I have set up a battery of scripts on google app engine and Im pretty happy with it.
1. I have a script to automatically buy small amount of BTC every day
2. For the more knowledge-dense books I read, I write summaries of them (https://piszek.com/books/). I have a script that puts a random book review to my pocket for reviewing every week
4. I have a script that parses my bank e-mail statements to fill up my spending spraedsheets
5. I also have a script that parses incoming email for invoices. That system basically does my taxes
6. My GTD methodology revolves around Evernote. I have cron jobs that throw me "checklists" with stuff to do around certain times (yearly taxes, etc)
7. Using Twilio and verified number, my calendar sends personalized SMS with birthday wishes to my family that appear as they are from my number
8. Also on Twilio I have DIY voicemail that is aware of where in world am I and either routes to my current SIM card or takes a message. I also have a US number that routes any SMS to my current SIM
I recently moved, so I have to rebuild all my Smart-Home hacks. I am currently trying to automate my Intercom at home to play pre-recorded message to postman and let him in automatically
I gotta say, #7, if something were to happen to you would be pretty scary. Have you considered that scenario? Tying the delivery of messages to some kind of manual online activity (e.g. recent emails sent)
Haha I thought of this too, imagine you're working for clients and you just died and this condition is met and they receive this email saying "If you received this email, then I am probably dead."
Because I frequently change sim cards due to semi-nomadic life and my Grandpa just does not understand timezones and gets cranky if I wish him next day.
So I made this to be sure he gets his freakin wishes :)
I like the idea of "a battery of scripts" I wonder about legality if say your code scrapes sites or does something uncool.
Anyway, yeah I've got that problem right now wrote code for a specific stack need to just drop it into a server that's not mine/easy for client to use.
I'm kind of curious about #1 regardless of the price you buy? What if it was like that day the ICO was banned and it dropped like $800 or whatever.
I always buy at the current price, at the same amount of $$$
I'm using "Dollar cost avaraging" approach without any psychology, because how do you decide trigger price?
Wouldn't it be good to buy on the day it dropped $800? Then you have either
- more BTC than expected for the same $
- spend less $ on the same amount of BTC
For #6, are you storing checklists in Evernote as well? Just reading through GTD right now, is this to replace the "Weekly Review" concept in the book so it is automated?
I'm looking to implement a GTD-like system myself, and any automation is helpful.
Make sure you receive a notification of delivery, so you have an idea of why people are randomly thanking you months after you've forgotten about setting such a thing up.
The exchange usually gives better rates to people who do larger transactions, but the monthly volume would be the important indicator, rather than single transaction volume.
I just realized that [7] probably works only because of [8] - I always give my Twilio phone number to people and pretend with my family that this is my main number.
1. I have a script to automatically buy small amount of BTC every day
2. For the more knowledge-dense books I read, I write summaries of them (https://piszek.com/books/). I have a script that puts a random book review to my pocket for reviewing every week
3. I have an instagram account of lego minifig (https://www.instagram.com/le.traveller/). I wrote a script that likes other profiles to get traffic
4. I have a script that parses my bank e-mail statements to fill up my spending spraedsheets
5. I also have a script that parses incoming email for invoices. That system basically does my taxes
6. My GTD methodology revolves around Evernote. I have cron jobs that throw me "checklists" with stuff to do around certain times (yearly taxes, etc)
7. Using Twilio and verified number, my calendar sends personalized SMS with birthday wishes to my family that appear as they are from my number
8. Also on Twilio I have DIY voicemail that is aware of where in world am I and either routes to my current SIM card or takes a message. I also have a US number that routes any SMS to my current SIM
I recently moved, so I have to rebuild all my Smart-Home hacks. I am currently trying to automate my Intercom at home to play pre-recorded message to postman and let him in automatically