How to Use IFTTT

What is IFTTT?
-automation
that connects
2 services
-daily life
„hacks‟

-saves you
TIME
-simplifies
your life
-increases
your
productivity

All it takes is a cleverly
concocted „recipe‟

“Channel”
• Service such as…
..there are 70 of them „channels‟

“Recipe”
-combination of a trigger and an action

Step 2: Click “THIS” (trigger)
to create sample recipe

Step 3: Click “THAT” (action)

Sample recipe will look like
this

You can use pre-made recipes…

Example iOS recipe
Clicking “Connect” will
open the Dropbox site

Pictures from space…
...in your
inbox or…
...as phone‟s
wallpaper ?

…or you can make your own
recipe…

To illustrate,let us make
an IF recipe..

…to remind a loved one
to take his pills…

…using Gmail (trigger)
and Android SMS
(action)

As this is an experiment,
success is not
guaranteed…

…but this will help us
get the hang of it

Choose a „trigger‟ channel

For this recipe, Gmail’s
‘Boomerang’ feature was used

Autosend to self daily at specified
time, no end date

Discover your style
It is up to you how to set up a
“Prompt”(trigger)…

…as long as you get your
desired end results

3. Complete „trigger‟ fields

Email from the address entered
will „trigger‟ the „action.

4. Choose „action‟ channel

6. Complete „action‟ fields

You‟re done!!!
A new recipe will be assigned a
number

Check if recipe works
(This one did not)

Research and adopt recipes that
are…

…and let some amuse you
http://mashable.com/2013/03
/22/funny-ifttt-recipes/#_

Harness the power of IFTTT to…
…automate
routine
tasks…
…and even

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