Superminder Makes Managing Reminders A Snap

Is there a reminder service we can use to remind us which of the 400 different web-based reminder services we're using?

I think the ideal solution would be a phone the maintains an over-the-air sync with your online calendar of choice and throws its own event reminders. Sounds pretty plausible, but if there's an iPhone solution, I haven't got it. I know it can sync calendars alright. But for events created on the PC, I don't know a way of having it pass an Event Reminder instruction when it syncs to the phone.

@PhillySaxon: Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't GCal have a Send Email Reminder option on your events? (I left it for another online calendar about 6 months ago, I don't remember for sure)

I realize that it's not SMS, but if you're in the habit of checking email from your mobile phone regularly when you're away from your desk, spending on an SMS reminder service may not be quite so necessary.

If it had GCal integration, I'd definately try it. (Although I plan on one day giving up Google, for the moment I've got an Android phone so... yeah.)

But, that screenshot of his tasks are awesome.

@ossigeno: We are currently working on the repeating option! Thanks for the comment

molecube

Bah! No repeating options, no pestering options. Pingme rocks.

ossigeno

@sammysam: We corrected the period bug in the e-mail validation.It will be in tomorrow's daily update. We will also take in consideration the multi e-mail option you are talking about! Thanks alot for trying our software!

molecube

@J. Nadeau: If I'm not mistaken, Rogers charges $0.15/msg at the pay-per-use rate for message sent, and messages received by customers without text messaging included in their plan. If I haven't screwed up the math, $20/100msgs works out to $0.20/msg through Superminder (not factoring the exchange rate).

So, periods in the email address are invalid. News to me. And the friggin standard.

Also, when I tried to use my ATT[ wireless] email[for sms] it complained.

I really like the idea of services like these - my gCal is busy enough without adding task remdinders or yet another calendar.

Now, if only their email "validation" wasn't so friggin wonky...and you could have more than one email address...

sammysam

@S@ndman: Yeah, you could use your cellphone's email as the reminder address for Superminder. I think the SMS feature is aimed towards those who get charged for the emails received as SMS: it sends the SMS through a "real" cell, rather than tunnel it through emails. On Rogers (in Canada), this means the received SMS is free rather than paying for having it delivered through the email address associated with your cellphone.

@S@ndman: That's a great tip. I think some providers count text messages forwarded to the phone this way as text messages sent, so if you don't have an SMS plan or you already use most of your monthly limit, you may be subject to additional charges.

I was looking for this exact thing last night. Thanks!

@UnMicD: It does do SMS for free (in UK for deffo), this software is GCal with a cost!

pauluk

Same work around I posted for task.fm. Every cell phone I know that can receive a text message has an e-mail address, how about just setting up that e-mail address instead of sms and getter reminders for free on any phone.

Here is how it works for verizon: Any e-mail address in the world can send a message to your nickname'@vtext.com or 10-digit@vtext.com.

S@ndman

It's a must have to everyone who have a busy schedule. I used to be a beta tester and I can tell you that I can't live without it anymore. Congrats for the best reminder apps on the web guys !

SamuelFapack

eh yeah, my GCal, iCal, then my iPod and Palm device can all stay in sync at this moment and Google will send me free SMS updates about my events.

RJ Schmidt

Dammit, can't any of these reminder services have free SMS?

[reqall.com] does all of this for me

playdoh

@detection: They've got to have some income.

ThePioneer

I called my mobile phone services provider yesterday and they said there is a possibility to send email to some address like yourmobilephonenumber@sms.msprovider.com and you are going to receive this as an SMS. I checked it and it worked.

Speaking about superminder, it seems to be very buggy. I tried to change my timezone over nine thousand times and when I am trying to add a task it says I should change my timezone.

penetrarthur

I would recommend checking out [www.Gtdagenda.com] for an online GTD manager with Email reminders.

dannielo

Does superminder (or any of these task reminders) offer a user API to add/delete notifications?

@Prolific Programmer: Not yet, but superminder planned it in the future.

molecube