Alchemical Research and Development
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Shopify Webhooks Driving AWeber
This post is a solution to a problem I had with the AWeber Shopify integration. To get the most out of this post, check out the original problem here. …the continuation… Being that I was spending 30+ minutes every day manually solving this problem, it was important that I had a MVP solution quickly. I […]
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Ghost in the (Google Cloud) Shell
One of the perks of being a technologist that is not tied to a traditional 9 to 5 is that you have immense freedom in terms of where you can complete your ‘work’ from. I’ve always toyed with the digital nomad lifestyle… but it’s kind of ridiculous when you need to lug around an insane […]
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Annoying Time Sink of the Month…
Every day there is an annoying thing that I MUST do. It annoys me that I need to, but as part of running a professional business it must be done. I discovered the issue about a month ago and have been doing this job manually every day since… all the while thinking about a solution […]
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I’m retiring…
…from the rat race at least 😉 I’m extremely excited to announce that effective 11/09/2018 I will be a full time employee of Threddies! Many of you are likely already aware that I’ve been working part time at my day job since April in preparation for this and I know, based on the questions that […]
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How to backup and restore inMyCellar database
Probably the most frequent question I hear from inMyCellar users is: “HELP!! I got a brand new shiny phone, installed inMyCellar and my cellar is now empty! How do I get it back?”. I hear your concern, and it pains me that I haven’t had enough free time to complete the uber cloud based backup […]
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Hey Google, talk to the Beer Judge Exam Trainer!
It’s finally here… my first app for the Google Assistant has been approved. You can get all of the details here, but the basic gist is that it’s a straightforward helper for studying for the BJCP exam. It’s available on Google Home, Android 6.0+ phones (soon to be 5.0+), TVs and iOS 9.0+ phones. I basically used this as an example […]
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Who’s the Phoneme?
Ever since attending Google I/O (one of the best conferences I’ve ever attended… seriously Google, please have me back next year!) earlier this year, I felt I needed to build a dedicated app for the Google Assistant. I kicked around a ton of ideas and at first felt daunted by all of the things that I […]
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Using the Physical Web to Drive Subscriber Growth and Engagement
NOTE: As of December 6, 2018, Google will be discontinuing Nearby Notifications on Android, making much of the information in this post no longer relevant. Read more here. Threddies recently made the transition from existing online only to having a B&M boutique shop. The Threddies shop specializes in items that are noticeably distinct from the […]
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Fermenting Solutions
My email newsletter is entitled Fermenting Solutions. It started years ago as an effort to ‘dog food’ AWeber’s Curate mobile app. It’s a semi regular chronicle of a current project that I’m spending time on… the trials, tribulations and the interesting beverages I’ve had to drink while trying to work through them. You can read […]
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