In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Tim Leland - developer of browser extensions like WeatherExtension and Link Shortener Extension.

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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

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