Supper Club × Authoring Browser Extensions with Tim Leland

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In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Tim Leland - developer of browser extensions like WeatherExtension and Link Shortener Extension. Postlight Podcast - Sponsor Postlight is a strategy, design, and engineering firm that builds platforms for some of the biggest organizations in the world. The Postlight Podcast is hosted by senior leaders Rich Ziade, Paul Ford, Gina Trapani, and Chris LoSacco. If you’re looking for answers to tough leadership questions, the Postlight Podcast has you covered. Listen to new episodes every Tuesday, wherever you get your podcasts. WP Mail SMTP - Sponsor Did you know that many WordPress sites are not properly configured to send emails? With WP Mail SMTP, you can easily optimize your site to send emails, avoid the spam folder, and make sure your emails land in the inbox every time. WP Mail SMTP comes with detailed email logs, email engagement tracking, visual email reports, weekly email summaries, integrations with popular email providers like SendLayer, Gmail, Outlook, and more! Try WP Mail SMTP Pro today and get 50% off or start with their free version by downloading it from the WordPress plugin directory. Show Notes 00:33 Welcome 02:21 Guest introduction @tim_leland TimLeland.com WeatherExtension Link Shortener Extension 03:40 Why develop browser extensions? 07:58 How did you market your extensions? 09:43 Where is a Chrome extension running? Caddy 14:29 What’s your URL shortener extension? 18:50 OneLink service 20:30 SSL Domains 21:35 Sponsor: The Postlight Podcast 23:00 Maliciousness with URL shorteners 28:26 How do you come up with ideas? 30:03 Running Chrome extensions as Firefox extensions 34:03 Does blogging still work? 36:38 Sponsor: Sendlayer 37:53 Supper club questions Tim Leland /uses/ 45:12 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Tchibo Coffee machine Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

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