After a weekend of scrambling to find a replacement for “I Want Sandy,” the fantastic email reminder service that’s now being closed, I think I finally hit upon a winner. It’s called “Go Ping Me” and while it doesn’t use natural language queries like Sandy does, it still gets the job done. It’s not as [...]

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Looks like the makers of “I Want Sandy”, my favorite to-do tool, have been purchased by Twitter, and are now being shuttered completely on December 8. Time to hurry up and find an alternative. I just heard about another task manager, called Deadline, and guess I need to check that out ASAP. This is a [...]

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Ever needed to quickly add a calendar item/meeting/event to Google Calendar, but didn’t have web access? Well, this little known SMS tip should help you out. 
First, you’ll need to go to your Google Calendar settings and register your mobile phone number, which is a simple process.
The syntax follows that of the “Quick Add” - 
What: This [...]

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A short time ago, I ran through the routine for quickly creating tasks via I Want Sandy and Twitter. Well, after doing some searching on the Remember the Milk site, I discovered you can do the same thing there. While I tend to prefer I Want Sandy, Remember the Milk is certainly a good to [...]

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Pity the “to do” list, we both love it, and hate it, and most of us write them up with the best intentions, then ignore them. If you’re looking for a better way to manage tasks, I Want Sandy is an awesome way to do it.
I Want Sandy (or just “Sandy” for short) is a [...]

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