Apr

22

2008

Text Me My Appointment Reminders

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I need reminders of appointments and tasks that need to be completed. Since I am rarely at my desk, I need these reminders to come to where I am. Since my phone is always with me this is the perfect tool. As a tech guy I would setup email reminders to my phone using some scripting language. This helped but it was not enough. Sometimes the email would be held up on some email server somewhere. The reminder would be late getting to my phone and I would be late to the appointment or the task would not be done in time.

I started using the Google calendar. The main reason I use it is for the SMS paging capabilities. SMS is text messaging. If I want to get paged I want it right away. The SMS paging does this without having to worry about whether my email server is slow. I can also use the Google Calendar to keep my schedule. I can share my calendar with other people. I have some security in it to prevent people from knowing my exact schedule but they can see when I am busy and when I am available. I can even have a separate calendar for my co-workers to see what my schedule is like that week or month.

Most of this can be done with competitors but what I appreciate most, no ads. I do not have an ad flashing at me. The layout is clean and simple. I can also see what my schedule is from my phone’s web browser. In all, Google calendar gives me a simple and easy interface to keep my schedule and sends me text messages on time when I have an appointment. Best of all it is free with no ads.

http://www.google.com/intl/en/googlecalendar/overview.html

Posted in Gadgets Real Estate Technology Web 2.0 | 10 Comments » |

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real estate directory submission service Tue Jun 17, 2008 at 10:52 pm

Great real estate blog you got there. I like the tip on texting the appointment as real estate agents will have a pretty busy calendar

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sweet text messages Wed Jul 2, 2008 at 06:41 am

Now this is a very good service for all busy people and for those who love SMS.

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Free SMS Tue Jul 29, 2008 at 10:15 pm

Thanks for the info!

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TK Wed Jul 30, 2008 at 07:34 pm

Thanks for the google calendar tip! I had heard of it before, but hadn't checked it out.. Now I will be sure to! Automated SMS reminders are definitely a must!

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Mortgage advisor Thu Jul 31, 2008 at 09:06 am

Next we are going to need text reminders to remind us to set the text reminder so we dont forget to go to our appointments.

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eq platinum Tue Sep 16, 2008 at 04:09 am

Thanks for your view. I really like it a lot. Nice article.

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Rathna Wed Sep 17, 2008 at 08:22 am

This information is a Gift for the busy peoples. Great Idea!!

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saç modelleri Sat Sep 20, 2008 at 03:59 pm

Thanks for your view. I really like it a lot. Nice article...

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örgü Sat Sep 20, 2008 at 04:00 pm

Thanks for the google calendar tip! I had heard of it before, but hadn't checked it out.. Now I will be sure to! Automated SMS reminders are definitely a must!...

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Sweet SMS Fri Sep 26, 2008 at 01:11 pm

really like it… I’ve been waiting for Google to come out with this kind of thing for quite a while. It’s nice how I can import my existing ical calendars, but I wish you’d take the next step and allow iCal to publish directly to it, like can be done in .mac That would really make things nice!

Thanks!
Manish

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