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More Sandy actions

I'd like to be able to create or customize new actions for Sandy to do. I figure that each item that has a date could also have an associated action that Sandy should perform at that time. The default is for Sandy to send an email or twitter or sms. However, we could have a lot more.

Currently Sandy can only do three things (three actions) and they're accessible by special tags. 1) send email to my primary address, 2) send me a tweet via twitter, 3) send an sms to my cell phone. Already, though, these actions could be customized. I might want Sandy to send an email to my friend Bob, instead of me. To remind him. Or I might want it sent to both myself and Bob, to remind us both. I might want an sms to go to my work phone, or to my friend's phone. There's a lot that could be done.

An "action" is just a little script that Sandy should perform at a certain time. The script might also take a parameter, like the address where to send the reminder email. An action could do anything. It could even extend Sandy and provide her with incredible new powers.

I imagine a lot of other "actions" could be developed with a little effort. I have some ideas and would like to help make some of them. Sandy could be made to interact with other websites. http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy... Or she could be made to respond specially to certain incoming email. (depending on the sending address) Or she could be made to update Twitter status. http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy... Or Sandy could be made to modify another Sandy item. (marking an item as @todo in response to another item being marked as @done)

There could be a "developer" section (kind of like the sandbox area) where people familiar with Sandy, the API, and javascript could create Sandy "extensions". Sandy users would have to manually go to the developer's section to use any of the unofficial actions being developed there.
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