I have had an IFTTT account for a while but just haven't gotten around to utilizing it. I was happy that this tool became one of our tools to explore for this week. It gives me the perfect excuse to finally sit down and see how to use this tool to automate my life and better utlize some of the many Web 2.0 tools that I use and possibly connect some of them in an effort to hack my life. With so many options available to set up in IFTTT it was nice to see that the search page has things organized into categories. That made my search much easier. You can also search by some of the more common apps that many of us have on our smartphones for action that interact with them and make them interact together (for example, selecting Instagram gives you a lot of cards that will allow you to automatically post your images to other apps such as Pinterest or Facebook or automatically save them to other apps such as Google Drive or Dropbox.) I will say that it is a little nerve wracking to give so much access to one app, but it needs it to link them together and this is the world we live in now. I didn’t notice any advertising on the site so I do wonder how they monetize the service. Do the apps that are connected pay them? If anyone can make an applet, how does that work? I really like how the applets are set up in cards that give you a lot of information at a quick glance. They include the specific act that can be done, what app the action interacts with, and how many others are using the applet. Here are just a few of the options I set up:
So what do you think of IFTTT? Are you concerned at all about giving it complete access to all the social media tools that you use? Are there any applets that you use that you find to be invaluable to your own life hacking? If so, please comment about them!
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