A Web Tool That Lets You Automate the Internet

Searching_ _ _ · Sep 25, 2011

The phrase “if this, then that” is a bit of programming-speak: you tell the computer that if this happens, it should perform this action.

Now, a simple new Web service called ifttt — pronounced like “lift” without the l — aims to take that concept to the mainstream. It provides a way for people to easily automate interactions between Web services, like Facebook, Twitter, Craigslist and Tumblr.

The types of commands that can be created on ifttt range from practical to pure entertainment.   For example, the service lets you program a task that will call you  if the weather forecast is predicting rain. Or, you could rig a script  that will send you a text every time someone tags you in a picture on  Facebook. Or you could create a task that automatically saves all  pictures you’ve posted on Instagram to your storage on DropBox. You could have the service  e-mail you when your favorite band is coming to town.
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J_L · Sep 25, 2011

So it's some kind of macro utility right? Thanks.

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