IFTTT, Art and API

First, when browsing recipes I came across this:

“Auto download the new songs in a Spotify playlist to my Dropbox” It’s great. It takes a spotify playlist I made and it searches for the exact songs as free downloads on Soundcloud and LastFM. It is really buggy and only works about half of the times its triggered. If anyone can figure it out before I can, could you let me know? I highly recommend this recipe, otherwise.

I have made my own three simpler recipes.

First I have one that sends me a text message when the president signs a new bill, includes the name, the code, the sponsor, and a link for more details.

Second I have a recipe that sends me a push notification when its about to rain, along with the temperature.

Then I have one that is a prank, every year today at 3 pm I’m going to make a tweet saying that I will remember this moment every year. It will fool my (2) followers into thinking that I have a really good memory, if they remember themselves.

The way APIs made software and programs easier to control, as discussed in Art and the API, IFTTT also makes software even easier to use to its full potential. IFTTT is more user friendly than any other platform to bridge programs together, and because of that, the user can be bridge effortlessly without the burden of learning how to use it. It is a tradeoff, though. Using IFTTT without any customizing the user has to work within the limits of the website. IFTTT and APIs relates to Jim Cambells formula for computer art, because it is creative minds transferring data from one form to another, and allowing real time interaction. These technologies have been around for a while, but there is new and interesting work being made using them because they can be repurposed in infinite ways.