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Rael Dornfest asked a question in I want Sandy on December 03, 2008 20:27:

I want Sandy Export available

Howdy, folks.

With Sandy's impending shut-down, we've added a new feature to the site: Export.

To make your stuff portable and importable, Sandy will gather all of your appointments, to-dos, contacts, bookmarks, lists, and notes into 6 standards-based files: iCalendar for appointments and to-dos, vCard for contacts, and plain text for notes, lists, and bookmarks.

You can download all of your stuff and import it into an alternate calendar, to-do list, contact management or note-taking application.

You'll also be provided a person-readable text file containing everything you've had Sandy remember for you. (Open it in your favorite text editor (Notepad, TextEdit, Word, et al) or your Web browser.)

You'll find an Export link at the top of every page of the site, as a new tab in the Settings [http://iwantsandy.com/settings], or you can jump directly to the Export page at: http://iwantsandy.com/export

Best,

Rael

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Rael Dornfest replied on December 03, 2008 20:21 to the idea "I want Sandy Export on its way" in I want Sandy:

Howdy, folks.

I want Sandy's new Export functionality is now available.

You'll find it linked to from the top of every page of the site, as a new tab in the Settings [http://iwantsandy.com/settings], and can jump directly to the export page at http://iwantsandy.com/export

Rael

(See the full announcement at http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy...)

Rael Dornfest replied on December 03, 2008 20:15 to the idea "I want Sandy Export on its way" in I want Sandy:

Howdy, folks!

I got waylaid by a little further testing.

The export is on its way as I type this... I've just been staging the latest version and will be deploying it in the next few minutes. I'll be sure to post an update when done.

Rael

Rael Dornfest replied on December 02, 2008 06:34 to the question "How to download contacts, bookmarks, and notes from Sandy?" in I want Sandy:

Hi folks,

Please forgive the cross-posting, but I wanted to be sure you folks in this thread saw my announcement here: http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy...

Rael

Rael Dornfest replied on December 02, 2008 06:33 to the question "Is there a simple way to destroy all my personal data stored by Sandy?" in I want Sandy:

Hi folks,

I wanted to be sure you saw my answer to this over at:

http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy...

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When Sandy and Stikkit are shut down — after export functionality has been made available for both, mind — we'll be erasing all of your data, carefully scrubbing all our main and backup storage systems.
"""

Rael

Rael Dornfest set one of Rael Dornfest's replies as an official response to "I want Sandy Export on its way" in I want Sandy

Rael Dornfest replied on December 02, 2008 06:32 to the idea "I want Sandy Export on its way" in I want Sandy:

Hi,

I've just about completed testing — with the help of Dave, Randall, and other friends of Sandy — and expect to make Sandy's export functionality available to all tomorrow (Tuesday) evening

Rael

Rael Dornfest replied on December 02, 2008 06:29 to the question "What is an alternate service to I Want Sandy?" in I want Sandy:

Hi folks.

I just had a pointer to the new 2.0 version of ScheduleWorld arrive in my inbox in case it is of interest to any of you.

http://www.ScheduleWorld.com/sw2/

Best,

Rael

Rael Dornfest replied on December 02, 2008 06:28 to the question "What sort of security/privacy protections are in place for your data...?" in I want Sandy:

Hi,

This appears to be an old topic that has been bumped back up due to the impending shut-down of our I want Sandy and Stikkit services.

When Sandy and Stikkit are shut down — after export functionality has been made available for both, mind — we'll be erasing all of your data, carefully scrubbing all our main and backup storage systems.

Best,

Rael

Rael Dornfest replied on December 02, 2008 06:26 to the praise "Thanks Sandy - I'll remember you well." in I want Sandy:

Thanks, Schuss, for sharing your appreciation of Sandy — and us.

A comment on the update "A fork in the road (An important announcement about I want Sandy)" in I want Sandy:

I've just about completed testing — with the help of Dave, Randall, and other friends of Sandy — and expect to make Sandy's export functionality available to all tomorrow (Tuesday) evening. – Rael Dornfest, on December 02, 2008 06:23

A comment on the idea "I want Sandy Export on its way" in I want Sandy:

Of course! I was getting Sandy's export done first since that's the majority of the folks and then converting that over for Stikkit. – Rael Dornfest, on December 01, 2008 21:04

Rael Dornfest replied on December 01, 2008 08:34 to the update "A fork in the road (An important announcement about I want Sandy)" in I want Sandy:

Hi folks.

I just arrived back home in Portland from a family Thanksgiving road-trip to the Bay Area and will be responding to the new comments posted tomorrow.

I just wanted to provide a quick update on the export functionality I've been finishing off over the past few days.

From the announcement I just posted at http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy...:

"""
To make your stuff portable and importable, Sandy will gather all of your appointments, to-dos, contacts, bookmarks, lists, and notes into 6 standards-based files: iCalendar for appointments and to-dos, vCard for contacts, and plain text for notes, lists, and bookmarks.

You will be able to download all of your stuff and import it into an alternate calendar, to-do list, contact management or note-taking application.

You'll also be provided a person-readable text file containing everything you've had Sandy remember for you. (Open it in your favorite text editor (Notepad, TextEdit, Word, et al) or your Web browser.)

I'm making it available for testing by our Get Satisfaction non-employee "deputies" later today and (assuming all is as expected) to everyone on Tuesday or Wednesday.
"""

All the best,

Rael

Rael Dornfest shared an idea in I want Sandy on December 01, 2008 08:31:

I want Sandy Export on its way

Howdy, folks.

I've been working over the past few days to finish up full export functionality for Sandy.

To make your stuff portable and importable, Sandy will gather all of your appointments, to-dos, contacts, bookmarks, lists, and notes into 6 standards-based files: iCalendar for appointments and to-dos, vCard for contacts, and plain text for notes, lists, and bookmarks.

You will be able to download all of your stuff and import it into an alternate calendar, to-do list, contact management or note-taking application.

You'll also be provided a person-readable text file containing everything you've had Sandy remember for you. (Open it in your favorite text editor (Notepad, TextEdit, Word, et al) or your Web browser.)

I'm making it available for testing by our Get Satisfaction non-employee "deputies" later today and (assuming all is as expected) to everyone on Tuesday or Wednesday.

I hope those of you in US had an enjoyable Thanksgiving break (and everyone else a good weekend)!

Rael

A comment on the update "A fork in the road (An important announcement about I want Sandy)" in I want Sandy:

Thanks, Declan. – Rael Dornfest, on November 28, 2008 18:50

Rael Dornfest replied on November 28, 2008 08:22 to the update "A fork in the road (An important announcement about I want Sandy)" in I want Sandy:

Hi folks.

I hope those of you in the US are having a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend and taking the time to relax and catch up with your family and friends.

I just wanted to provide a quick status update on the work I've been doing over the past couple of days...

I've just all-but-finished a complete export system for Sandy — one that'll export all of your appointments as .ics (iCalendar), to-dos as vtodo .ics (iCalendar), contacts as vcard, and bookmarks, lists, and notes as text. There will be an additional "Everything" link that leads to a plain text file containing a personal-readable copy of all you've asked Sandy to remember for you and remind you about.

I'm putting the finishing touches on the system and testing it (and will be passing it to our "deputies" here on Get Satisfaction to give it a whirl before pushing it live for everyone.

Have a good rest of the Thanksgiving holiday. I'll check back in tomorrow and provide further updates as I make progress on this.

All the best,

Rael

A comment on the update "A fork in the road (An important announcement about I want Sandy)" in I want Sandy:

I'm sorry to have made you sad. Thank you for your kind wishes. – Rael Dornfest, on November 28, 2008 08:16

A comment on the update "A fork in the road (An important announcement about I want Sandy)" in I want Sandy:

Hi Tex. Evan is very much in the loop on all this; no need to bombard him with email. – Rael Dornfest, on November 27, 2008 20:10

Rael Dornfest replied on November 27, 2008 11:16 to the update "A fork in the road (An important announcement about I want Sandy)" in I want Sandy:

(I should apologize for my silence today. We just pulled in after a 12 hour drive to spend Thanksgiving with our family. I wanted to be sure to post the above message about extending the date on which Stikkit and Sandy go offline; otherwise I'll continue catching up in the morning.)