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David the Medium-Sized replied on August 08, 2008 17:00 to the idea "I would like "Remind me to do X by " syntax :)" in I want Sandy:

Oops, they updated to allow:

Remember X on 9/1 @reminder 7 days before

be sure to say "before"

David the Medium-Sized replied on August 08, 2008 16:51 to the idea "I would like "Remind me to do X by " syntax :)" in I want Sandy:

Right now I handle this by using two lines:

Remember X on 9/1
Remind me of "X on 9/1" 8/15

Sandy then creates two entries. A little clunky but it works

Rael Dornfest replied on August 06, 2008 12:07 to the discussion "Status" in I want Sandy:

Good morning!

We just solved an issue with Sandy's not responding to direct messages on Twitter. She's just caught up and is back to being her usual twittering self.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

For more detail, see: http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy...

—Rael

A comment on the question "Remind about time A at time B" in I want Sandy:

@Rael: I tried it too and it seems to be working, except in lists (multiple tasks in a single email). Is it possible that it does not work yet in that scenario?

@Aitese: you are asking Sandy to send multiple reminders for the same task, which does not seem to be supported at the moment. Maybe start a new discussion? – Olivier Gourment, on July 24, 2008 13:43

Aitese replied on July 24, 2008 10:00 to the question "Remind about time A at time B" in I want Sandy:

I just used this fir the first time with an actual upcoming meal, at first I exprerimented with the possibility of using the tag for multiple reminders:

Remind me about Cassie's meal at Ginny's in Bromley at 6pm 15th August @reminder 9pm 14th August @reminder 4pm 15th August

The outcome was totally borked:

I added these to your calendar:

#1 Fri, 15/8 6:00pm Cassie's meal at Ginny's in Bromley 4pm
- email reminder at 5:00pm
- tagged with @reminder

#2 Fri, 25/7 7:00am Cassie's meal at Ginny's in Bromley
- email reminder on Thu, 14/8 at 9:00pm
- tagged with @reminder

Maybe this IS possible but I'm doing it wrong? The idea was I needed to know to put some clothes out the night before, even shave perhaps as I usually trot off to work in the morning looking like a bum, but I still wanted reminding in the afternoon as I also rush out of the office like a kid at the end of school and would not get on the right route to the restaurant.

Is there a way to use multiple tags? I decided to tell Sandy to forget these first 2 and tried with just the evening reminder and the system works flawlessly, great work guys!

A comment on the question "Remind about time A at time B" in I want Sandy:

Hi Olivier. Sorry it took so long — sometimes this is the nature of these things and why we usually don't mention specifics about scheduling, etc. – Rael Dornfest, on July 24, 2008 06:32

A comment on the question "Remind about time A at time B" in I want Sandy:

This sounds promising. I am just wondering why it was said to be due 6 months ago? – Olivier Gourment, on July 24, 2008 02:04

Yeraze replied on July 23, 2008 19:29 to the question "Remind about time A at time B" in I want Sandy:

I don't think it's fully documented anywhere.. But I know you can use
@reminder July 13 4:30pm (to specify exact times)
and
@reminder X hours prior (or any relative time like minutes or days)

Aitese replied on July 23, 2008 19:28 to the question "Remind about time A at time B" in I want Sandy:

That's brilliant!

What syntax works with this? Or is there a link to a help page?

i.e. @reminder at 3pm, @reminder on Sunday etc.

Yeraze replied on July 23, 2008 18:44 to the question "Remind about time A at time B" in I want Sandy:

One of the new features of Sandy is the "@reminder" tag, used like so

remind me to go to the dentist 8/24 10:30am @reminder 1 days prior

Rael Dornfest replied on June 26, 2008 00:04 to the problem "Twitter reminders sending reminders for future dates" in I want Sandy:

Eek! I'll check into it right away. Could you please email help@iwantsandy.com with your details so I can check on your account?

I've only seen this happen 3 times (see above) and each time it was a very odd quirk without much rhyme or reason. But we'll get it sorted.

Rael

Chris replied on June 25, 2008 22:16 to the problem "Twitter reminders sending reminders for future dates" in I want Sandy:

Rael,

I had this problem the other night. Suddenly Sandy started sending my daily reminders and only stopped when I maxxed out the 250 tweets per month to my mobile phone! I couldn't do anything about it as I was on holiday away from a computer at the time so had to switch of phone (was middle of night). Luckily I don't think my mobile carrier charges for overseas text receipt (I was in Rome for my birthday!).

Just wondering if it was a problem to others too?!

Cheers,

Chris

DMee replied on June 09, 2008 14:43 to the question "Remind about time A at time B" in I want Sandy:

Any news on this?

Betsy True replied on May 19, 2008 13:11 to the idea "Font and Page Color on Daily Digest" in I want Sandy:

Unlike everyone else, I like the Comic Sans AND the yellow color, but I'm not getting them in yellow anymore. Is there a way to specify colors or skins for our I want Sandy digests?

Rael Dornfest replied on May 11, 2008 20:58 to the problem "Twitter reminders sending reminders for future dates" in I want Sandy:

Hi Alex,

First and foremost, I'm so sorry this happened to you — aside from Fauxreigner's incident a month ago I've not seen this happen at all. I'm looking into this right now.

Rael

Niles started following the problem "Twitter reminders sending reminders for future dates" in I want Sandy.

Niles replied on May 11, 2008 20:32 to the problem "Twitter reminders sending reminders for future dates" in I want Sandy:

This happened to me while I was on holiday last week.

A daily reminder turned up 60 times before my message limit on Twitter expired.

s #45 Reminder: Check voicemail (Mon, 29/11/2027 6:00pm) @daily @twitter 02:55 PM May 01, 2008 reply

#44 Reminder: Check voicemail (Sun, 28/11/2027 6:00pm) @daily @twitter 02:55 PM May 01, 2008 reply

s #43 Reminder: Check voicemail (Sat, 27/11/2027 6:00pm) @daily @twitter 02:55 PM May 01, 2008 reply

s #42 Reminder: Check voicemail (Fri, 26/11/2027 6:00pm) @daily @twitter 02:55 PM May 01, 2008 reply

s #41 Reminder: Check voicemail (Thu, 25/11/2027 6:00pm) @daily @twitter 02:54 PM May 01, 2008 reply

s #40 Reminder: Check voicemail (Wed, 24/11/2027 6:00pm) @daily @twitter 02:54 PM May 01, 2008 reply

Checking the Twitter website on my return, it looks like she sent thousands of messages, a long way into the future. Look carefully at the dates above!

It was annoying at the time because it meant I exhausted my message allowance and didn't get any UK election results until I got home!

This has just happened the once, and normally, it's fine.

I've also sent this via the "help" address

Thanks,

Alex

John replied on April 30, 2008 05:23 to the problem "search problem" in I want Sandy:

Submitted to soon. I then searched on Jimmy, and Grandmother, Grandfather, and Jimmy were all listed. I assume it is because it searched the full context of the message; since, the context for each entry is the initial Remember + information.

John replied on April 30, 2008 05:17 to the problem "search problem" in I want Sandy:

I was just trying to figure out the multiple line function of "Remember +", and I sent the following e-mail to Sandy:

Remember @birthday
* grandmother 5/2
* grandfather 5/3
* jimmy 5/4

This created a list like you mention, but does not make the individual dates, and only Grandmother's birthday showed up on my calender. It also showed up under Lists in a List titled "Grandmother". After I reviewed my message I realized that I forgot the "+"

When I entered it as

Remember @birthday +
* grandmother 5/2
* grandfather 5/3
* jimmy 5/4

It created each entry as a separate entry, and each Birthday showed up on the calendar. It did not create a list, but worked as expected.
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