Ask HN: Review my app. Set Reminders in human language on Twitter

http://code.google.com/p/reminder-service/

by skant • 17 years ago

40 20 17 years ago

code.google.com

truebosko• 17 years ago

Cute. Is there a way to see my reminders or manage them? I was thinking of doing something like this but using a Jabber bot awhile ago but never got around to it. I think that would be a good interface for something like this.

skant5• 17 years ago

That's what we are currently working on. Also we would support recurring reminders like "every month", "daily", etc.

amr• 17 years ago

Great, a twitter application that is simple, easy to use and does not generate noise. Nice work.

Banzai10• 17 years ago

Looks like interesting, it can be improved (like add management, visualization, etc..) but their simplicity is making the difference.

maggie• 17 years ago

It's unclear from the front page what type of reminders I can actually set. You give a lot of examples as to what will be supported in the future, but I can't tell what is actually supported now.

I'm trying it out anyway, but it would be nice to know those things without testing. : D

skant5• 17 years ago

Noted. thanks

greengirl512• 17 years ago

I hate to be all "Simpsons did it!," but you can do a lot of the same stuff with Twitter using Remember the Milk. Still, I think your app would be a more appealing option to people who just want to set reminders via Twitter and don't want an entire task management program to deal with. Good job!

trevorturk3• 17 years ago

Great idea, but sending me 11 direct messages right after I start following you is not very cool. Makes me reluctant to trust the service...

"Howdy. Thanks for trying me out. Take a look at http://bit.ly/laterr to use me more effectively. Thanks."

trevorturk3• 17 years ago

The DMs keep pouring in, and I'm unable to unfollow for some reason :(

skant5• 17 years ago

oopsy .. BUG found and killed.

skant5• 17 years ago

and yes.. Sorry about the inconvenience.

skant5• 17 years ago

this -> http://status.twitter.com/post/117482837 caused the bug last night.

Lesson learned : Never use an API blindly without adding your own checks to it.

goodkarma• 17 years ago

This reminds me of "I want Sandy".. which Twitter acquired and squashed..

whatusername• 17 years ago

That was my first thought. That was a clever little app.

garndt• 17 years ago

What problem is this specifically solving that dozens of other scheduling/task/GTD/Calendar systems haven't solved?. Even the most basic phone now has some kind of alerting feature on it.

Scriptor• 17 years ago

It's usually a bit of a hassle to set those, since you have to set each of the fields and most date fields are rather annoying. Just using plain text is easier.

catch23• 17 years ago

Another similar app: http://www.presdo.com

_chandrasekhar• 17 years ago

well .. not too intuitive .. and also too much info needs to be given.

helium• 17 years ago

Cool. I like it.

Ask HN: Review my app. Set Reminders in human language on Twitter

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