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13 points by brettcvz 12y ago

brettcvz 12y ago
New startup idea: "A single-tap, zero character way to control your life" Edit: The above should be seen as a bit tongue-in-cheek.
- minimaxir 12y ago
  This depends on your definition of "control." (specifically, the fact that you can only have one of these recipes active.)
  - sp332 12y ago
    Really? Why can you only have one active?
    - minimaxir 12y ago
      The only trigger for the action is sending a Yo. I supposed you could have more than one recipe active if you don't mind executing all the recipes at the same time. :P
      - sp332 12y ago
        Yes, exactly! :) Why would I only want to turn my lights off, when I could set the temperature and tweet at the same time!
        minimaxir 12y ago
        I don't think Rube-Goldberg-Machine-As-A-Service is a big-enough market.
    - nmcfarl 12y ago
      Because you have the first step of all of these recipes is to Yo yourself. So if you have more than one recipe active time all of the events will happen at once. I.e. if you have the first three recipes all active you will simultaneously: call yourself, turn your lights off, and text your friend when you activate them by Yo-ing yourself. Which is an impractical way of controlling your life.
- sp332 12y ago
  This reminds me of the alien language from Stargate. They had plans to make a whole language, but the vocabulary used in the show actually got smaller and smaller until they just had one word, "Kree!" It's a command that means "do what you're supposed to!" The alien overlords would just yell it at whomever was standing around, like punctuation.
  - Leszek 12y ago
    Lampshaded in one of the episodes where O'Neill asks what "kree" actually means, and the reply is that it's something along the lines of "yoo-hoo".
  - burke 12y ago
    Hey now, there were at least two words. Chapa'ai meant "stargate". I guess "tok'ra" and "jaffa" count too, but I can't even think of any others. Probably the least developed language of all time.
    - JoeAltmaier 12y ago
      http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Goa%27uld_language http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Goa%27uld_language
minimaxir 12y ago
It should be noted that Yo's 15 minutes of fame are up: it's tanking in ranking in both App Stores. http://i.imgur.com/IEjkirh.png http://i.imgur.com/IEjkirh.png
- dennisnedry 12y ago
  I've already heard NPR's MarketPlace refer to Yo even getting 15 minutes of fame as an indication that a "tech bubble" could be looming. What next, some kid makes an app that lets your phone dial somebody with one click? Oh wait, that's called Speed Dial.
IanCal 12y ago
A single tap, zero character communication tool capable of triggering an action on a remote service. Is that just a button?
- jjsz 12y ago
  Yeah. It can be used to call waiters without investing into a raspberry pie / arduino and a bunch of rotary devices for each waiter when they all have phones.
  - eli 12y ago
    Wouldn't a text message do that too?
    - yefim 12y ago
      Yo is one tap. Texting is many more.
LeicaLatte 12y ago
Bubble!
- LeicaLatte 12y ago
  OK. But Bloomberg is with me now - http://www.bloomberg.com/video/is-the-yo-app-the-latest-example-of-a-tech-bubble-fQpkYJTJR9mg8C6vN_X~lw.html http://www.bloomberg.com/video/is-the-yo-app-the-latest-exam...
eli 12y ago
Does anyone know how IFTTT decides which channels to add? I assume some of them are paid? I'd probably pay a few dollars for a version that was more open and supported e.g. webhooks. But I guess that's Zapier.
- mikeknoop 12y ago
  Curious what your looking to rig up, any reason Zapier doesn't fit the bill for you?
- kevinebaugh 12y ago
  We're always listening for new Channel ideas over here: http://ift.tt/ChannelSuggestion http://ift.tt/ChannelSuggestion We're also working on a way for developers to build on IFTTT. Check that out here: http://ift.tt/platform http://ift.tt/platform What sorts of Recipes would you like to set up?
  - eli 12y ago
    The big one is HipChat, which I've already suggested at least twice :) Otherwise, it would just be cool to be able to use IFTTT as part of custom little programs. For example, I have a script that notices when a url on our server suddenly gets a spike in traffic. It would be cool to be able to have push to a IFTTT API and have it trigger whatever actions I want. Likewise, it would be cool to have webhooks so that I could have some custom action that's triggered by IFTTT. Maybe this is outside the scope of how you want people using the service.
    - toomuchtodo 12y ago
      Have you tried Slack instead of Hipchat? My old gig used HipChat, and my new one uses Slack, and I find the difference between the two to be night and day.
      - eli 12y ago
        I did try both and picked HipChat (though I now have a few regrets). Slack's lack of native Windows client was a real bummer and, frankly, I found the Slack interface unnecessarily confusing. I think they need a "simple" mode or the ability to turn some features off by default. That said, Slack's integration with 3rd party services like Github is just straight up better than HipChat. And after using it for a while there are a couple of small (fixable!) things about HipChat that are really irritating.

13 points by brettcvz 12y ago

New startup idea: "A single-tap, zero character way to control your life" Edit: The above should be seen as a bit tongue-in-cheek.

minimaxir 12y ago
This depends on your definition of "control." (specifically, the fact that you can only have one of these recipes active.)
- sp332 12y ago
  Really? Why can you only have one active?
  - minimaxir 12y ago
    The only trigger for the action is sending a Yo. I supposed you could have more than one recipe active if you don't mind executing all the recipes at the same time. :P
    - sp332 12y ago
      Yes, exactly! :) Why would I only want to turn my lights off, when I could set the temperature and tweet at the same time!
      - minimaxir 12y ago
        I don't think Rube-Goldberg-Machine-As-A-Service is a big-enough market.
  - nmcfarl 12y ago
    Because you have the first step of all of these recipes is to Yo yourself. So if you have more than one recipe active time all of the events will happen at once. I.e. if you have the first three recipes all active you will simultaneously: call yourself, turn your lights off, and text your friend when you activate them by Yo-ing yourself. Which is an impractical way of controlling your life.
sp332 12y ago
This reminds me of the alien language from Stargate. They had plans to make a whole language, but the vocabulary used in the show actually got smaller and smaller until they just had one word, "Kree!" It's a command that means "do what you're supposed to!" The alien overlords would just yell it at whomever was standing around, like punctuation.
- Leszek 12y ago
  Lampshaded in one of the episodes where O'Neill asks what "kree" actually means, and the reply is that it's something along the lines of "yoo-hoo".
- burke 12y ago
  Hey now, there were at least two words. Chapa'ai meant "stargate". I guess "tok'ra" and "jaffa" count too, but I can't even think of any others. Probably the least developed language of all time.
  - JoeAltmaier 12y ago
    http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Goa%27uld_language http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Goa%27uld_language

minimaxir 12y ago

It should be noted that Yo's 15 minutes of fame are up: it's tanking in ranking in both App Stores. http://i.imgur.com/IEjkirh.png http://i.imgur.com/IEjkirh.png

dennisnedry 12y ago
I've already heard NPR's MarketPlace refer to Yo even getting 15 minutes of fame as an indication that a "tech bubble" could be looming. What next, some kid makes an app that lets your phone dial somebody with one click? Oh wait, that's called Speed Dial.

IanCal 12y ago

A single tap, zero character communication tool capable of triggering an action on a remote service. Is that just a button?

jjsz 12y ago
Yeah. It can be used to call waiters without investing into a raspberry pie / arduino and a bunch of rotary devices for each waiter when they all have phones.
- eli 12y ago
  Wouldn't a text message do that too?
  - yefim 12y ago
    Yo is one tap. Texting is many more.

LeicaLatte 12y ago

Bubble!

LeicaLatte 12y ago
OK. But Bloomberg is with me now - http://www.bloomberg.com/video/is-the-yo-app-the-latest-example-of-a-tech-bubble-fQpkYJTJR9mg8C6vN_X~lw.html http://www.bloomberg.com/video/is-the-yo-app-the-latest-exam...

eli 12y ago

Does anyone know how IFTTT decides which channels to add? I assume some of them are paid? I'd probably pay a few dollars for a version that was more open and supported e.g. webhooks. But I guess that's Zapier.

mikeknoop 12y ago
Curious what your looking to rig up, any reason Zapier doesn't fit the bill for you?
kevinebaugh 12y ago
We're always listening for new Channel ideas over here: http://ift.tt/ChannelSuggestion http://ift.tt/ChannelSuggestion We're also working on a way for developers to build on IFTTT. Check that out here: http://ift.tt/platform http://ift.tt/platform What sorts of Recipes would you like to set up?
- eli 12y ago
  The big one is HipChat, which I've already suggested at least twice :) Otherwise, it would just be cool to be able to use IFTTT as part of custom little programs. For example, I have a script that notices when a url on our server suddenly gets a spike in traffic. It would be cool to be able to have push to a IFTTT API and have it trigger whatever actions I want. Likewise, it would be cool to have webhooks so that I could have some custom action that's triggered by IFTTT. Maybe this is outside the scope of how you want people using the service.
  - toomuchtodo 12y ago
    Have you tried Slack instead of Hipchat? My old gig used HipChat, and my new one uses Slack, and I find the difference between the two to be night and day.
    - eli 12y ago
      I did try both and picked HipChat (though I now have a few regrets). Slack's lack of native Windows client was a real bummer and, frankly, I found the Slack interface unnecessarily confusing. I think they need a "simple" mode or the ability to turn some features off by default. That said, Slack's integration with 3rd party services like Github is just straight up better than HipChat. And after using it for a while there are a couple of small (fixable!) things about HipChat that are really irritating.