The ONLY way to Develop KnowHow??
Howdy %Name%,
You've heard it said: "Grandma is a wonderful cook, but she’d never tell me exactly how she does it. 'It's just a pinch of and a dash of that: she says, but her raviolis, lasagna, and biscuits were sensational every time.”
Grandma has knowhow
What's the difference between knowledge and knowhow'? It's often the difference between success and failure!
The word knowhow does not mean knowing how to do something-that's activity knowledge. Knowhow is doing that something the right way, with skill and effectiveness, and with minimum expenditure of time and effort. When you have knowhow, you can do that something successfully again and again “in your sleep”. It's a habit, and it comes naturally from experience.
But how do you develop Knowhow! Only by doing.
That's the way I developed the knowhow I needed to automate programs with AutoHotkey.
And that's the way "Grandma" became a wonderful cook. In fact, that's the way everyone develops Knowhow. The experience must be your very own.
One of the best ways to develop KnowHow is by signing-up for the AHK Hero group where we meet with you 3 times a week plus have a private Telegram group to help you when you're stuck!?Not to mention they get to attend AHK Hero webinars like the one we're having Saturday March 4th on 17 ways to automate programs with AutoHotkey: V1 & V2 .
Now on with the show…
Automating Animated Gifs
I’m working on a tool to be able to send out emails to prospects that will have an animated thumbnail with the client’s name in the thumbnail.?This will greatly increase the likelihood of people watching the video because it is clearly something meant “for them”.?I used FFmpeg to both create the animated gif as well as write the client’s name in the video.?I demonstrate the tool in this video.?If I get the code cleaned up enough I might document it but the general concept is pretty cool…
?? Spice Up Your Messages with Animated GIFs - It's Easy! ??
?? Don’t make this v2 mistake like we did?
Isaias and I were creating a short “Intro to AutoHotkey V2” video and realized an interesting problem when detecting the mouse location with a hotkey.??We created and added a new video to our course helping people Painlessly switch to v2 however I think a LOT OF PEOPLE will have this problem so I decided to extract the video from the course and share it on YouTube for free!?Remember this is just one example of what you’ll want to know when switching to v2.??Our course is at the end of it’s introductory stage so, while the 200% money back guarantee will always be there, the ? price offer will be going away soon!??Now is a great time to buy and start making the switch to v2!
??Don't Fall into this AutoHotkey v2 Trap when Setting Hotkeys??
Hotkeys to help during development
We all have our “process’ for developing new scripts but I see a lot of people that don’t give a little thought to improving the process.?In this video I mention a few Hotkeys I have in my <Default_Settings> file which I #Include on all scripts I’m developing.??The four I cover are Edit, Reload, Pause and Suspend.?You might also consider one for Listing Vars and Exiting the app.
Hotkeys to: Edit, Reload, Pause, and Suspend your scripts in AutoHotkey
?? What we're reading
?? AI / Chat GPT-3 News / Usage
Getting AutoHotkey v2 code out of Chat GPT
As you’re probably painfully aware, Chat GPT-3 isn’t trained on AutoHotkey v2.?Isaias and I have tried many prompts to get it to offer-up v2 code but have had zero luck.?That’s why I was so excited to be granted early access to Bing with integration to GPT.?From what I’d heard Bing was going to have GPT-4 available.?Sadly it isn’t clear which version of GPT is available (it refuses to answer the question) however it is offering up v2 code and says it was last trained in January of 2023.
In this video Isaias and I have Bing Chat provide a GUI written in v2.?While the code wasn’t perfect, it definitely was v2 code and is a great step in the right direction!????
领英推荐
If you’re not wanting to wait for Chat GPT-4 access, consider our course on Painlessly switching from v1 to v2. It’s on sale for ? off and comes with a 200% money-back guarantee.
As I mentioned above Chat GPT wouldn’t answer what version it was.?I documented it in this video which also provides a peak at Edge Developer mode with a special “chat” interface.?The tool allows you to directly query a page or video your on (well sort of) as well as breaks-down writing into nice groups with various “Tones” available.
?? Promising AI innovation falls flat in reality
??Productivity tips?
Use the 80/20 rule (focus on the 20% of tasks that generate 80% of results)?(Or just have us Do it for you)
?? A spot of Humor: You know your Cat is thinking this?
AHK Hero
Why are you wasting time trying to solve problems on your own??We have 3 hours of private calls each week helping people with their automations.?Hero members are all levels from just getting started to advanced.?We're a fun and dynamic group of people that love to learn and save time!?Trust me, if you're reading this, you really should be a part of the group.??If you want to know more about the program, or maybe attend a session or two for free, email me and we'll figure something out!
??? ?? Quotable quotes
Live AutoHotkey Support Tomorrow
Don't forget on Friday's you can get free AutoHotkey support on my YouTube channel.?Or you can sign up for reminders and join the zoom room.
Joe, Isaias and staff
P.S. Are you a lagger or early adopter??
AHK V2 is now the official version of AutoHotkey.?Don’t let yourself all behind. Start learning v2 now.?Our v1 ? v2 course that helps you through the transition is currently ? off and comes with a 200% money back guarantee.?Why not be ahead of the game (and save some money while you’re at it?)
Sr. Network Engineer
2 年Very cool