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Rael Dornfest replied on November 27, 2008 11:08 to the update "A fork in the road (An important announcement about I want Sandy)" in I want Sandy:

Hi folks.

Reading through all you've said, what I am hearing is that, while people are truly sad to see Sandy and Stikkit go, what is most upsetting is the way it went down -- specifically the lack of sufficient notice.

That was a mistake and I intend to correct it.

I am pushing out the date the services go offline to provide you a reasonable amount of time to make the transition. I have a couple of details to work out but will follow up in the coming few days.

Meanwhile I'm working on tools to make the process as smooth as possible. You should see those showing up (and my posts about them) over the Thanksgiving Holidays (or when you return on Monday).

Rael

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

Hi Ivan. I got your email and will respond to you over the weekend upcoming. – Rael Dornfest, on November 27, 2008 10:52

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

We in no way intend to do such a thing with your data. – Rael Dornfest, on November 27, 2008 10:47

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

Bricoleur, our privacy policies remain the same. We are not passing your data on to anyone else. – Rael Dornfest, on November 27, 2008 10:44

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

I absolutely understand. – Rael Dornfest, on November 27, 2008 10:43

Rael Dornfest replied on November 26, 2008 06:02 to the update "A fork in the road (An important announcement about I want Sandy)" in I want Sandy:

Hi folks.

Just a quick update: Stikkit now has the same banner on every page of its site and message in its emails as Sandy does.

I'll be updating the wording and the banner to include any further information as I finish writing up export instructions, adding links, etc.

Thanks for your patience, taking the time to share your thoughts, and for suggesting things that may help other folks.

Rael

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

I had wondered about that, Morgan. Thanks for the correction. I'll be updating that shortly on the site and then have Sandy send out another tweet. – Rael Dornfest, on November 26, 2008 05:59

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

This is now fixed. Sorry about that. – Rael Dornfest, on November 26, 2008 05:19

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

Bricoleur. That's a bug in the stylesheet (it's hiding all archived items). I'm taking a look now. – Rael Dornfest, on November 26, 2008 05:11

Rael Dornfest replied on November 26, 2008 05:04 to the problem "I'm so sad that Sandy will be gone!" in I want Sandy:

Hello Andrew.

I'm sorry you'll — we'll all — be without Sandy shortly.

As for what you can do to keep yourself on time, if you're a Twitter user, you might try http://twitter.com/timer. If you're more a fan of Web interfaces, you should definitely try Google Calendar [http:/calendar.google.com]. If you liked the way you could talk to Sandy across various different communications media, you should check out Remember the Milk [http://rememberthemilk.com].

Rael

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

By no means does that sound ridiculous: one of the things I've most been surprised about over the past year or so has been how much people have come to care about Sandy. – Rael Dornfest, on November 26, 2008 04:46

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

I'm here and am working on it. – Rael Dornfest, on November 26, 2008 04:42

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

Quick add is pretty good... I only wish they had SMS/email to calendar. They're so close with their Gmail/Gcal integration (in that it picks out invitations), that it shouldn't be too wide a step to be able to post those to your calendar too. – Rael Dornfest, on November 26, 2008 04:40

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

Hi Fox. I assure you — all of you — that I read, understand, and learn from every word you've all written. – Rael Dornfest, on November 26, 2008 04:39

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

Hi Raven. Sandy is now pointing to the announcement in every outgoing message (replies, reminders, digests, etc). Sandy also just tweeted the same thing for those who don't use email all that much, talking to Sandy via Twitter instead. That should cover any active clients of Sandy's (and Stikkit's shortly). – Rael Dornfest, on November 26, 2008 04:32

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

Hi Wayne. My fault entirely not having added the banners to the site and email messages and not having disabled the signup (all now done for Sandy and just about to be for Stikkit). – Rael Dornfest, on November 26, 2008 04:30

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

Hi Quasihellfish (great name, by the way). The site now has a banner emblazoned across it pointing at the announcement. And all outgoing email messages from Sandy mention it right up front. I'm on my way to Stikkit to do the same now. – Rael Dornfest, on November 26, 2008 04:28

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

Hi Paul and Annaraven. You're absolutely right, and that's why Sandy just tweeted about the announcement, we've now got a banner up on every page of the site, and as soon as I finish testing my most recent batch of changes (in the coming minutes), Sandy will be mentioning it at the top of every outgoing reply, reminder, and digest. – Rael Dornfest, on November 26, 2008 04:23

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

Hi brischmidty! There was seldom a week that went by without Sandy coming up in conversation in such a way as to confuse (and then delight) passers-by. I intend to reboot my blog (it went by the wayside when I started the company) and share some of the things I and you have learned along the way in the hopes that it might help people pull together a system that's just right for them or indeed try their hand at building one that would make Sandy proud. – Rael Dornfest, on November 26, 2008 04:20

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

Hi Raven. I've come upon a fair number of small pieces loosely joined (to borrow from David Weinberger) that are just awesome. They're small, single-purpose, simple apps that provide some similar or at least tangentially-related functionality. Since you're a Twitter user, you might try http://twitter.com/timer. Things, as you mentioned, has done a wonderful job on their iPhone app. Backpack provides a great place for storing odds and ends (and they do reminders too). If you've not already checked them out, I highly recommend Merlin Mann's 43 Folders [http://43folders.com] and Gina Trapani's Lifehacker [http://lifehacker.com/] sites for some great insights into productivity and some of the tools you can string together to do better than what some of the bigger 110% solutions (only providing you 10-20-30% of the functionality you need) do. – Rael Dornfest, on November 26, 2008 04:17