Sounds like a logic puzzle, doesn't it? Or maybe something out of your high-school programming class?
Yep, you're not far off.
IFTTT is a website. It's a website where you can go in and automate just about anything.
For example, on their home page right now, I see little applets that will do things like "Get an e-mail if there will be rain in your area tomorrow". And "E-mail me when there are new books on the best-seller list." There are also more specific ones, like "Get an E-mail when X Store puts new products for sale." The list is almost endless. I'm incredibly thankful it's searchable.
I know I've only scratched the surface of what it can do, But in doing so, I really thought I should share.
The biggest (and currently) the only applet I'm using is RSS to E-mail. So that takes an RSS feed, and e-mails me each time that feed has an update. Why is that useful?
This:
This is a screenshot from my own IFTTT account. I've got a bunch of the RSS to E-mail applets. And they're incredibly useful. They consolidate all of my feeds across a bunch of different threads places right into my e-mail account. The biggest purpose? To keep up-to-date on Ravelry KAL threads, chat threads, blog posts, and more! While Ravelry's 'watch thread' function is useful, no question, for me and my admittedly distractable mind, getting an e-mail for each new post is even better! It insures that I don't miss a post that I actually might care about.
This also means that following blogs, no matter the host, is easy! If there's not an easy 'follow by e-mail' option on the blog I'm looking at, I've yet to find a blog that doesn't have an RSS feed.
I also am looking at getting IFTTT to e-mail me when specific people I follow on Facebook/Google+ post new content. On Facebook, it's rare to see all of someone's content unless you go right to their page, and for me, having everything one place makes sure I don't miss something! Right now I can't find an applet for that, but maybe I can make one?
Anyway, I've been wanting to share this cool piece of tech for a bit, so, here you folks go!
Have any of you used IFTTT? How did you find it? Did it work for you (or not)? Please, let me know in the comments!
Yep, you're not far off.
IFTTT is a website. It's a website where you can go in and automate just about anything.
For example, on their home page right now, I see little applets that will do things like "Get an e-mail if there will be rain in your area tomorrow". And "E-mail me when there are new books on the best-seller list." There are also more specific ones, like "Get an E-mail when X Store puts new products for sale." The list is almost endless. I'm incredibly thankful it's searchable.
I know I've only scratched the surface of what it can do, But in doing so, I really thought I should share.
The biggest (and currently) the only applet I'm using is RSS to E-mail. So that takes an RSS feed, and e-mails me each time that feed has an update. Why is that useful?
This:
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| Screen Grab from my own Applets on IFTTT |
This also means that following blogs, no matter the host, is easy! If there's not an easy 'follow by e-mail' option on the blog I'm looking at, I've yet to find a blog that doesn't have an RSS feed.
I also am looking at getting IFTTT to e-mail me when specific people I follow on Facebook/Google+ post new content. On Facebook, it's rare to see all of someone's content unless you go right to their page, and for me, having everything one place makes sure I don't miss something! Right now I can't find an applet for that, but maybe I can make one?
Anyway, I've been wanting to share this cool piece of tech for a bit, so, here you folks go!
Have any of you used IFTTT? How did you find it? Did it work for you (or not)? Please, let me know in the comments!
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