Supper Club × Authoring Browser Extensions with Tim Leland

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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