -0000

And @pdxsays on the other guitar. It was a really good time, truly a rockin' beer and blog.

Re: Should Webmasters Listen To Google About Dynamic and Static URLs?

AdamD — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:35:19 -0000

Thanks for the overview, and for mentioning me in excellent company. There seems to be universal agreement that webmasters want to keep rewriting because of the many benefits.