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Jared Rimer replied on July 03, 2008 18:29 to the question "Call Mobile Phone with Reminder" in I want Sandy:

How about calling phones in general? Home, mobile, etc.? I've not seen an option, but that would be a cool idea. Lets say I got an E-mail that the water people are coming, and I need to be up to open the gate. Sandy won't work cause I don't get called, and I don't read SMS cause I can't read it without a pair of eyes.

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Jared Rimer replied on June 15, 2008 21:32 to the question "How do I send a reminder to a friend" in I want Sandy:

I hear what you mean.

ar replied on June 15, 2008 21:08 to the question "How do I send a reminder to a friend" in I want Sandy:

Huh, I have three problems with "remind us":

a) you have to include the person who should be reminded in your email recipients - this is ok for emails, but I contact Sandy a lot via Twitter and Jott, where I cannot include any other recipients

b) we _both_ get the reminder, what if I only want to schedule something for my friends?

c) it increases email noise by having to CC my friends to set a reminder for them

That's why I really want to see the "Remind [friend's name] to do this and that" feature.

It's also not clear to me how I can use "remind us" to share notes and lists.

Jared Rimer replied on June 15, 2008 21:03 to the question "How do I send a reminder to a friend" in I want Sandy:

I tried remind us, and that seemed to do it, but helpers, this is not clear? Can you clarify, or do i need to look up a phone number to get someone on the phone since I've sent E-mails about this and this has not been answered yet?

ar replied on June 15, 2008 20:44 to the question "How do I send a reminder to a friend" in I want Sandy:

I am really, really looking for a solution to this as well...

I actually cannot really believe this isn't available yet. Especially since the guide book proudly states "add stuff to each other's calendars (the dentist appointment)" - which apparently is _not_ at all easily done. :/

Jared Rimer replied on May 28, 2008 16:03 to the question "Sandy not updating correctly when updating things as done" in I want Sandy:

The problem is that it isn't working that way I did it and it only marked one thing done. Helpers, any ideas here please?

Chuck replied on May 28, 2008 15:43 to the question "Sandy not updating correctly when updating things as done" in I want Sandy:

I really wish I could update multiple items at once. At the end of the day, I'd like to email Sandy with:

Update #1, #4, #6-10 @done.

rather than the tedious

Update #1 @done

Update #4 @done

Update #6 @done

Update #7 @done

Update #8 @done

Update #9 @done

Update #10 @done

Jared Rimer replied on May 28, 2008 15:36 to the question "Sandy not updating correctly when updating things as done" in I want Sandy:

That doesn't help, and I was thinking of marking one of them done, seeing I can't make the town hall today, but I won't do it. Hmmm.

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Emmadad replied on May 28, 2008 14:03 to the question "Sandy not updating correctly when updating things as done" in I want Sandy:

So, a big "NO" to the period at the end of each line. I tried the following (in response to a digest):

u #9 @done.
u #24 @done.
u #25 @done.

The result was Sandy did mark them @done, but also changed the titles of the three items to just a period.

Jared Rimer replied on May 23, 2008 17:36 to the question "Sandy not updating correctly when updating things as done" in I want Sandy:

No, I haven't tried anything as of yet. I've had no need as of yet.

vnewq replied on May 23, 2008 17:29 to the question "Sandy not updating correctly when updating things as done" in I want Sandy:

Have you tried the period yet? I didn't need a blank line. The period and "new" line make it a paragraph.
I think the Sandy help is too brief. More explanation and examples are needed.

Jared Rimer replied on May 23, 2008 16:16 to the question "Sandy not updating correctly when updating things as done" in I want Sandy:

Well, I wouldn't say its flawed, because it is good, and I learned from it, however things sometimes didn't make sense.

A comment on the question "Sandy not updating correctly when updating things as done" in I want Sandy:

Jared - no argument, the documentation is flawed. My intent was just to show where and how the documentation was flawed. – Emmadad, on May 23, 2008 16:11

Jared Rimer replied on May 23, 2008 15:51 to the question "Sandy not updating correctly when updating things as done" in I want Sandy:

To be fair, I';ve read the whole documentation book. It did not specifically say to put a blank line. It may have shown it, but for a visually impaired person, that doesn't necessarily help when using a reader that reads to them via text to speech. However, it does have a say blank option, but it isn't usually used for web reading. But I did read every help page before starting with Sandy.

Emmadad replied on May 23, 2008 12:52 to the question "Sandy not updating correctly when updating things as done" in I want Sandy:

To be fair to Sandy, now that I look hard at the documentation, all the examples do indeed show a blank line between commands. I assumed it was just for readability, but apparently it's significant.

Also under "Sandy Shorthand" I see "As long as you place each [command] in its own paragraph..." - apparently "own paragraph" means a blank line.

I haven't tried the suggestion yet from vnewq regarding periods.

Jared Rimer replied on May 22, 2008 17:22 to the question "Sandy not updating correctly when updating things as done" in I want Sandy:

Putting a period at the end of each line? That could definately be tried.

vnewq replied on May 22, 2008 17:10 to the question "Sandy not updating correctly when updating things as done" in I want Sandy:

I believe all you need to do is add a period to the end of each line!

A comment on the question "Sandy not updating correctly when updating things as done" in I want Sandy:

This definately needs to be answered by I want Sandy. As i indicated, I've almost l left because of sme of the issues I've had that have gone unanswered and the weekend having no e-mail. – Jared Rimer, on May 22, 2008 15:45