Playing around with ifttt this morning

Playing around with ifttt this morning ... it's utterly brilliant, but I'm still not sure I can figure out a practical use for it.
http://www.ifttt.com

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  1. Theodore StaufferSeptember 18, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    The idea is brilliant. The practice less so. But still, automator for teh webz is a good start.

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  2. Mark HufstetlerSeptember 18, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    Exactly. It's like the ifttt guys are on the cusp of creating something immensely useful ... but they're just not quite there yet. Or else they haven't quite figured out what it is.

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  3. Theodore StaufferSeptember 18, 2011 at 3:51 PM

    Ideally, one could plug one's online calendar into one's online bank account to pay the bills and announce it to twitter.

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  4. Mark HufstetlerSeptember 18, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    If I ever tried something even remotely resembling that, I'm sure I'd end up accidentally broadcasting all of my bank account numbers on Twitter ... and then wondering what happened later.

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  5. Theodore StaufferSeptember 18, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    Exactly

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  6. David ASeptember 19, 2011 at 1:15 AM

    It makes my brain hurt thinkin of this. But it sounds like Mac's Automator- which I also have no idea how to use.

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  7. John GillespieSeptember 24, 2011 at 5:31 PM

    Looks like a basic 'if' statment make it recursive so that whenever the if is satisfied the then is executed reading an interesting book on quantum computers with them the if and the else are both true until some other function queries the result

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  8. Mark HufstetlerSeptember 25, 2011 at 8:42 AM

    John Gillespie Yep. (Maybe one of the problems I have with that site is that my brain isn't logical enough to figure processes like that out!)

    Still planning on Macworld, BTW. I need to get some reservations made, and then get back to you guys on that ...

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  9. John GillespieSeptember 25, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    Yes! $75 per night for any room in either location at our favorite place. mske a reservation. Will be great to see you again!

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  10. Mark HufstetlerSeptember 29, 2011 at 5:41 AM

    John Gillespie Looking forward to it! I need to figure out some travel dates, here, and get planning ...

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  11. John GillespieSeptember 29, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    Please do :)

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