gHacks technology news » reminders http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:45:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Send Reminders To Your RSS Reader http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/16/send-reminders-to-your-rss-reader/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/16/send-reminders-to-your-rss-reader/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:19:24 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=9931 Some webmasters and tech savvy users seem to live in their RSS reader. They have it open 24/7 to be among the first when a subscribed websites publishes new content. This makes a service like Reminder Feed valuable which is sending out reminders to the user’s RSS reader.

Reminder Feed is one of the few services that does not ask the user to register an account before allowing them to use the service. Everything can be done without account registration. The main page of the reminder service displays the form that can be used to create a new reminder.

The only mandatory fields are the title, the start date and the description. Optional fields are the end date, a link and a password. Reminders will be send out daily until the end date is reached if it was specified.

The reminders can be edited at anytime by anyone if no password was specified or by the creator if a password was specified. This could be used to change the message and title to something else.

The service has not been updated in three years but it is still working as intended.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/16/send-reminders-to-your-rss-reader/feed/ 0 Reminder Software http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/30/reminder-software/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/30/reminder-software/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:53:46 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=9444 There are basically three ways to keep track of events in the future. Some people are able to keep track of everything in their head while others rely on conventional or electronic ways to do the same. A no thrills no frills reminder software for Windows computers is Mini Reminder. The small software program will remind the user of all kinds of events that have been added to it by the user. It comes with a pre-configured set of events that demonstrate the program’s functionality.

New events can be added easily to the software application. Each event consists of a date, a warning message and notes. The event can be set to repeat every year which is handy for birthdays and other annual events. The warning message will be displayed whenever the program is activated and the note can be displayed by hovering over a small icon next to the message.

The program will start to remind the user 10 days before the event and stop doing so 3 days afterwards. This can be changed in the options for all events or customized for specific events.

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The preferences contain options to change the display of the warning messages which includes customization of the colors and fonts. Mini Reminder uses roughly 2.6 Megabytes of computer memory while running which makes it ideal for users who have no other means of keeping track of important events.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/30/reminder-software/feed/ 3 Send Reminders, Alerts and Invitations with Phonevite http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/13/send-reminders-alerts-and-invitations-with-phonevite/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/13/send-reminders-alerts-and-invitations-with-phonevite/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:52:34 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5314 I bet we could all use a reminder from time to time and what could be better than to receive a recorded call with your own voice that is reminding you at a scheduled time? Phonevite takes the concept a bit further by offering anyone the ability to record messages on the Phonevite website or by phone and send that message not only to one number but up to 25 numbers at once in the free version.

It can be used to send reminders and alerts to your phone so that you are reminded about a specific event in the future but it can also be used to send invites or reminders to a bunch of people. The service is currently only available to users that live in the United States of America who can send and receive messages by phone. It is however possible to record a message on the website and send it to individuals that live in the United States which makes it a nice tool for everyone who wants to contact someone in the USA.

A microphone is required to record messages on the website directly. Those messages are saved on the Internet and can be sent to phone numbers later on. Phone numbers can be added manually or taken from so called phone groups that contain a number of saved phone numbers. It would make sense for example to have a family and friends groups in there.

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One interesting feature is the RSVP one. RSVP means Répondez s’il vous plaît which means something like Reply Please. Recipients can be asked to reply to the message with a Yes, No or Maybe which comes in handy for invitations or meetings.

Calls can be scheduled but premium messages will always be prioritized over free messages which could mean that the free messages get delayed until the premium calls have been completed.

The main differences between free and premium accounts beside prioritization is the amount of simultaneous calls. Premium accounts can make up to 2000 calls at once while free accounts have a 25 call limit. On the other hand each Premium call costs $0.05.

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