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I frequently have a deadline or appointment coming up that I need to ensure I don't forget with a tickler. So for instance, say that I want to make sure I renew my Drivers license by 6/13. But I am only out of the office Tuesday morning, and no other time until then, therefore I try telling Sandy:

remind tues 9am Renew Drivers license by 6/13

Instead of telling me "Renew Drivers License by 6/13" on Tues 9AM, she strings together these two apparent dates illogically:

Fri, 6/13 9:00am - Wed, 6/3/2009 9:00am Renew Drivers

This doesn't make sense! I want Sandy to remind me on Tues, then I can snooze it for 24 hours or so if I can't go get my driver's license renewed.

How do I make Sandy understand me??

Thanks!

I think pretty far..,

Guys and gals, this (iwantSandy.com) is a fantastic idea for an online service, let me start by saying that. I've signed up and I have to admit, it's pretty cool what you have done so far.

I know this is only the tip of the iceberg, as the system evolves with time it will get better and better. The purpose of this discussion is to encourage other users to lay out their ideas about what this service may look like in a couple of years if taken to the next level.

To start, here are a few of my thoughts, as they seem like the logical evolution path for such web app:

1) As customer base grows, more money is injected in the infrastructure to make the pages load fast.

2) As mobile phones get more and more integrated with the cloud, so will this service. Eventually, this service should be able to synch with your mobile phone's speech recognition system, so that you can talk to Sandy and tell her your to do's instead of typing. (forget about typing..)

3) As other electronics get online and part of the cloud, Sandy, should follow as well, so as to truly become an online assistant wherever you go. (car GPS, mobile phone, any pc on the web, etc)

4) As your electronics become "smarter" you will be able to do more with sandy, more than just recording or retrieving data.. you should be able to send commands or request actions to be done (i.e: simple ones, check email, what's my calendar look like today, clear my day's appointments, send email to ..person... telling them.. , blog this, read me top news, check my site stats, report on home security system,etc)..

anyways, .. this was a quick brain dump of what might happen if this thing gets loose and wild..

share your thoughts..

p.s: I think this type of post should be done for every prod out there, so that people can get not only feedback about how the app or service is working, but feedback on how it will look like in the future.. remember collective feedback/decisions are usually smarter or more accurate that those of a single entity

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