You probably know that our beloved service IFTTT recently received a large update and three new great programs for iOS and Android. In this article you will find some practical examples of their use.
If you've never heard of an online service IFTTT, then we inform you that this is the best way to automate your routine actions performed on the web or on mobile devices. It allows you to link events in different network services with the actions on your mobile device, and vice versa.
These bundles are in the service of terminology are called recipes, are triggered automatically upon the occurrence of certain events you. But in the latest update IFTTT departed from this postulate, and has allowed us to create recipes, a user runs independently. Below you will find nine such recipes that vividly illustrate the possibility of new applications of IFTTT.
Do Button
Record the location and time table
There are many situations where you may need to take into account time spent in any place. For example, this way you can observe the lessons in the gym or long walks in the park. In any case, now you can do this by touching the application icon on your desktop.
Warning about the imminent arrival
How many anecdotes invented for situations involving unexpected return home to her husband! Now you never will find yourself in such an awkward situation, because this recipe allows you sufficient warning of their imminent return home.
Tracking their movements
This recipe allows you to receive every week an email containing a list of places where you've been. From you only need to mark each new location by clicking on the application button Do.
Do Camera
Adding a photo to Evernote
After pressing this button, a prescription will be given a snapshot of the camera of the smartphone, and then stored as a new entry in Evernote.
Sending photos to a computer
One tap on the button, this recipe allows your smartphone to instantly take a picture and send it to your desktop computer. Very useful if you need to scan multiple documents and save them on your hard drive desktop.
The publication of the photos in a separate album in Facebook
If you want to publish certain photos in a separate album with restricted access, then this recipe will help you to do this. You can, for example, to make an album for family photos, you do not want to show all your friends on the social network.
Do Note
Fast Blog Entry
With this recipe you will get the opportunity of instant publishing their blog entries. You only need to type the note and click on the application Do Note, which will perform this recipe. Besides WordPress, you can configure it to work with Blogger, Tumblr and other platforms.
A weekly digest of new ideas
This recipe is useful to all people, which often come unexpectedly and brilliant ideas. You can save them using zametochnika Do Note, and then once a week to receive an email with a list of all of their great ideas. Now you can at any time convenient to choose the best of them.
Make a shopping list
There are dozens of different mobile programs for leaving the shopping list, but none of them does it in a Google Drive spreadsheet. If desired, you can use this recipe not only for shopping, but also in general to compile any lists.
And you have used any recipes for new applications IFTTT service? And maybe even create your own? Share them in the comments!