I’ve been using it for awhile as a sort of behind the scenes application but I was talking to some friends that shockingly had never heard of it. If you have heard of the app If This, Then That go check it out in your app store of choice or at ifttt.com.
Essentially what the app does is enable you to connect the various apps that you use to one another. For example, if you use a fitness tracker and you are trying to understand your sleep patterns better you can set up an IFTTT rule to have Fitbit (or another brand) load the data automatically every day into a Google Spreadsheet so that you can actually see the trend live.
It’s extremely easy to setup and use. The best part about it is that it is invisible to you after setting it up. You can setup a rule to mute your phone’s volume when you get to work and it will automatically happen every time you get to the office. You can setup a rule to save your new photos to Dropbox every time you take a picture. You can setup a rule to receive NY Times articles by email from a certain category. You can setup a rule to track your trips in Evernote.
The list of things you can do with it is impressively long. And best of all, it’s free.
Go take the time to try a couple out. Six months later you’ll forget there’s a program behind the scenes doing things for you but you’ll appreciate the enhanced productivity none-the-less.