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by linden 5392 days ago
Right now it just covers a single 'if this then that' statement, but expanding from there is definitely a direction we could take. However, we'd like to be really cautious about getting to close to traditional programming as things could quickly become unaccessible to the wider audience. We talk a lot about pushing complexity out to the channels themselves. For instance if "its going to rain tomorrow AND tomorrow is a weekday" might be easier to understand if its encapsulated in a single, complex trigger.
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Also, just my designer's advice, I would do something about the Instagram icon. It stands out way too much from the rest of the site which I think you've designed beautifully. Maybe make your own iteration in Illustrator, mimicing those flat-colored geometric shapes that dominate the design language of the page?

Something like this: http://i.imgur.com/viGpC.jpg

Yes, I think multiple criteria could be a simpler solution to having the same functionality as nested statements. I think maybe two or three criteria would be good, without getting out of hand. This is a cool concept, definitely keep at it.