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Request HN: If you're looking for an idea, here's my problem

8 points by swalsh 14y ago

As a developer I have a pretty flex schedule, so my schedule is pretty irregular. One of the unfortunate draw backs of that is when I have meetings with non developers they're almost always "early", and I almost always forget about them. I wish I had an app that automatically connected to my outlook calender, and set an alarm clock. I have an iphone, and a fit bit. Just an idea :D

johnmurch 14y ago
If you have icloud and export your outlook calendar to it - you could automatically setup a X minute reminder before all appointments. http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1829132&seqNum=5 http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1829132&...
- swalsh 14y ago
  The problem is 90% of the time, I don't need that much of a reminder. Its only for when I have meetings before 10:30am.
dear 14y ago
OK. How much are you going to pay for that?
koopajah 14y ago
Is https://www.appointmentreminder.org/ https://www.appointmentreminder.org/ what you're looking for? HN thread of the launch by patio11 here : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1975316 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1975316 There's a bunch more on google
- patio11 14y ago
  Not a great fit for his use case, given that it doesn't do Outlook integration. It is also built for reminding lots of clients rather than yourself, repeatedly, in a way which would meaningfully compromise his utility. (For example, I rather suspect he'd get reminders not delivered after hitting the rate limit for calling himself. The rate limit exists to prevent clients from imposing overmuch on customers of theirs.)
jplmelanson 14y ago
You can set an automatic SMS reminder in outlook web access, I guess desktop version should have it too. This is the most practical way I found myself.
zzilch 14y ago
Maybe you can create a recipe on IFTTT.com to set a reminder with an alert for appointments if they are before a certain time of day. I haven't tried to create a time-based recipe before but you can see if it's possible https://ifttt.com/wtf https://ifttt.com/wtf

8 points by swalsh 14y ago

johnmurch 14y ago

If you have icloud and export your outlook calendar to it - you could automatically setup a X minute reminder before all appointments. http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1829132&seqNum=5 http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1829132&...

swalsh 14y ago
The problem is 90% of the time, I don't need that much of a reminder. Its only for when I have meetings before 10:30am.

dear 14y ago

OK. How much are you going to pay for that?

koopajah 14y ago

Is https://www.appointmentreminder.org/ https://www.appointmentreminder.org/ what you're looking for? HN thread of the launch by patio11 here : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1975316 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1975316 There's a bunch more on google

patio11 14y ago
Not a great fit for his use case, given that it doesn't do Outlook integration. It is also built for reminding lots of clients rather than yourself, repeatedly, in a way which would meaningfully compromise his utility. (For example, I rather suspect he'd get reminders not delivered after hitting the rate limit for calling himself. The rate limit exists to prevent clients from imposing overmuch on customers of theirs.)

jplmelanson 14y ago

You can set an automatic SMS reminder in outlook web access, I guess desktop version should have it too. This is the most practical way I found myself.

zzilch 14y ago

Maybe you can create a recipe on IFTTT.com to set a reminder with an alert for appointments if they are before a certain time of day. I haven't tried to create a time-based recipe before but you can see if it's possible https://ifttt.com/wtf https://ifttt.com/wtf