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AutoHotkey User Map: Where are you❓

Want to meet other AutoHotkey users like yourself? Take a look below and see if anyone is close to you and be sure to add yourself! This AutoHotkey User Map is a great way to find others that have common interests. AutoHotkey User Map 

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October 3rd, 2023 AutoHotkey Newsletter

Howdy, Last Friday we launched our Intermediate AutoHotkey in v2 course and I’m our clients are loving it!  If you’re ready for the next level of learning AutoHotkey, this is the course for you❗ With over 5 hours of content, broken down into bite-size videos, you’ll be automating to your heart’s content in no-time!   Isaias and I discuss what is in the course in this video. Don’t forget we offer…

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September 27th, 2023 AutoHotkey Newsletter

Howdy %Name%, If you don’t currently floss your teeth regularly you should try to floss just one tooth.   Once you floss the one you are infinitely more likely continue to floss the others. This is a great tip I learned when reading Atomic Habits. Of course this approach can easily be adapted to virtually any habit you are trying to adapt. For instance, if you’re wanting to Learn HotStrings in…

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Bill Gates demonstrates the first use of Text Expansion Ever Recorded

I was watching an old Microsoft video where Bill Gates was demonstrating Visual Basic.   To my surprise he mentioned using Text Expansion (HotStrings) I always like to say that HotStrings are the “Hidden Gems” of AutoHotkey.   If you’re not using them, you are missing out!

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Are you incompetent? / September 20th AutoHotkey newsletter

Imagine you have a friend named Joe who likes to write AutoHotkey scripts. He thinks he is very good at it, but his scripts all imitate a human and do not utilize an API approach. Joe also thinks AutoHotkey is “buggy” because his scripts often don’t work (especially when he shares them with other people.) Joe thinks that other people who write AutoHotkey scripts are not very good and take…

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AutoHotkey Newsletter August 14th, 2023

Howdy, Like most people that use AutoHotkey, my first uses of it were very simple things like HotStrings and Hotkeys.   I spent several years using AutoHotkey to just utilizing those until I decided to change job roles and moved into Information Technology. The new job I was hired for  I was tasked to find a way to automate an incredibly mundane task (the job would turn over after ~1 year because…

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AutoHotkey Newsletter September 7th

Imagine you’re making your cup of morning coffee ☕. If you’re like my wife you like it with 2 sugars and 3 creams. However here is how you go about making it: You pour 2 ounces of coffee in your coffee cup You add 1 sugar You add 1 cream You pour 2 more ounces of coffee You add the 2nd sugar You add 2ndcream You pour 2 more ounces of coffee You add 3rd cream You pour 2 more ounces of…

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Examples of pictures generated with Ideogram.ai

AI Generated Art via Ideogram.ai I was playing with Ideogram.ai and thought I’d share a few examples here

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August 8th, 2023 AutoHotkey Newseltter

Thankfully we’ve been getting really busy at the-Automator which is great! We’re getting a lot of client requests for work and working on a few courses. But we’re getting so busy I realized I need to rethink where I should be spending my time. My general goal is to stop doing things that don’t matter and only work on the things that really make a difference. In this video I discuss how learned…

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🖕To the Rich Men North of Richmond

To show my support for Oliver Anthony’s song Rich Men North Of Richmond, I’m offerting 50% off on all of our courses. Please do NOT Use the coupon if you disagree with any of the following quotes: The 9 most terrifying words in the English languate are: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help – Ronald Regan Intro AHK Start learning the basics HotStrings Text Expansion has never been…

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How to Create a HotString in AutoHotkey v2 (Extract from Intro to AutoHotkey in version 2)

Intro to AHK v2 HotStrings Extract The key idea of the video is that hot strings in AutoHotkey are a simple and useful way to save time and standardize text input by creating text expansions triggered by small triggers. 00:00 🔥 Learn how to create hotstrings in AutoHotkey, a simple and useful way to save time and standardize text input. 00:51 💡 The course offers a double your money back…

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Basics of Creating a Hotkey: Extract from Intro to AutoHotkey in v2

How to create a Hotkey: Intro to AHK in v2 Extract This video teaches viewers how to create hotkeys in AutoHotkey v2 for launching actions and performing various tasks. 00:00 📝 Learn how to create hotkeys in AutoHotkey, which are triggers used to launch actions, in this extract from the Intro to AHK v2 Hotkeys course. 00:49 📝 Creating hotkeys in AHK v2 is as easy as creating hot strings, with…

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Why you should learn AutoHotkey

Why you should learn AutoHotkey In this below video I walk through some of the most common uses of AutoHotkey.  AutoHotkey is an amazing and robust language.  I’ve been working with it for ~14 years now and I’m still coming up new ways to automate my work!  Below are some of the most common uses of AutoHotkey. Why you should learn AutoHotkey! Some most common uses of AutoHotkey AutoHotkey is a…

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August 24, 2023 AutoHotkey Newsletter

Howdy %Name%, As I mentioned a few times I’m reading (and loving) the amazing Atomic Habits book from James Clear. Often we have “high aspirations” to obtain a new goal (Eat healthier, get in shape, learn AutoHotkey, etc.) but, when the goal is a big undertaking, we will find it easy to come up with excuses not to start now. A great way to get around this is to adopt James Clear’s “Two-Minute”…

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Deciding Between One or Many AutoHotkey Scripts Welcome to the podcast transcript where we discuss a crucial topic for AutoHotkey enthusiasts: Should you have your AutoHotkey scripts combined into one large script or split them into multiple smaller scripts? When you’re new to AutoHotkey, this decision can be perplexing. Let’s dive into the considerations and insights provided by our hosts, Joe…

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How AI Will DISRUPT The World In 3 Years (Prepare Now While Others Panic)

AI’s Creative Capabilities and Impact on Industries 🤖 AI’s pattern recognition capabilities are already surpassing human abilities, and it will not only recognize great ideas but also predict the next great idea, making the notion of human exclusivity in generating ideas obsolete. 🤯 Language models like GPT are scoring higher in creativity than people, raising questions about the true extent of…

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AutoHotkey Newsletter 2023-07-17

Can responsibility help keep you alive? Yes, it can! In one classic study conducted by Ellen Langer at Harvard University residents in a nursing home were given a house plant.   Half were asked to look after it while the other half were told that the staff would take look after it. Six months later only 15% of those asked to take care of the plant had passed whereas 50% of those that where told…