“Put the internet to work for you” – If This Then That is a website that puts together all the apps and websites you use on a daily basis such as social networks, RSS readers, writing tools, or the cloud, and allows you to automate some of the things that make you more efficient by allowing you to create combinations and recipes.
Whether you want to automatically store all your facebook pictures in a dropbox folder or would like to keep track of the weather everyday without having to raise a finger, IFTTT let you automate the internet to make your life easier.
In IFTTT language we speach “Channels”, “Triggers” and “Recipes”. Each Channel has its own Triggers and Actions so that there are endless possibilities of recipes to create and we have listed below our 15 favourite IFTTT recipes that will undoubtedly help you get through the day everyday.
To start on the right foot
1- Email me ’10 Things To Know This Morning’
Read through the “10 things to know this morning” from the Silicon Alley Insider while sipping your wake-up-coffee and never run out of discussion topics with your colleagues.
2- Text me if it rains tomorrow with high’s and low’s
Receive the tomorrow’s weather and temperature forecast on your phone at the time of your choice to find out if you will need to take an umbrella or if you will finally get the chance to wear those summer flip-flops.
To never miss freebies again
3- Send me an email when a new book is added to Kindle Top 100 Free eBooks
Never miss the occasion of feeding your library with free readings to enjoy when commuting.
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4- Send me an email when Free iTunes Downloads just came out
Receive an instant email alert to dowload free iTunes sounds tracks as they come out.
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5- Send me an email when Gizmodo’s Ipad apps of the week just came out
Feed your iPad with the latest free and paid apps suggested by Gizmodo.
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To be more organised
6- Let me send a note to myself
Store all your ideas as they pop up by leaving notes to yourself. Just call IFTTT and you’ll get a transcript and mp3 attachment by email.
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7- Let me quick-add google calendar events via SMS
Update your meetings and events in your calendar when on the move by sending a SMS.
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8- Save my email attachments to Dropbox
Store all the attachments you might receive in your emails in a specific folder in Dropbox for later reading.
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9- Every time I am tagged in a photo on Facebook sent it to Dropbox
Organise your digital life and store all the Facebook photos you appear on in a specific folder in Dropbox.
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To get me out of bad situations
10- Text me to notify me of any shipping status changes
Receive a text update when the parcel you are expecting will arrive late.
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11- Give me a call to escape a bad date
Text IFTTT to receive a quick call and escape embarassing situations such as a date you would have prefered not going to.
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12- Help me find my lost phone!
Trigger an email to ring your phone when you have no idea where you have left it.
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To Chill out in the evening
13- Turn on the lights when it is almost sunset
For the lucky ones: never have to swith on the lights by yourself anymore
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14- Change my lights to match te music I am listening
Feel the mood by synchronising music styles with light intensity.
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15- Send me an email when new ifttt channels are announced
Stay tuned in!
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What is your favourite If This Then That recipe? Share your very own recipes with us!
