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Will started following the question "Can We Tell Twitter To Keep Sandy Going?" in I want Sandy.

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

TLDR. – Will, on November 26, 2008 20:27

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

TLDR. – Will, on November 26, 2008 20:27

Will replied on November 26, 2008 17:20 to the update "A fork in the road (An important announcement about I want Sandy)" in I want Sandy:

What I don't get is why Twitter would buy an intellectual property and shut it down. You would think that means they'll be creating their own flavor of the service...

Based on the language being used here by Rael, it would appear the application is gone and it won't be returning--especially with his recommending alternatives.

Will replied on November 26, 2008 07:37 to the idea "List Sandy Replacements Here / delicious tag" in I want Sandy:

Deadlineapp.com

This replacement is OK. It sends you email reminders when you set it to. I'm probably going to use Zenbe instead only because I don't need alerts so much.

Will replied on November 26, 2008 07:22 to the update "A fork in the road (An important announcement about I want Sandy)" in I want Sandy:

I've found Sandy to be a very useful organizational tool. I think it stinks the service will be stopping so soon, especially because of the transition I will have to make. It won't be too terrible, just a bit of extra work.

The best route would be to consider why all of these users are feeling betrayed, angry, or at the very least, annoyed. They've invested into Sandy and will now have to try some variation in what they have been using. In gist, users are losing their time.

I think in a situation such as this, you should consider the possibilities. Surely I don't know what the terms are to your deal @ Twitter, but I think setting up a parallel service on Sandy where you offer a premium experience for power/business users who are willing to pay a yearly fee would be a decent solution for those already invested and sold on the idea of Sandy.

Starting now all of your users are jumping ship and will start getting comfy with some other service out there. If you do have any aspirations to continue Sandy, I would strongly suggest making any plans well-known.

Obviously I don't know what your numbers are. I would imagine you have already considered what else you could do, but I figured throwing out ideas might not hurt...

P.S. My suggestion for alternatives are deadlineapp.com & Zenbe.com

Will shared an idea in Zenbe on September 20, 2008 16:24:

Calendar iCal file export?

I think it would be great to implement a feature which will allow users to take their calendars created with Zenbe and take them anywhere.

What I'm trying to do specifically is sync my Zenbe calendar with iwantsandy[.com], so having iCal files from Zenbe would be great.

Will replied on September 20, 2008 16:18 to the idea "Can Sandy subscribe to an iCal RSS feed?" in I want Sandy:

I'd like to see this, or an iCal file import feature added into Sandy.

Will started following the idea "Can Sandy subscribe to an iCal RSS feed?" in I want Sandy.

Will started following the question "How do I import my iCal to Sandy?" in I want Sandy.

Will started following the question "How do I import my iCal to Sandy?" in I want Sandy.

A comment on the idea "Mass direct message delete button" in Twitter:

Yes, I know about DM deleter, however I'd much rather have one built into the site from Twitter. – Will, on August 07, 2008 02:00

Will started following the idea "Mass direct message delete button" in Twitter.

Will started following the idea "Mass direct message delete button" in Twitter.

Will shared an idea in Twitter on August 05, 2008 19:37:

Mass direct message delete button

Something that will allow us to clear out our direct message boxes would be great

Will replied on July 31, 2008 02:11 to the problem "Outlook 2007 problems...can't subscribe or import ICS file" in I want Sandy:

Remove your to do list and see if that fixes the error.

Will replied on July 31, 2008 02:08 to the question "RSS? How do I get it to work?" in I want Sandy:

Hey,

In order to get Sandy or any protected RSS feed on Google Reader, you will need to use http://freemyfeed.com/

It will give you a new feed that has been authenticated.

Will replied on July 31, 2008 02:04 to the idea "Could we get Sandy to send us the weather?" in I want Sandy:

I was figuring that during the daily digest of an email, she could say "the weather is scheduled to be 81 degrees Fahrenheit, and sunny."

Will started following the problem "rss feed (me and my friends) doesn't work in Google reader" in Twitter.

Will replied on July 16, 2008 05:46 to the question "Outlook rejecting Sandy's calender link." in I want Sandy:

I wasn't all that amused. I picked the tongue hanging out face and pressed it for awhile. Amused was only the most fitting of them.

You're not understanding why I would suggest to try a different Sandy account. You would do it to see if it's just your original account.

PS: I hope my status isn't misleading this time.