The Zapier Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

The system translates easy-to-remember domain names like yourwebsite.com into the numerical IP addresses that computers use to find each other on the internet. Any emails sent to these alternate addresses will land in my primary email inbox at nathan@mydomain.com. What is DNS? DNS stands for domain name system.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

Catalyst Security and IT management Serverless computing platform for developers to build, test, deploy, and scale applications in the cloud. OneAuth Security and IT management A multi-factor authentication app. ToolKit Security and IT management Free tool for admin-related lookups like domain checks, registry, email, and more.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

This allows IT teams to easily track assets (like computer equipment and software) and their relevant requests. So Jira offers these customer service features, but Zendesk does them better (which I'll get into in a bit). So what ITSM-specific features do you get with Jira? First up is the asset management feature.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

Delegate the work to computers by connecting Softr to your database with Zapier—you'll turn your existing data into a single source of truth for your app, making user management so much smoother. Which is repetitive, easy to mess up, and honestly, not the most efficient use of your time.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 20, 2025

What are Claude computer use and OpenAI Operator? Try Zapier Agents Related reading: Claude vs. ChatGPT: Which is best? Meta AI vs. ChatGPT: Which is best? The best ChatGPT alternatives What is ChatGPT Pro—and is it worth it? DeepSeek vs. ChatGPT: Which is best? This article was originally published in June 2024 by Harry Guinness.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. You could even get a key and carve a mind map into your computer screen. Mind mapping with a sheet of paper and a pen is an incredibly intuitive and natural way to work.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Until I can clone my brain and upload it to a computer (or to an agent ), I still need to attend meetings to move the needle forward on big projects. That's not really a problem. The problem is what comes after meetings, like summarizing next steps or pulling insights from transcripts.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

I’ve tried fine tuning, but that didn’t work, so instead I fed some of my previous blog posts into an AI to generate a prompt. Then I spoke to the computer who transcribed my thoughts, I pasted them below the prompt, and asked the computer to produce this post. Why integrate with an API if the computer can see?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 21, 2025

Without a revenue forecasting model, your 1 million-row sales data spreadsheet is just going to sit there, staring back at you while your computer chugs and wheezes. 3 revenue forecasting models Forecasting models are what take the revenue numbers you have and turn them into the numbers you might see in the future.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 11, 2025

Compute Compute is the total processing power used to train or run AI models (it's measured in FLOPS or GPU hours). Generally, we relate compute to model quality—as one increases, so does the other—but the relationship is more complicated. Dense models are simpler to train, but they require more compute the bigger they get.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 20, 2025

If you use a phone or a computer (which you do), you likely interact with APIs all the time without realizing it. You'll need one to access most APIs. For more details and examples of each type, scroll up to the previous section. What is an API?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

If you need the most powerful model OpenAI has for generating computer code, analyzing text documents and images, or solving complex puzzles, o3 is the one to use. Try Zapier free Related reading: How to create a custom GPT: A beginner's guide What are Claude computer use and ChatGPT Operator? Learn more.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The rise of cloud computing has lowered this exposure dramatically. Here’s how—and why—to take advantage of cloud computing for your small business. How Cloud Computing Reduces Risk. Here are some additional benefits of could computing: Remote access. How to Get Started with Cloud Computing. Affordability.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2015

I don’t know Ezra yet but since he’s taking the time to blog (which I hugesly respect) and share thoughts I thought I’d take him up on his challenge and also spill the beans on my secrets. On blogging I blog because I love it. On blogging I blog because I love it. My other secret on blogging?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. My family had the very first edition of the IBM XT computer with a 10 MB hard drive. I installed Windows 3.1

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

My economics teacher, Mr. Thorn, ran computer simulations of lemonade stands in which each student had to build a local business and decide: how much supplies to order, how much to sell the lemonade for, how to respond to competition and how to change plans based on the weather. But he was a geek and loved computers.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

On my blog I’ve been hesitant to take the topic head on. But last week I noticed a blog post by a woman, Tara Tiger Brown, that asked the question, “ Why Aren’t More Women Commenting on VC Blog Posts? In it she observes that only 3% of the comments on this blog are from women.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

It required a diffusion of personal computers that led to the massive growth of Hewlett Packard, Intel, Apple Computers and others. To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

It’s why I always work hard to find images for my blog posts & why all of my keynote presentations are visual rather than bullet points with words. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. I have a process I use for blog posts, too. Strange, I know. I think about what the key points are.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

And actually if you have ADD you may just want to watch the videos I’ve embedded below because it’s easier to concentrate on that than reading a blog post. I can’t write a blog post and then wait 3 days to publish. I learned to program their computers and taught them how to update them. I rush the last 20%.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 2, 2021

After implementing these ideas, I learned that one of my employees builds computers at home. The post 4 outrageous ideas to reinvigorate company culture appeared first on THE BLOG. Unpacking a joyous work environment can lead to more laughter , teamwork, a sense of belonging and innovation in the office.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

I walk down from my bedroom and stay at my computer un-showered and in a hat for 10 straight hours. The number of times I’ve had people come to me and say they want to blog more. Some of my biggest breakthroughs have come in what seems like lazy time. Every so often after a few weeks of go-go-go I work from home from a day.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

A graduate of MIT and Stanford, he is also the author of Zen Entrepreneurship: Walking the Path of the Career Warrior ; Treasure Hunt: Follow Your Inner Clues to Find True Success) ; and The Simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics, and Eastern Mystics All Agree We Are in a Video Game.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

Unlike traditional desktop spreadsheet software that directly leverages your computer's full processing power, Google Sheets operates within your web browser. " Because even if they're blank, Google Sheets still has to think about all of those cells, and in turn, your browser still has to do work to render them.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

I loved the quote so much I wrote an entire blog post on the topic. I had built computer systems before. It is encapsulated in one of my favorite quotes that I first heard from Bruce Dunlevie of Benchmark Captial , “Good judgment comes from experience, but experience comes from bad judgment&#. What did he know? He was tech.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2016

I am not writing about this out of the blue – this seems to be the topic of the day in my social stream based on blogs written, retweets rendered and attaboys handed out. Should we be concerned about the concentration of wealth in the hands of the few at the expense of the many? I found the conversation a bit disconcerting.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

What is the future of social media, digital television or mobile computing. I’m already 2 weeks late in writing this blog post as my partners keep reminding me. We want somebody who is ready, willing and able to debate tech with us. Where do you think things are heading? I will not consider applicants without a cover letter.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 11, 2019

For anybody who doesn’t recognize his name, he co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs and is known as the developer of the 1976 Apple I—the computer that launched the now-ubiquitous brand. My dream was actually just to have a computer some day. It was to build good computers.”. He generously gives without restrictions or conditions.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The news blogs will cover the what, how and how much but I want to focus on the “why” and try to be instructive of what I think makes for a great A-round startup. The systems they are building are adaptive and computer generated so they can’t be studied, memorized or gamed.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. In in the early 90′s I was in my early 20′s and I programmed on mainframe computers using COBOL, CICS and DB2. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs.

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Revolution

MARCH 28, 2023

Why it will revolutionize the way we shop, browse, and learn Source: openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plugins The electrifying launch and global adoption of ChatGPT has been amazing to witness. Turn to Wolfram, a technical computing engine, to guide you through solving math problems. Learning Spanish? Studying for a calculus exam?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

.” “We’re excited to meet groups across all phases of the seed stage, from pre-idea solo founders to co-founding teams already working on a product,” OpenAI writes in a blog post shared with TechCrunch ahead of today’s announcement. involved in developing state-of-the-art AI systems.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2021

As a former computer game designer, Hassabis had given it a lot of thought and had an intriguing technical answer. The post How entrepreneurs benefit from ‘Alien Thinking’ appeared first on THE BLOG. It was enough to secure a formal meeting with Thiel, who went on to invest US$1.85

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The family next door mentioned they needed a teenager to fix their computer. I said: “Well, I’m not a teenager yet , but I’m sure I can fix your computer!” My computer repair business, named HelpMeTy?because Through middle school and high school, I started several other businesses and kept growing the computer repair business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

At our SoCo (second) location, we have a bar that is open on all sides with two computers. The post Salon Owner Chelle Neff Talks Scaling, Sustainability and Success appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. Guests wish to have an open and intimate experience.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

While running for Congress, the first Indian American woman to do so, Reshma Saujani noticed a stark disparity in the students she met while as she visited computer science classes. Because of this gap, just 1 in 5 computer science graduates are women, an issue Saujani hopes to solve. Boys outnumbered girls by a wide margin.

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