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kevin1 replied on August 08, 2008 13:45 to the idea "I want to be able to specify in my email how soon before the event to be notified" in I want Sandy:

This feature was added in a recent update. See http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy...

You can now use a @reminder tag to tell Sandy when you want to be reminded. After the @reminder tag, put the date you want to be reminded. The date can be fixed (like June 20) or it can be relative to the date you want to remember. (use the word "before")

You can send a message to Sandy like this:
> Remind me that my father's birthday is on April 20th, @reminder three days before.

Elizabeth Wiley replied on June 26, 2008 21:13 to the idea "I want to be able to specify in my email how soon before the event to be notified" in I want Sandy:

how about:

r dad's birthday july 4
*n july 1 at 11:00

or something like that? or @n...

you could even require that it be a date instead of 3 days from now or that kind of thing.

brs replied on May 20, 2008 18:11 to the problem "Incorrectly recording numbers as telephone numbers" in I want Sandy:

Agreed

wewhoeat replied on May 11, 2008 08:27 to the idea "I want to be able to specify in my email how soon before the event to be notified" in I want Sandy:

has this functionality been added yet? One thing I'm doing is using sandy to remind me about a TV show that's coming up so that I can Tivo it. I can't tivo it until 2weeks before air time so I'd like to set a reminder for that show time then put a handy relative offset like 7 days before on it. thanks.

Jacqueline A replied on February 20, 2008 19:57 to the idea "I want to be able to specify in my email how soon before the event to be notified" in I want Sandy:

In this same vein, I'd like to be able to set extra reminders for tags I've created. The example here is that I have costumed events I'm attending, and need an extra reminder x number of days before the event, reminding me to make sure my outfit is clean and ready to go. I would add a tag I created to each of these events, and I'd like to be able to specify that each event tagged with that particular tag requires an additional reminder x days in advance of the actual event. Each event requires the same number of days advance notice. This could be used to solve the birthday reminder requests in this thread, by allowing users to specify advance reminders for a tag they make (say, @rbirth) that they can add to all of their birthday appointments. That would be fantastic!

Rael Dornfest replied on January 21, 2008 17:44 to the idea "I want to be able to specify in my email how soon before the event to be notified" in I want Sandy:

Howdy folks,

We have this in our queue -- both to set default reminder times for SMS and Twitter and Email as well as something in keeping with Steve H's "remind me 5 days before Mum's Birthday 23/11 @yearly" suggestion.

—R

ukslim replied on January 21, 2008 11:19 to the idea "I want to be able to specify in my email how soon before the event to be notified" in I want Sandy:

I notice that the sample Valentines reminder uses the keyword 'by', but that it is a synonym for 'on' and does nothing special.

It seems to me that 'by' means 'on or before this date', meaning you'd appreciate occasional reminders in the time leading up to it. So if I say 'Sandy, remind me to tax the car by March 30th', I'd be grateful for a reminder 1 month, 2 weeks, 1 week, 2 days before, as well as on the day.

It's a chance for some cute secretary phrases: 'I know it's quite a way off, but you asked me to remind you ...'; 'It's just one day until'.

For me, this would meet the same need as the 'x days before' requirements, while sustaining the illusion of a real PA -- if I had a real PA I wouldn't ask them to remind me 3 days in advance. I'd expect them to show initiative and remind me at appropriate times.

stayfly replied on January 15, 2008 20:34 to the problem "Incorrectly recording numbers as telephone numbers" in I want Sandy:

I'm having this problem too, I want Sandy to remember some of my account numbers but she thinks they are phone numbers, any advice?

stayfly replied on January 06, 2008 07:03 to the question "ummm, why didn't this @todo show up in my daily digest?" in I want Sandy:

^^^^^

thanks mate!

you guys (and Sandy) are awesome :)

Marshall Roch, an employee of I want Sandy, replied on January 06, 2008 06:23 to the question "ummm, why didn't this @todo show up in my daily digest?":

Okay, the fix is now live, so your digest should be right again starting tomorrow.

Marshall

Marshall Roch, an employee of I want Sandy, replied on January 04, 2008 19:58 to the question "ummm, why didn't this @todo show up in my daily digest?":

Stayfly,

I found a problem which may have caused your @todo items to show up in your digest a day late or early depending on your timezone. If I'm right, we'll have Sandy straightened out sometime today or this weekend.

Marshall

Rael Dornfest, an employee of I want Sandy, replied on December 19, 2007 01:19 to the idea "weekday reminders":

Howdy, folks!

You'll find a comprehensive list of recurring appointments (and to-dos, reminders, etc) at:

http://iwantsandy.com/help/guide#tags...

—R

Theory, an employee of I want Sandy, replied on December 19, 2007 00:23 to the idea "weekday reminders":

Hey guys,

Sorry, it actually went in a few weeks ago. Tag with @weekdays or @weekends.

Enjoy!

David

Ian replied on December 19, 2007 00:19 to the idea "weekday reminders" in I want Sandy:

How soon is soon?

Rael Dornfest, an employee of I want Sandy, replied on November 30, 2007 17:21 to the question "is it possible to change default reminder to 1 minute before event instead of 15 minutes?":

Hi Non-Sequitur,

Absolutely! While we're a small team and need to balance requests against both what we already have in the works and what we think is actually the best way to go about things, Sandy works for you and we owe her all we can provide to help Sandy help you.

—Rael

Non-Sequitur replied on November 30, 2007 17:05 to the question "is it possible to change default reminder to 1 minute before event instead of 15 minutes?" in I want Sandy:

Thanks. Great work guys...Can't wait for the second half. It is nice to know that some groups out there actually listen to their client base for improvement suggestions.

scruloose replied on November 29, 2007 03:52 to the question "is it possible to change default reminder to 1 minute before event instead of 15 minutes?" in I want Sandy:

Awesome! This'll make a big difference. (Most appointments that I need a reminder about, I also need way more than 15 minutes lead-time for the reminder to actually do me any good.)

Thanks!

stayfly replied on November 29, 2007 00:02 to the question "is it possible to change default reminder to 1 minute before event instead of 15 minutes?" in I want Sandy:

^^^^

thanks Rael!!

Rael Dornfest, an employee of I want Sandy, replied on November 28, 2007 23:59 to the question "is it possible to change default reminder to 1 minute before event instead of 15 minutes?":

Howdy, folks!

You've one half of your wish -- and the other half is in the works.

If you'll meander on over to http://iwantsandy.com/settings/datetime, you'll notice that we just added a Reminder interval setting ("How long before an appointment should I send you a reminder?") Prefer a reminder 5 minutes before appointments? 2 hours before? Need a running start 3 days before? It's up to you!

—R

c0n0r replied on November 28, 2007 19:05 to the idea "I want to be able to specify in my email how soon before the event to be notified" in I want Sandy:

I would love to be able to set reminders outside my defaults through email (or IM, or SMS, but those are other threads).

As a fairly hideous workaround, I have been putting dates and times in the text of the item to be remembered. So I get strings like this:
r "Mom's birthday is 12/29" 12/26 @yearly @birthdays