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Beau D. Simensen shared an idea in I want Sandy on November 21, 2008 23:56:

Can we get the widget data in JSON and/or XML format?

I understand the API is maybe a ways out yet, but would we be able to get the widget content in a format we can use to play with our own mini apps? It seems to have everything I really need... today's calendar events and the current TODO list ( including things that are past due ).

http://iwantsandy.com/home.json
http://iwantsandy.com/home.xml

The widget now is nice for Google Calendar, but it would be nice to have the option to build a tighter one for iPhone and/or Gmail. Even to have something that does an auto refresh. :) So that I can put it up on a monitor that is always available and will update if I add new todos or mark some as done.

I need Sandy in my face if we're going to continue to work together. And right now, it isn't super easy to keep her in mind.

Beau D. Simensen replied on November 20, 2008 20:59 to the question "Do you have an API?" in I want Sandy:

Update?

Beau D. Simensen replied on November 20, 2008 20:59 to the question "My @email and @sms overrides do not seem to be working" in I want Sandy:

Updates? :)

Beau D. Simensen replied on November 05, 2008 21:24 to the question "My @email and @sms overrides do not seem to be working" in I want Sandy:

Hi there! Any update on this bugfix?

Beau D. Simensen replied on November 05, 2008 20:58 to the question "Do you have an API?" in I want Sandy:

Any update here?

Beau D. Simensen started following the idea "It'd be great if Sandy could understand the concept of doing something *before* a certain time, not just *at* a certain time." in I want Sandy.

Beau D. Simensen started following the idea "Workaround to use IM with Twitter and Sandy: excla.im" in I want Sandy.

Beau D. Simensen replied on October 14, 2008 19:09 to the question "My @email and @sms overrides do not seem to be working" in I want Sandy:

How does it work with Sandy once changes/bug fixes are put into place? Is there a blog or status update showing when fixes are pushed to live? I'm curious because I wonder how I would be able to know if/when a fix to this problem is pushed out into the wild. :)

I found this ( http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy... ) but I'm not convinced this is the best source of information as it doesn't look to be updated very frequently.

Beau D. Simensen started following the discussion "Status" in I want Sandy.

Beau D. Simensen replied on October 14, 2008 19:03 to the idea "How about a setting up a Sandy status RSS feed?" in I want Sandy:

I think this is a great idea. Is there such a thing already?

Beau D. Simensen started following the idea "How about a setting up a Sandy status RSS feed?" in I want Sandy.

Beau D. Simensen asked a question in I want Sandy on October 10, 2008 23:11:

Looks like Twitter IM not coming back soon... Sandy API to let us create our own Sandybots? :)

Just saw this post from Twitter.

http://status.twitter.com/post/539787...

I've been waiting and watching Twitter status for the last few weeks hoping that something would magically change despite the fact that this problem was apparently three months old already.

I guess I'm happy that my wait is over. Sort of. Now a new wait! Sandy API? :) Someone to build a Sandybot for googletalk? Or maybe a standalone Sandybot that we can each install on our own if we want to?

Beau D. Simensen started following the question "Can I IM Sandy? Will she IM me?" in I want Sandy.

Beau D. Simensen started following the idea "Directly connecting IM to Sandy" in I want Sandy.

Beau D. Simensen replied on October 10, 2008 23:04 to the question "My @email and @sms overrides do not seem to be working" in I want Sandy:

Hey Rael, welcome back? :)

Beau D. Simensen replied on October 04, 2008 18:00 to the question "My @email and @sms overrides do not seem to be working" in I want Sandy:

Thanks Yeraze! I really appreciate it!

Beau D. Simensen replied on October 04, 2008 16:42 to the question "My @email and @sms overrides do not seem to be working" in I want Sandy:

Could you try to reproduce this problem for me? Disable all default reminders...

- http://iwantsandy.com/settings/email [Email Reminders: No]
- http://iwantsandy.com/settings/mobile [Mobile Reminders: No]
- http://iwantsandy.com/settings/twitter [Twitter Reminders: No]

Then add these:

Remind me with an email alert in 30 minutes @todo @sms

Remind me with an SMS alert in 30 minutes @todo @sms

Remind me with both email and SMS alert in 30 minutes @todo @sms @email

Remind me with Twitter in 30 minutes @todo @twitter

Remind me with Twitter and SMS in 30 minutes @todo @sms @twitter

Remind me with Twitter and email in 30 minutes @todo @email @twitter

My results? No reminder is set at all for anything. How about you?

I'm guessing that you have at least one default reminder set ( either email or SMS, possibly twitter ) and that the system doesn't kick in any reminders unless at least one default reminder is specified.

If this is indeed the case, I'd consider it a bug as I don't want to have to subscribe to default reminders just so I can have the option to choose how to get reminders.

If this is "as expected" (I'd love to discuss this with someone and have them convince me that this is indeed the case :)), then I'd try to raise this as a feature request. Opting into reminders is far less frequent to me than having to opt out on nearly every event I ask Sandy to remember.

Thanks for the response, Yeraze.

Beau D. Simensen replied on October 03, 2008 21:44 to the question "My @email and @sms overrides do not seem to be working" in I want Sandy:

Any updates here? Am I crazy? Is nobody else having this problem? I've sent two emails to help@iwantsandy.com as well with no response. (originally sent on 9/24/2008)

Beau D. Simensen replied on October 01, 2008 18:20 to the question "Do you have an API?" in I want Sandy:

How did the meeting go? How did the API discussion go? Was it actually an in-person TownHall meeting or was it conducted online somehow? I'd love to get access to even a read-only API for Sandy!

Beau D. Simensen replied on September 30, 2008 20:25 to the question "Will I be able to add Sandy to Google Talk anytime soon?" in I want Sandy:

Would love an update on this as Twitter IM is still down!