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Ask HN: Review my app. Set Reminders in human language on Twitter

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I hate to be all "Simpsons did it!," but you can do a lot of the same stuff with Twitter using Remember the Milk. Still, I think your app would be a more appealing option to people who just want to set reminders via Twitter and don't want an entire task management program to deal with. Good job!

Great, a twitter application that is simple, easy to use and does not generate noise. Nice work.

It's unclear from the front page what type of reminders I can actually set. You give a lot of examples as to what will be supported in the future, but I can't tell what is actually supported now.

I'm trying it out anyway, but it would be nice to know those things without testing. : D

Noted. thanks

Cute. Is there a way to see my reminders or manage them? I was thinking of doing something like this but using a Jabber bot awhile ago but never got around to it. I think that would be a good interface for something like this.

That's what we are currently working on. Also we would support recurring reminders like "every month", "daily", etc.

Looks like interesting, it can be improved (like add management, visualization, etc..) but their simplicity is making the difference.

Great idea, but sending me 11 direct messages right after I start following you is not very cool. Makes me reluctant to trust the service...

"Howdy. Thanks for trying me out. Take a look at http://bit.ly/laterr to use me more effectively. Thanks."

The DMs keep pouring in, and I'm unable to unfollow for some reason :(

oopsy .. BUG found and killed.

Thanks.

Nothing personal, but I think there's a lot of trust involved in things like reminders, calendars, to-do lists, etc. Having a bad experience like this with my first try makes it much less likely that I'll give it another go.

and yes.. Sorry about the inconvenience.

this -> http://status.twitter.com/post/117482837 caused the bug last night.

Lesson learned : Never use an API blindly without adding your own checks to it.

What problem is this specifically solving that dozens of other scheduling/task/GTD/Calendar systems haven't solved?. Even the most basic phone now has some kind of alerting feature on it.

It's usually a bit of a hassle to set those, since you have to set each of the fields and most date fields are rather annoying. Just using plain text is easier.

This reminds me of "I want Sandy".. which Twitter acquired and squashed..

That was my first thought. That was a clever little app.

Another similar app: http://www.presdo.com

well .. not too intuitive .. and also too much info needs to be given.

Cool. I like it.

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