IF THIS THEN THAT

You might have noticed that my last few blog posts look a little different. That's because I am using IF THIS THEN THAT.

IF THIS THEN THAT is a free service that lets you create powerful connections with one simple statement:

I first learned about this super cool tech tool from Catlin Tucker who provides an excellent step by step tutorial. After trying it out for a few days I am sold! IF THIS THEN THAT links the tools you are already using allowing them to work together - and by working together the tools really start to work for you!

This is how it works:

1. Create an account at IFTT.com
2. Create a recipe by choosing a trigger (if this) and an action (then that).
3. Sit back and watch the internet work for you!

The recipe above shows that I am using IFTTT to connect Twitter and Blogger. Each time I tweet with the hashtag #holtontechtips, a blog post is automatically created and labeled, IFTTT and twitter. How cool is that!? What I love most about this particular recipe (besides the fact that the internet is literally working for me) is that the readers of my blog who are not on twitter can still read the information I share on twitter. It took a little playing around to find the recipe that works best for me. I quickly realized that I didn't want every tweet to create a post on the blog, by changing the rule to read "new tweet by @MrsDobroth with the hashtag #holtontechtips" I can easily control which tweets create blog posts.

I know I am easily excited about new technology tools, but this might be the coolest tool I have come across yet! Check it out today and for more information and a step by step guide, check out Catlin Tucker's post on IFTTT!