reminders

ReturnMyPants Ensures You Get Loaned Items Back

5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’re loaning something out and you’d like to see it again some day, it’s wise to have some sort of reminder system in place. ReturnMyPants is a simple tracking tool for items you loan out. More »

NetRocket Catalogues Your Bookmarks And Issues Reminders

5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you find yourself bookmarking things left and right but rarely ever getting back around to looking through your bookmark collection, NetRocket can help you wrangle your bookmark mountain. More »

Superminder Makes Managing Reminders A Snap

11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’re looking for a no-frills easy to navigate reminder system, Superminder makes creating and editing email reminders a simple task. More »

Packwhiz Streamlines Packing For Your Trip

7:30AM Adam Pash | Always have the sneaking suspicion you’ve forgotten something when you’re ready to head out the door on a trip? Web-based packing list generator Packwhiz aims to ensure that never happens again. More »

Mac Productivity Timer Reminds You To Spend Time Wisely

2:00AM The How-To Geek | Mac OS X only: Reader Talha writes in with an update to yesterday’s productivity script—now Mac users also have a reminder that asks every so often whether you are spending your time wisely. More »

Productivity Script Reminds You To Spend Time Wisely

2:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader Robert writes in with his own excellent and ubergeeky method of staying productive—a script that pops up a reminder every so often asking whether you are spending your time wisely. More »

Email Yourself Reminders From Launchy

4:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Reader Ryan writes in with his ubergeeky method for sending emails to himself directly from Launchy—a very useful trick to quickly send yourself reminders. To accomplish this hack, Ryan assembled a visual basic script (VBS) file that sends the email using Gmail’s SMTP server—the email addresses are hard-coded but the subject line can be entered directly in Launchy. More »

Use Firefox Bookmarks As Daily Reminders

6:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Reader Jeff found a clever way to quickly remember his favourite Gmail shortcut keys—by creating a folder of bookmarks named for the most useful hotkeys. Combined with the Lifehacker favourite Xmarks extension (previously known as Foxmarks), Jeff has his quick Gmail tips available on any computer with Firefox—a very clever solution for adding reference material that you use often. The more geeky readers will probably note that you can use thebuilt-in Gmail keyboard shortcut guide accessible through the ? key, but the idea of using a folder of bookmarks as a quick reminder system is a very interesting one—you could add a folder with a list of your long term goals. Which makes us wonder, what else could this technique be used for? Can you think of something clever to share with your fellow Lifehacker readers? Tell us in the comments. More »

Library Elf Tracks Your Book-Borrowing Activities

1:00PM Angus Kidman | If you’ve taken to visiting the local library as a means of cutting down on book clutter, you could well be faced with a new organisational challenge: keeping track of which books you and family members have due. While most libraries offer online tracking for books these days, if you’re using multiple libraries or can’t get email reminders, then Library Elf could be useful. The basic free service send email reminders for due dates, but is restricted to just one library; there’s an optional premium service if you regularly haunt multiple libraries, and which is also available from participating “subscriber” libraries without cost. By my count, there’s 57 Australian libraries currently included in the service. If you’ve got another tactic for making sure you don’t get hit with overdue fees, share it in the comments. Thanks Tim! Library Elf More »