{"id":15511,"date":"2011-09-15T08:36:41","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T06:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=15511"},"modified":"2011-09-15T08:36:41","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T06:36:41","slug":"ifttt-if-this-then-that-is-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/15\/ifttt-if-this-then-that-is-awesome\/","title":{"rendered":"ifttt – if this then that is awesome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you are somehow involved with online tools, publishing, or social networks, then you should definitely check out ifttt<\/a>. \u00a0It is an\u00a0abbreviation for “if this then that” and it is the best thing since the invention of sliced bread. ifttt is an extremely easy, or perhaps even trivial, tool that helps you to connect and integrate web services. \u00a0Say, for example, that you use Google Reader and you want to publish your shared items to Twitter and Facebook and save starred items to Evernote or Delicious. \u00a0Can you do it? Sure, the solutions are out there. \u00a0But you will be solving each problem separately. \u00a0And good luck with technical support. \u00a0How about email or SMS integration? \u00a0Or Foursquare check-ins to Google Calendar? \u00a0You probably haven’t even thought of that…<\/p>\n

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iffft<\/a> has a tonne of ready made solutions. \u00a0And even if there is something that you need which is not there, you have super easy tools to make it. \u00a0All you need to do is basically choose a trigger, like a new post in the blog, a new check-in, or a new shared item, and then choose an action like publish to Twitter or Facebook. \u00a0iffft will handle the gory technical details on its own. \u00a0If there is a need to authenticate a service, you don’t have to worry about it – it is already implemented. \u00a0If you don’t like some of the defaults, you can almost always change them – for example, how the descriptions of the Google Calendar events are formed from the Foursquare check-ins.<\/p>\n

Emails, voice calls, and SMS are supported with loads of web services and notification systems. \u00a0The interface is very clean and simple. \u00a0And everything just works. \u00a0It’s been a long while since I saw something so well designed and implemented. \u00a0Give it a try, if not for the specific functionality, then just to have more experience with good systems.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

If you are somehow involved with online tools, publishing, or social networks, then you should definitely check out ifttt. \u00a0It is an\u00a0abbreviation for “if this then that” and it is the best thing since the invention of sliced bread. ifttt is an extremely easy, or perhaps even trivial, tool that helps you to connect and … Continue reading ifttt – if this then that is awesome<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334],"tags":[2404,1152],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-15511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-api","tag-social-networks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18067,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/25\/rss-ifttt-evernote-backup\/","url_meta":{"origin":15511,"position":0},"title":"RSS + IFTTT + Evernote = Backup","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"April 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This post is just a test. \u00a0 I've created a new personal recipe using IFTTT service, which will pull the RSS feed of this blog, and create a new note in a specific notebook of my Evernote account. \u00a0This is not recommended as a backup solution of course (you should\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27668,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/08\/huginn-integration-platform\/","url_meta":{"origin":15511,"position":1},"title":"Huginn integration platform","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Huginn is an integration platform that manages triggered events with agent services according to workflows. \u00a0Unlike many hosted services (Zapier, IFTTT, bip.io), Huginn is an Open Source application written in Ruby on Rails, and can be hosted, extended, and customized locally. 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