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28 days, 28 APIs: Zapier adding an app a day to its integration library this month. In addition to Black History Month and the month of love, February is now the month of API integrations.

28 days, 28 APIs: Zapier adding an app a day to its integration library this month

Zapier is a buzzy Y Combinator company that simplifies the process of connecting web apps and APIs. The company announced that February is the “28 days of integration love,” meaning it will release a new integration every single day this month. This news comes shortly after Zapier relaunched its developer platform, making it easier for third-party developers to add their API into Zapier’s library. “Of the 260 apps that we support, 140 have been added via the dev platform,” CEO Wade Foster said in an interview with VentureBeat. 28 days, 28 APIs: Zapier adding an app a day to its integration library this month.

iOS and Automation (or, a solution in search of a problem) I wrote yesterday about an app called drafts.

iOS and Automation (or, a solution in search of a problem)

The Buffer blog: productivity, life hacks, writing, user experience, customer happiness and business.The Buffer blog: productivity, life hacks, writing, user experience, customer happiness and busines. 307 Flares Filament.io 307 Flares × With the brand new web app we are launching today, we’ve got another special gift ready for you, just in time for Christmas. The brand new Buffer iPhone app has hit the app store today. We’ve made tons of improvements and revamped the app to work with some exciting new features.

Most importantly, you can do nearly all the things you can already do from the web app in the iPhone app now too. The Buffer iPhone app is now a completely separate app. Pythonista - omz:software. Automating iOS: How Pythonista Changed My Workflow. A couple of months ago, I decided to start learning Python.

Automating iOS: How Pythonista Changed My Workflow

I say “start” because, as a hobby to fit in between my personal schedule and work for the site, learning the language is still very much a work in progress. I hope I’ll get to an acceptable level of knowledge someday. Coming from AppleScript, another language I started researching and playing with earlier this year, the great thing about Python is that it’s surprisingly easy to pick up and understand. Triggers is like ifttt for your iDevice. Have you ever used the web app If This, Then That?

Triggers is like ifttt for your iDevice

If you have, then you’ll know exactly how to use the latest iOS app called Triggers (pardon the pun). While the apps interface isn’t beautiful, Triggers gets the job done and lets users create conditional operations. Here’s how it works: Triggers gives the user system-level control over various pieces of hardware. Although the control is limited, Triggers still provides users with simple input-and-output programming on your iDevice with no coding background or languages needed. Christopherdwhite/iosWorkflows. Drafts - Agile Tortoise.

Extend Drafts with ready-to-install Actions from the Action Directory!

Drafts - Agile Tortoise

→ News, Tips & Release Notes | Support and Documentation Drafts is a different kind of note taking app. In Drafts, text comes first – open the app and get a new, blank draft. Don’t get bogged down in a timeline to tweet or post to Facebook and App.net. Drafts: Action Directory. Hand Crafted iPhone Apps - Launch Center. It’s like speed dial for everyday tasks.

Hand Crafted iPhone Apps - Launch Center

Launch Center Pro saves you time by launching complex actions in a single tap. Message a loved one, search Yelp for the nearest coffee shop, jump straight to the camera in Instagram, control your Nest Thermostat via IFTTT, all with just a flick of your thumb. Create shortcuts for email, Safari, Twitter, Facebook, phone or FaceTime calls, Google searches, and more. If you do it on your iPhone constantly, Launch Center Pro will make it easier and faster. Tasker's New User-Friendly UI Makes Automating Your Android a Breeze. PAW - Using other Languages with CGI. This post is about using other languages apart from BeanShell and PHP.

PAW - Using other Languages with CGI

PAW includes a CGI Handler to execute scripts by using the Common Gateway Protocol (CGI). This handler is also used by the PHP plugin to call the CGI version of PHP. The handler is defined inside the file PAW_HOME/conf/handler.XML. Instead of using PHP we will use Perl to create a simple web page. Finding the Executable Path. Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android by Pebble Technology » It's (almost) Time. We've got some big news.

Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android by Pebble Technology » It's (almost) Time

IFTTT Adds Box And Plans New Channel Platform Intended To Connect Business Apps. I am an unabashed fan of IFTTT.

IFTTT Adds Box And Plans New Channel Platform Intended To Connect Business Apps

That’s “If This Then That” to the uninitiated. It provides ways to connect different services. For example, you can use IFTTT to simultaneously upload a photo to Facebook and then direct it to Dropbox for your own archival purposes. I use IFTTT to direct feeds to my SMS account and to Twitter. Escape Velocity Podcast » John Sheehan : IFTTT. Podcast: Play in new window | Download This week, Ben and Hrishi talk to John Sheehan from IFTTT, where he is responsible for the platform and partners programme. IFTT is an exciting startup that gives people creative control over the flow of information in their lives.