Episode 1 - Calendly & Zapier with Dan Graham

Yeah.

Zapier, the reason why it's called Zapier and not Zapier is because the noun that they use is zaps.

The whole process is a zap.

And also, rumor is not confirmed, but the actual term Zapier, the API element, Z-A-P-I, so obviously that's a huge part of it.

And the analogy I use for Zapier is because, like you say, there's, you know, I can't remember now.

Like you said, you say 8,000.

I wouldn't be surprised if it is more because most big pieces of tech now are on Zapier.

It's fair to say, isn't it? Financial planning, niche bits of tech, behind the curve.

Yes.

Color me shocked that we are behind the curve, but that's an aside.

But what you have is it's this really clever system where one piece of tech does not then need to build an API link with 7,999 pieces of tech.

And the analogy that I give is It's like a Japanese person deciding to learn the English language.

There's lots of places that they can go to around the world.

It might not even be an English-speaking country, but they can probably find a German who can speak English.

And actually then they can get by there using English, even though it's not the predominant language.

And that's kind of like Zapier is all these pieces of tech.

It's like, well, I could build an API link directly with this company that I'm going to work really, really well with.

And that would be the equivalent of a Japanese person learning German.

Or they can just say, well, it's not the perfect solution, but if I just learn English, I can probably get by.

And that's kind of Zapier, isn't it? It's like if you can just get by with building the links with Zapier.

And I think this is where the analogy works well with the English languages.

And, you know, something for anyone listening to be aware of from a limitations perspective of Zapier is Zapier.

you build certain things, right? You say, I'm going to give Zapier access to be able to get this information from my bit of tech and also to be able to give me things or do this thing with my bit of tech.

But that's your limit.

If the developer hasn't built anything beyond that with Zapier, you're not going to be able to do more than that, fair