Issue 10 – Keep Going, Keep Building

Automation, Text To Sound Effects, and Showing Up

Author

Mike Murphy
June 13, 2025

Even if you're late, tired, or traveling — build something anyway.

🧠 AI Term of The Week: Automation

Automation as it relates to AI Tools is setting up software to automatically perform tasks that you would normally do manually, without you having to be there to trigger each step.

Common examples:

  • When someone fills out a contact form on your website, their information automatically gets added to your email list and they receive a welcome email

  • When you get tagged in a social media post, it automatically saves to a spreadsheet for tracking

  • When you receive a payment, it automatically updates your accounting software and sends a thank-you email to the customer

The key is that automation eliminates repetitive, predictable tasks by having software do them for you based on triggers (like "when this happens") and actions (like "do that"). It's like setting up dominoes - once you push the first one, the rest fall in sequence without any additional effort from you.

💬 Quote of the Week:

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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

– Winston Churchill

🧰 AI Tool of The Week: n8n

n8n (pronounced “n-eight-n”) is an open-source automation platform — like Zapier, but way more flexible.

I’ve been exploring it as a no-code/low-code way to:

  • Connect tools like Airtable, OpenAI, YouTube

  • Build creative workflows

  • Automate the boring parts of being a creator

It’s visual. It’s modular. And it’s one of the best ways to start thinking like a builder without writing a single line of code.

👉 Check out n8n here

🛠 What I Made:
ElevenLabs AI Audio: How to Use Text To Sound Effects

This tutorial will show you how to use Eleven Labs to create Sound Effects from Text Prompts and use the Sound Effects Library from Eleven Labs.



Here’s what you’ll learn:
✅ How to use Text To Sound Effects on Eleven Labs
✅ How to edit and modify Sound Effects
✅ How to access ElevenLabs Sound Effects Library

Tools used:

💬 Thank You!

– Mike Murphy
Learning AI.
Building digital products.
Make a living as a content creator.