If This Then That: How To Automate Your Web
There's a cool new web application that you may want to check out. It's called "If This Then That", and it lets you connect your social media and web application accounts and create "triggers" that will automatically do things for you. The possibilities are endless, you can basically do anything with this tool. Like, for example: You can set up an auto-response when you get a new follower on Twitter. You can automatically email yourself when the weather forecast says it's going to rain. And you can automatically move files between different services including DropBox, YouTube, and Photo sharing services...
It's kind of hard to explain, it's probably best to just try it yourself. The website is http://ifttt.com. Have fun! And feel free to ask me questions in the comments if you need help figuring it out.
User-configurable Keyboard Shortcuts
Probably a firefox extension or chrome plugin, but also a web directory where visitors can install greasemonkey scripts that will add keyboard shortcut functionality to various apps. The full add-on will be promoted to be able to notify you of configuration change possibilities and specific website productivity tips, all based on the current URL in view. Users will be able to change/add/remove keyboard shortcuts for every URL.
Challenges:
- compatibility
- change monitoring
- conflict resolution
HD Video at Vimeo
Here's a video I did awhile back, now in "HD" so you can actually see it, versus what Flickr did to my video the first time I uploaded it.
Twitter Reply Notifications (Screencast) from Rex Pechler on Vimeo.
I'm also testing here if a "private" video can still be embedded publicly (for a friend).
