Anyone using if this then that(IFTT) in workflow?

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Posted by jamesofford
Aug 12, 2014 at 12:27 PM

Good morning everyone: Not strictly an outliner question, but I am wondering if anyone in this group has found a way to incorporate IFTT into their workflow. Most of what I do is done locally, on my own computer. I tend to like to do things that way. Then, if I am not attached to a network, I can still get work done.

However, looking at IFTT, it occurs to me that I might be able to use it in my current system(Not that it is real systematic, but I have cobbled together some stuff that works for me.) Also, now that I am a real, live faculty member, I have more stuff that needs to be watched. Classes, seminars, faculty meetings grant deadlines etc. And I have taken on a couple of new responsibilities as well. So, on top of the other organizational challenges I have(I wrote about that a while back. Still working on it.) I also have scheduling issues. I keep my calendars locally, but they all feed back onto Google Calendar, because that is the calendaring system that the University uses.

At any rate, the simple question-Does IFTT help you, and if so, how?

Jim.

p.s. I have been working though the long term scheduling/organizing issues that I raised in an earlier thread. Once I have something that works, I will get back to the group. I got a lot of good suggestions(As I knew I would.)and I am sorting through them. Of course, classes start soon, and grant deadlines are looming so it may take me a while to get thing that work into place.

Posted by jimspoon
Aug 12, 2014 at 09:39 PM

I think my only active ifttt recipe right now is that whenever I save an article in Feedly, it gets put into Evernote. Very handy.

I need to investigate other available ifttt channels and recipes.

jim

Posted by Foolness
Aug 13, 2014 at 01:20 AM

Some of the ones that might relate to outlining:

https://ifttt.com/recipes/117464-add-trello-card-to-board-via-gmail-when-ios-reminder-is-added-to-specific-list

https://ifttt.com/recipes/140377-create-a-trello-card-for-a-weekly-review-every-friday-trellodojo

https://ifttt.com/recipes/141299-send-text-messages-to-a-trello-board-trellodojo

https://ifttt.com/recipes/74376-everytime-an-email-is-labeled-as-todo-create-an-event-on-gcal-as-a-reminder

https://ifttt.com/recipes/40822-add-emails-with-todo-label-to-todo-txt

https://ifttt.com/recipes/179118-if-new-tweet-with-hashtag-todo-add-tweet-text-to-clear-on-ios

https://ifttt.com/recipes/185578-evernote-to-toodledo-task-create-todo

https://ifttt.com/recipes/159513-add-recurring-items-to-todo-txt-on-a-daily-weekly-monthly-basis-gtd

Posted by Ken
Aug 13, 2014 at 03:09 PM

Foolness wrote:
Some of the ones that might relate to outlining:
> >https://ifttt.com/recipes/117464-add-trello-card-to-board-via-gmail-when-ios-reminder-is-added-to-specific-list
> >https://ifttt.com/recipes/140377-create-a-trello-card-for-a-weekly-review-every-friday-trellodojo
> >https://ifttt.com/recipes/141299-send-text-messages-to-a-trello-board-trellodojo
> >https://ifttt.com/recipes/74376-everytime-an-email-is-labeled-as-todo-create-an-event-on-gcal-as-a-reminder
> >https://ifttt.com/recipes/40822-add-emails-with-todo-label-to-todo-txt
> >https://ifttt.com/recipes/179118-if-new-tweet-with-hashtag-todo-add-tweet-text-to-clear-on-ios
> >https://ifttt.com/recipes/185578-evernote-to-toodledo-task-create-todo
> >https://ifttt.com/recipes/159513-add-recurring-items-to-todo-txt-on-a-daily-weekly-monthly-basis-gtd

Thanks for the links. The Trello recipes are linked to a book entitled TrelloDojo. It is the first I have heard of it, but it sounds interesting. I use both Trello and Asana, but have come to appreciate the beauty of Trello’s client apps for Android and iOS. I just wish Asana would get moving on a better native app.

I have been off and on interested in IFTT, but was alwasy curious about security issues. I do, however, like to have a companion task app that communicates well with my calendars, so my mailbox is not the only place that written notices are available for me to review, regardless of what device I am using. I have used Pocket Informant, Toodledo, Trello and Asana in one form or another, but have yet to find the perfect arrangement. I suspect that I will get there some day, but then somebody will stop supporting a piece of software and I’ll probably be back to square one.

—Ken

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