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Teach Sandy to work with other websites
Sandy should be able to do things for me online. She's my assistant, and she lives online. It'd be natural for her. I should be able to give her my login and password to a site, and she should be able to use the service. There's a ton of things that she could do for me.
Sandy should be able to:
*) track packages (Fedex.com)
*) monitor plane flights (tell me if it's delayed)
*) update my Twitter account
*) monitor my Ebay auctions
*) work with Facebook
*) shop for things on Amazon
I'd love to see some "Sandy addons" that can do some of these things. Just like Jott has "Jott links", Sandy could have "Sandy links" that would allow her to interact with online services. In fact, there should be a way that people can create new addons for Sandy, just like all those Jott links and Firefox extensions. Having Sandy be able to use other online services would make her quite the useful assistant.
Sandy should be able to:
*) track packages (Fedex.com)
*) monitor plane flights (tell me if it's delayed)
*) update my Twitter account
*) monitor my Ebay auctions
*) work with Facebook
*) shop for things on Amazon
I'd love to see some "Sandy addons" that can do some of these things. Just like Jott has "Jott links", Sandy could have "Sandy links" that would allow her to interact with online services. In fact, there should be a way that people can create new addons for Sandy, just like all those Jott links and Firefox extensions. Having Sandy be able to use other online services would make her quite the useful assistant.
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Inappropriate?Pageonce does most (if not all) of that. It is also free & has an iPhone app. (Sorry Sandy!) -
Inappropriate?Alysson, thanks for the referral to pageonce. Nice service.
It seems that pageonce is a service that aggregates data from all your online accounts. It's a type of "start page". It lets you monitor the goings on of your other accounts from one place. (You don't have to sign in and visit the homepage of each individual service where you have an account.)
I can see that pageonce can pull data into it, and then display it to you. It also offers some widgets on the web page that allow you to interact with your various accounts without logging in. But does it require your involvement? Do I have to sit at my computer and interact with pageonce, or can I set it up so that it does things automatically?
1) Can I set it up so that it will do something when a predefined events occurs? Can it at least notify me (by email, etc) when something happens? Can it monitor my plane flight status and email me if it's been delayed? Can it track a package and email me when it arrives? Can it send me an sms 5 minutes before by ebay auction is set to expire?
2) Can I issue commands to it by email? (or sms, twitter, Jott, etc) Can I tell it to email me a list of all my current ebay auctions, get a list of potential gifts at Amazon.com, check the price of a certain stock, get the status of that package that I'm expecting, etc. etc.1 Comment
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This is one of the best points
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Sorry for the late reply...I needed to actually sit at my computer to accurately answer your question & am not able to at work. I tend to rely heavily on my iPhone these days....
Pageonce will update your information whenever you log in. It will also let you know the last time it received information from that particular account. If you want to see if there is more recent information, click on the update/reload button. It will update that account to what I can get as of "now."
You get the same information on your iPhone as on your browser, except the iPhone app opens on the accounts page rather than the updates page.
Pageonce updates me when there are "important changes in your account" if you select that option in the settings. It also emails you when you have not visited it "in a while." (I've had them tell me this.)
It works to track UPS, Amazon & several other companies. I have not used this, though. I use the free Delivery Status widget on my Mac and now the corresponding iPhone app.
As far as I know it does not monitor air travel (but it does track my miles).
You cannot sent it commands, but they do take suggestions at support@pageonce.com. They are also continuously adding services to the site.
Hope this answers your questions. You can get more information at pageonce.com. If you want more of my personal experience, just post here. Things are smoothing out at work & I should be able to respond on weekends. -
Inappropriate?You can use RSS feeds -> to TwitterFeed -> to Sandy, though TwitterFeed only updates every 30 minutes at the most.
I use this to do ReQall, though you could add your flight updates, ebay updates, etc that way.
