Ifttt(ifthisthenthat) puts the internet to work for you by creating tasks that fit this simple structure: Think of all the things you could do if you were able to define any task as: when something happens (this) then do something else (that).
The (this) part of a task is called a Trigger. The (that) part of a task is called an action. Triggers and Actions come from Channels. Channels are the unique services and devices you use everyday, activated specifically for you.
[advt]When you put one channel’s trigger together with another channel’s action, that is called a task. Here is an example of a task that tweets every new bookmark from my Delicious account tagged “tweet”. Tasks can be turned on and off. Tasks that are turned off won’t poll for new data. When they are turned back on they pick up as if you had just created them. You can have 10tasks turned on at any one time. Tasks poll for new trigger data every 15 minutes. So there is sometimes a small delay between when new data is available and when a trigger picks it up.
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