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  • Is Amazon Deleting Or Blocking Your Reviews? - LandingCube (landingcube.com)
    #amazon #review
    Fri, Nov 6, 2020 7:48pm -08:00
  • Kyle Taggart https://twitter.com/hikyletaggart
    I made around $12k total in 2019 from YouTube ads, Amazon Affiliate income, and sponsorships. Also got free products to review and free services. Hoping to double that by the end of 2020. If anyone wants to talk about that type of stuff, I’m an open book! #youtube #Amazon
    Portland, Oregon • 65°F
    #youtube #Amazon
    Sat, Jul 11, 2020 4:30pm +00:00 (liked on Sat, Jul 11, 2020 9:16pm -07:00)
  • Aaron Parecki
    I finally imported my amazon purchase history into my own database so I can search for past purchases by amount, which it turns out is a key component to how I do my accounting.

    Previously I was searching my email for amounts then clicking thru to see the order details because amazon stopped including them in the email. So much less clicking now!
    Portland, Oregon • 72°F
    1 like 3 replies
    #amazon #accounting
    Fri, Jun 12, 2020 8:55am -07:00
  • I Blocked Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple (gizmodo.com)
    1 like
    #amazon #clickbait #digital #detox #tech
    Fri, Feb 8, 2019 9:41pm -08:00
  • I Tried to Block Amazon From My Life. It Was Impossible. (gizmodo.com)
    "Its global empire also includes Amazon Web Services (AWS), the vast server network that provides the backbone for much of the internet, as well as Twitch.tv, the broadcasting behemoth that is the backbone of the online gaming industry, and Whole Foods, the organic backbone of the yuppie diet. "
    #amazon #web #clickbait
    Tue, Jan 22, 2019 8:53pm -08:00
  • Amazon wants a key to your house. I did it. I regretted it. (www.washingtonpost.com)
    #amazon #smarthome
    Thu, Dec 7, 2017 8:16am -08:00
  • I turned a Furby into an Amazon Echo. Introducing: Furlexa (howchoo.com)
    #electronics #furby #alexa #amazon #echo #hacking
    Wed, Nov 29, 2017 8:27am -08:00
  • Amazon Key is a new service that lets couriers unlock your front door - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
    #amazon #alexa
    Wed, Oct 25, 2017 7:02am -07:00
  • Amazon offers two-hour delivery of beer, wine in Portland | KGW.com (www.kgw.com)
    "Amazon says Portlanders have used [Prime Now] to purchase tens of thousands of items, the most popular being sparkling water, organic macaroni and cheese, and the Kindle Paperwhite."
    #pdx #amazon
    Wed, Aug 23, 2017 8:58pm -07:00
  • I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon (petapixel.com)
    #amazon #scam
    Wed, Aug 23, 2017 8:58am -07:00
  • Amazon (AMZN) owns a whole collection of secret brands, USPTO trademark filings reveal — Quartz (qz.com)
    #amazon
    Tue, Aug 8, 2017 7:50am -07:00
  • Amazon Alexa Team
    Aaron Parecki
    I've been really enjoying the Flash Briefing in the mornings, but I have a request. There are several feeds which don't update as often as others (some update multiple times a day, some every few days). When I'm listening to the news in the morning, it's incredibly frustrating to hear a duplicate of what I heard the previous day. However right now my only option is to tell Alexa to skip that item, or just remove it from the list.

    I would prefer if Alexa could keep track of whether she's already played a particular item, and quietly skip over it if there is nothing new in that particular feed. This would make the experience much better, and I'd be able to add a lot more flash briefing sources without worrying about hearing old content!
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    #alexa #amazon
    Thu, Jul 27, 2017 5:42pm -07:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    After reading this, I'm seriously considering publishing my conference videos on Amazon's new Video Direct! http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/10/amazon-takes-on-youtube-with-launch-of-amazon-video-direct/
    Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DEU
    2 likes 1 reply
    #video #livestream #amazon
    Tue, May 10, 2016 9:53pm +02:00
  • My 2.5 Star Trip to Amazon's Bizarre New Bookstore | The New Republic (www.newrepublic.com)
    #amazon #books
    Thu, Nov 5, 2015 2:48pm -08:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    wait wait it's not April 1 yet! "Amazon is opening its first physical bookstore tomorrow" http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/2/9661556/amazon-books-first-physical-bookstore-opening-seattle @verge @jake_k
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    1 repost
    #amazon
    Mon, Nov 2, 2015 7:39pm -08:00
  • AWS in Plain English (www.expeditedssl.com)
    #amazon #aws #cloud
    Thu, Oct 22, 2015 2:36pm -07:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    This is a great hack of the Amazon Dash button. Just tried it out and it worked the first time! :-) https://medium.com/@edwardbenson/how-i-hacked-amazon-s-5-wifi-button-to-track-baby-data-794214b0bdd8 Now how many Dash buttons will Amazon let me order...
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    14 likes 6 reposts 2 replies
    #amazon #dash #iot #homeautomation
    Mon, Aug 17, 2015 12:17pm -07:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    @barryf watching your #indieweb video triggered my Amazon Echo! Turns out when you say "an excerpt" she hears "Alexa"
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    1 like 2 replies
    #indieweb #alexa #echo #amazon
    Tue, Jun 23, 2015 5:51pm -07:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    So far, Amazon Echo has been most useful for: 1) setting timers while cooking, 2) turning off the lights after I am in bed, 3) adding things to my grocery list.

    Now that the SDK is available in beta, what kind of voice-enabled apps should I make! The prompts are somewhat limiting, basically the below with some variations:

    • "Alexa, ask {app name} to {command}"
    • "Alexa, launch {app name} and {command}"
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    8 likes 8 replies
    #amazon #echo #alexa #homeautomation
    Tue, Jun 9, 2015 5:22pm -07:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    okay, so saying "Alexa, turn off the bedroom lights" is pretty magical. #amazon #echo #homeautomation
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    3 likes 6 replies
    #amazon #echo #homeautomation
    Sat, May 16, 2015 9:56am -07:00
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Hi, I'm Aaron Parecki, co-founder of IndieWebCamp. I maintain oauth.net, write and consult about OAuth, and am the editor of several W3C specifications. I help people learn about video production and livestreaming.

I've been tracking my location since 2008 and I wrote 100 songs in 100 days. I've spoken at conferences around the world about owning your data, OAuth, quantified self, and explained why R is a vowel. Read more.

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