mikeknoop

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   Zapier (YC S12) is hiring an API Engineer to work from anywhere(zapier.com)

   1 points by mikeknoop 10y ago
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   by mikeknoop 10y ago

   From my experience, the force touch trackpad cursor only works if you wait 1s between the last normal touch and the force touch.
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   Zapier (YC S12) is looking for our first Product Manager (remote)(zapier.com)

   1 points by mikeknoop 11y ago
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   by mikeknoop 11y ago

   I've been watching Josh iterate and build Grid over the last 2-3 years. If I recall, Josh originally worked at Microsoft on the Excel team, and has a deep understanding of how tools can be construed into other use cases like project ma
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   by mikeknoop 11y ago

   Some APIs do support "upsert" functionality which is basically what you suggested. It's not very popular though and Zapier previously had to support the lowest-common-denominator which is plain creates. Now that we officially
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   by mikeknoop 11y ago

   Allow me to work magic for you: https://zapier.com/zapbook/delay/ (it's brand new today, too) :)
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   by mikeknoop 11y ago

   Zapier co-founder here. This is seriously the biggest change to our product since launching the company. We've been working on it for a year (including a beta w/ several thousand users) and are very excited to finally release it.
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   by mikeknoop 11y ago

   That's a smart thing we should add. Any other feedback? If you'd prefer to share privately: mike@zapier.com
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   Zapier (YC S12) Is Looking for a Data Engineer / Scientist to Work from Anywhere(zapier.com)

   1 points by mikeknoop 11y ago
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    Why Zapier Doesn't Use Gevent Yet(zapier.com)

    34 points by mikeknoop 11y ago|15 comments
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    by mikeknoop 11y ago

    Thanks for your PS reminder about smile.amazon.com (0.5% of all your purchases go to a nonprofit of your choice). Paired with something like https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/smile-always/jgpmh... yo
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    Zapier (YC S12) is looking for a Product Manager to work from anywhere(zapier.com)

    1 points by mikeknoop 11y ago
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    Zapier (YC S12) is looking for a Product Manager to work from anywhere(zapier.com)

    1 points by mikeknoop 11y ago
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    by mikeknoop 11y ago

    If you liked this article, you'll like this one too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6087935 ("forgotten employee, something awful forums")
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    How Soylent Auto-Transcribes Phone Calls to Build a Database of Legal Advice(zapier.com)

    58 points by mikeknoop 11y ago|70 comments
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    by mikeknoop 11y ago

    Anyone know of the most comparable app for OSX? I'm aware of many single screenshot tools but not something so configurable.
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    by mikeknoop 11y ago

    > Active Users What is a typical or good (active users)/(total signups) rate for a SaaS company?
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    by mikeknoop 11y ago

    The success metrics are quite different for consumer vs business software even though Zapier does ride that line a bit. Consumer apps tend to care about raw user counts (as a sign of engagement) and B2B software companies focus on paying us
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    Zapier is hiring a remote Product Designer(zapier.com)

    1 points by mikeknoop 11y ago
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    by mikeknoop 11y ago

    There's a weird connection between Mark and an online game I used to play way back in the day (late 90s). http://www.graalians.com/forums/showthread.php?p=456435#post... https://www.google.com/?q=M
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    by mikeknoop 11y ago

    Love the brand and name (reminds me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDwOi7HpHtQ ).
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    by mikeknoop 11y ago

    Further, they started banning apps that used the YouTube API to background audio when YouTube's v3 API shipped last month. It's very anti-user, I use it to listen to longer podcasts in the background. Worth rooting for: http:&#x2
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    Zapier is hiring a remote platform engineer(zapier.com)

    1 points by mikeknoop 11y ago
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    by mikeknoop 11y ago

    Thanks for this Zach, we keep re-evaluating and running pricing tests, and this plays into that a bit. Reach out anytime if you need help!
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    by mikeknoop 11y ago

    I have one, actually! Check out the top Zap listed here: http://mikeknoop.com/my-zaps/ (it uses the Algolia search engine as a feed of posts to trigger on)
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    Continuing to protect Chrome users from malicious extensions(blog.chromium.org)

    4 points by mikeknoop 11y ago|0 comments
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    by mikeknoop 12y ago

    Behind the scenes it's just using the Algolia API: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=zapier
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    by mikeknoop 12y ago

    If you'd rather not have to code to make this happen: https://zapier.com/zapbook/zaps/675/post-message-slack-when-... (works for comment mentions, too)
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    by mikeknoop 12y ago

    https://support.snapchat.com/ca/snapcash
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    by mikeknoop 12y ago

    The 2v2 SC:PT and SC:CT online multiplayer was the absolute best. It was asyemntrical, well balanced, and required good communication with your partner. I've never been able to replicate that experience in another game. Someone tried t