Comments on: Ask the Readers: How do you Handle Time-Based Reminders? http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/08/reminders/ Productivity for Entrepreneurs, GTD Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:03:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: mbs http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/08/reminders/comment-page-1/#comment-13414 mbs Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:16:48 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/08/reminders/#comment-13414 For reminders within the next two-three hours I set the timer in my mobile phone. Normally, I have only at a time. Stuff I need to do later in the day I write on a piece of paper and put that into my shirt pocket. For real world reminders at home I got myself one of those big restaurant chalk boards at home. Writing with chalk is fun and the stuff you write in big letters is difficult to forget. BTW, getting a chalk board it quite easy. Just drive over to your local brewery or Coca-Cola distributer an ask for one. Allthough I offered to pay for it, I even got it for free because they normally give them out to restaurants for free and didn't have a price... For longer period reminders online Sandy seems to be a cool idea. I got invited last week and will give her a chance. My biggest problem with Sandy is that she only knows two email addresses for reminding. If you keep your work and business email apart this is a bit of a problem. Sandy really needs to learn to optionally remind me on more than those addresses. I'm also not completely happy with the display on the dates on the iwantsandy.com site. But it's beta, so it can only get better. For reminders within the next two-three hours I set the timer in my mobile phone.
Normally, I have only at a time.

Stuff I need to do later in the day I write on a piece of paper and put that into my shirt pocket.

For real world reminders at home I got myself one of those big restaurant chalk boards at home.
Writing with chalk is fun and the stuff you write in big letters is difficult to forget. BTW,
getting a chalk board it quite easy. Just drive over to your local brewery or Coca-Cola distributer
an ask for one. Allthough I offered to pay for it, I even got it for free because they normally give
them out to restaurants for free and didn’t have a price…

For longer period reminders online Sandy seems to be a cool idea. I got invited last week and
will give her a chance.

My biggest problem with Sandy is that she only knows two email addresses for reminding. If you keep your work and business email apart this is a bit of a problem. Sandy really needs to learn to optionally remind me on more than those addresses. I’m also not completely happy with the display on the dates on the iwantsandy.com site. But it’s beta, so it can only get better.

]]> By: Jim http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/08/reminders/comment-page-1/#comment-13092 Jim Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:41:33 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/08/reminders/#comment-13092 Seems like I've been waiting forever to try Sandy out - I must've signed up months ago. Have they let beta testers know anything about when it might be ready? personally I rarely use any time based reminders because nothing really works for me now. I'm kind of hoping this Sandy will help get my s*** together. Seems like I’ve been waiting forever to try Sandy out – I must’ve signed up months ago. Have they let beta testers know anything about when it might be ready?

personally I rarely use any time based reminders because nothing really works for me now. I’m kind of hoping this Sandy will help get my s*** together.

]]> By: Ian Hunter http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/08/reminders/comment-page-1/#comment-12994 Ian Hunter Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:02:58 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/08/reminders/#comment-12994 Personally, I have 4 "categories" of things to be reminded of: Things that start at a specific time and date (like meetings) I put in Outlook as an appointment with a reminder. I sync with my Phone/PDA and that works fine. Things that don't have a specific time, but they need to get done on a particular day (like "pick up dry cleaning") I put in Outlook as an all day event, with no reminder. I have trained myself to check my calendar several times a day, so this works for me. I can trust my calendar because I don't put anything on it that doesn't really have to happen that day... except... Things that recur over time (like "change batteries in smoke detectors") I put in Outlook as repeating all day events with no reminder; if I don't get them done the exact day they pop up on my calendar, I move them(that day) to a "next action" list. Things like "pizza in oven" I just set a timer for (on the stove, etc). That's a pretty tight, by-the-book GTD implementation, but it works for me. Personally, I have 4 “categories” of things to be reminded of:

Things that start at a specific time and date (like meetings) I put in Outlook as an appointment with a reminder. I sync with my Phone/PDA and that works fine.

Things that don’t have a specific time, but they need to get done on a particular day (like “pick up dry cleaning”) I put in Outlook as an all day event, with no reminder. I have trained myself to check my calendar several times a day, so this works for me. I can trust my calendar because I don’t put anything on it that doesn’t really have to happen that day… except…

Things that recur over time (like “change batteries in smoke detectors”) I put in Outlook as repeating all day events with no reminder; if I don’t get them done the exact day they pop up on my calendar, I move them(that day) to a “next action” list.

Things like “pizza in oven” I just set a timer for (on the stove, etc).

That’s a pretty tight, by-the-book GTD implementation, but it works for me.

]]> By: Silvia http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/08/reminders/comment-page-1/#comment-12920 Silvia Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:29:34 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/08/reminders/#comment-12920 I like Todoist to receive reminders. I like Todoist to receive reminders.

]]> By: Andrew Flusche http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/08/reminders/comment-page-1/#comment-12907 Andrew Flusche Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:44:11 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/08/reminders/#comment-12907 I tried Sandy when you first blogged about her, but then I abandoned her. Oddly enough, we're back together. I'm finding Sandy really useful now that I'm working. It's a different flow than a typical to-do list, but ti's working well. I tried Sandy when you first blogged about her, but then I abandoned her. Oddly enough, we’re back together. I’m finding Sandy really useful now that I’m working. It’s a different flow than a typical to-do list, but ti’s working well.

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