Using IFTTT To Connect And Spread Your Message (ILI 2012 Conference)
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Using IFTTT To Connect And Spread Your Message
Gary Green
Surrey County Council Library [email protected]
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What is IFTTT?
• A free web service (www.ifttt.com)
• IFTTT = If This Then That
• Connect over 50 online & messaging services (channels) together
• Automatically feed information/data between channels
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Why is it useful?• Pull information together
• Share information across different networks
• Manage information flows
• Extend your reach & spread your message
• Backup & archive information & files
• Create alerts
• Do it all in one place
• Use limited time & resources more effectively
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Which Services Connect?• Social networks
• Bookmarking sites
• Image sharing sites
• Blogging services
• Video & audio sharing websites
• File storage services
• Document collaboration services
• RSS feeds
• Email & messaging services
• Date, time, weather, stock alerts
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How does it work?
• Connect 2 channels (some require authorisation)
• One acts as trigger (A)
- you specify the trigger
• One acts as response to the trigger (B)
- you specify the response
• Each trigger/response combination is called a recipe
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Iftrigger “A” does This
Then“B” responds by doing That
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How does it work?• Some channels can either be used as a
trigger or a response
• Some channels can only be used as a trigger or a response
• Different channels use different criteria as triggers/responses – you define the criteria
• Recipes are automatically & regularly checked to see if they need to be run
• The same trigger can be used for different recipes
• You can share your recipes with others
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Different Triggers
Facebook triggers
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Different Triggers
Google Reader triggers
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Different Responses
Facebook responses
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Different Responses
Google Reader response
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Recipes
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Recipe: Google Reader + Twitter1) Description of recipe2) Activity & options3) Trigger: Look for any item
in Google Reader I tagged with “ggtwitter”
4) Response: Create & post tweet using data in fields pulled through from Google Reader
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In Google Reader
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Examples (Library Use)• Archive mentions of your library service in a
spreadsheet (Google alerts RSS + Google Drive)
• Send you an alert if someone mentions your library service (Google alerts RSS + email/SMS)
• Save any library event photos you post to Facebook to Flickr (Facebook + Flickr)
• Tweet an alert about possible library closures if snow is forecast (Weather + Twitter)
• Share any bookmarked links to social networks (Delicious + Twitter/Facebook)
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Examples (Personal Use)
• Share library news articles to a variety of social networks (Google Reader + Twitter/LinkedIn/Facebook)
• Create a work or C.P.D. Log (Google calendar/Your blog RSS/LinkedIn + Google Drive/Evernote/Dropbox)
• Archive blog posts and status updates from a conference (Delicious/LinkedIn/RSS feed + Google Drive)
• Alert a colleague/yourself if a new file has been added to a shared project folder (Dropbox + email)
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IfThis = “You want to collect, share & backup information quickly & efficiently via a range of services”
ThenThat = “try using IFTTT”
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Using IFTTT To Connect And Spread Your Message
Gary Green
Surrey County Council Library [email protected]
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Image Credits
• Social media beakers – iconshock.com• All other screenshots www.ifttt.com