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Using Automation to Become a Better Public Speaker
- teddyh 4y agoCorrect link is https://automating.life/posts/using-automation-to-improve-my-public-speaking 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.”
- roberja90 4y agoHey 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.
- BMc2020 4y agoInteresting, 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://github.com/AutomaApp/automa https://docs.automa.site/ https://docs.automa.site/ There's a library of scripts you can copy from https://www.automa.site/workflows https://www.automa.site/workflows
- roberja90 4y agoNice 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.
- roberja90 4y agoFor 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.