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

40 points by skant 17y ago

maggie 17y 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
- skant 17y ago
  Noted. thanks
truebosko 17y 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.
- skant 17y ago
  That's what we are currently working on. Also we would support recurring reminders like "every month", "daily", etc.
amr 17y ago
Great, a twitter application that is simple, easy to use and does not generate noise. Nice work.
Banzai10 17y ago
Looks like interesting, it can be improved (like add management, visualization, etc..) but their simplicity is making the difference.
greengirl512 17y 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!
trevorturk 17y 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 http://bit.ly/laterr to use me more effectively. Thanks."
- trevorturk 17y ago
  The DMs keep pouring in, and I'm unable to unfollow for some reason :(
  - skant 17y ago
    oopsy .. BUG found and killed.
    - trevorturk 17y ago
      Thanks. Nothing personal, but I think there's a lot of trust involved in things like reminders, calendars, to-do lists, etc. Having a bad experience like this with my first try makes it much less likely that I'll give it another go.
  - skant 17y ago
    and yes.. Sorry about the inconvenience.
  - skant 17y ago
    this -> http://status.twitter.com/post/117482837 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 17y ago
This reminds me of "I want Sandy".. which Twitter acquired and squashed..
- whatusername 17y ago
  That was my first thought. That was a clever little app.
garndt 17y 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 17y 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 17y ago
Another similar app: http://www.presdo.com http://www.presdo.com
- _chandrasekhar 17y ago
  well .. not too intuitive .. and also too much info needs to be given.
helium 17y ago
Cool. I like it.

40 points by skant 17y 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

skant 17y ago
Noted. thanks

truebosko 17y 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.

skant 17y ago
That's what we are currently working on. Also we would support recurring reminders like "every month", "daily", etc.

amr 17y ago

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

Banzai10 17y ago

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

greengirl512 17y 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!

trevorturk 17y 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 http://bit.ly/laterr to use me more effectively. Thanks."

trevorturk 17y ago
The DMs keep pouring in, and I'm unable to unfollow for some reason :(
- skant 17y ago
  oopsy .. BUG found and killed.
  - trevorturk 17y ago
    Thanks. Nothing personal, but I think there's a lot of trust involved in things like reminders, calendars, to-do lists, etc. Having a bad experience like this with my first try makes it much less likely that I'll give it another go.
- skant 17y ago
  and yes.. Sorry about the inconvenience.
- skant 17y ago
  this -> http://status.twitter.com/post/117482837 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 17y ago

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

whatusername 17y ago
That was my first thought. That was a clever little app.

garndt 17y 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 17y 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 17y ago

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

_chandrasekhar 17y ago
well .. not too intuitive .. and also too much info needs to be given.

helium 17y ago

Cool. I like it.