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    #21: Invoicing, Writing, and Regular Expressions with Dr. Drang

    April 12th, 2019 · 85 minutes

    In this episode of Automators Rosemary and David interview the mysterious internet legend Dr. Drang. They look at Python, Perl, and AppleScript, Shortcuts, Drafts, Keyboard Maestro, and how you can combine all of these in various different workflows!

    Guest Starring: Dr. Drang

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    Links and Show Notes

    And now it’s all this (Dr. Drang's blog)
    Mac Power Users #95: Engineering Workflows with Dr. Drang - Relay FM
    Mac Power Users #372: Workflows with Dr. Drang - Relay FM
    HyperCard - Wikipedia
    HyperTalk - Wikipedia
    Regular expression - Wikipedia
    Regex 101: Online Regular Expression Tester
    ‎Pretty Regular Expressions - iOS App
    Airtable
    SQLite - Wikipedia
    Keyboard Maestro 8.2.4: Work Faster with Macros for macOS
    Updating my invoicing email automation - All this
    Drafts for Mac: The MacStories Review – MacStories
    ‎Drafts: Capture ‣‣ Act on the App Store
    ‎Textastic Code Editor 7 on the App Store
    Markdown Reference Link | Drafts Action Directory
    Number Lines | Drafts Action Directory
    Textastic - Text, Code, and Markup Editor with Syntax Highlighting - FTP, SFTP, SSH, Dropbox, Google Drive - for iPad
    TaskPaper | Drafts Action Directory

    Drang's TaskPaper Action Group for Drafts

    ‎FE File Explorer: File Manager on the App Store
    ‎FileBrowser - Document Manager on the App Store
    Panic Blog » The Future of Transmit iOS
    Matthew Cassinelli - Siri Shortcuts, technology, and tips
    Federico Viticci – MacStories
    Drafts for Mac: The MacStories Review – MacStories
    Drafts for Mac - Overview Video
    Automators Orange County Meetup Tickets
    Automators WWDC Meetup Tickets, Tue, Jun 4, 2019
    This episode's accompanying blog post

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