Run Life on Autopilot More with These IFTTT Recipes
In a previous post, I mentioned about how one’s car activity could automatically be synced to a Google spreadsheet. The magic of this all happens through If This Then That (nicely shorted to IFTTT). It only scratches the surface of what the service can do though. Here are some of my favorite recipes.
Add Purchases to a Spreadsheet
Whether through email or directly through services like Etsy, you can have your invoices, orders, and receipts sync up with a spreadsheet — keeping track of everything in one place, so that you don’t have to.
Send Deals you Want to Your Inbox
Grab an RSS feed for a deal site, or use an aggregator to combine RSS feeds, to keep up to date on deals. Pair them up with a tool that can filter feeds by keyword and get just the right offers when you want them.
Add Your Social Media Favorites to One Central Location
Likes, hearts, etc. Have them all go to one place like Evernote or Google Drive so that you don’t have to visit multiple sites just to find them.
Get Package Notifications via Slice
Know when what is going where. You’re too busy to have to guess and figure out how to intercept packages. For more information on this check out my post about shopping online with less hassle.
Send Searches from Craigslist to Your Email
Whether you’re looking for a new job, an apartment, or that specific collectable; this recipe is a great way of keeping tabs on what’s going on, on Craigslist. Add some boolean logic into your Craigslist search queries for even more relevant results.
Very useful for looking back on what you’ve done. Also great for figuring out where you went and when you did it. You can set your Google calendar as hidden so that you only have to see the check-ins when you want to.
Keep Track of Your Identity Online by Tracking Tagged Photos
The above link works for Facebook, but this logic can be applied to other social networks as well. Essentially, if anyone tags you in a photo, even if that photo is later deleted, you should have some back-up of it.
Add a New Song to Your Karaoke List
I’ve run into the problem of being stuck in areas with little to no reception while karaoke-ing with friends. The problem with this, of course, is that you can’t easily check records of what song to add to the track list. Uploading designated songs to Dropbox means that you can have these songs available to you in list form, whenever you need them regardless of Internet access.
What’s one of your top recipes?
Originally published at www.kevinhamano.com.
