Overview: ifttt beta service

Headlinestfraley

Sep 21

iftt or If This Then That is a new web service that has just went into beta which let's you plug information from one service into another, Giving you the power to transfer data around your favorite web apps automatically. An example they give of this would be auto saving all your photos from Instagram to dropbox.

Terminology

Channels: define triggers and actions kinda like the building blocks of tasks (There are 35 available a list can be found here)
Tasks: are the functions i.e. if this then that
Recipes: are pre-built trigger, actions with functions all you have to do is plug-in your information (There are 1594 available a list can be found here here)

When I first hearing about this service it sounded pretty overwhelming but the developers have done a good job keeping it simple.

I got wind of this service over google+ from Adam Pash. If you don't know who he is, He is one of the writers over at Lifehacker. Check out his post he does a great job of braking this service down and gives a quick walk though. How to Supercharge all your favorite web apps with ifttt

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Thomas Fraley

I am a tech enthusiast whose main focus is making technology easy again for everyone. Educated with degrees in network engineering and project management. I've worked in the entertainment industry for a decade as a director of information technology for global companies pioneering the way. A few years ago I decided to give back and have been helping young entrepreneur startups off on the right foot.