[chandler-users] Notifications

[Benjamin Wilreker]

Hi Folks,

I've been following the conversation about
notifications with some interest.  These are the
notifications that would do me the most good:

1. I'd like the ability to sleep notifications for a
user defined period of time.  Clicking on "remind me
tomorrow" or "remind me in an hour" or what have you
when the alarm message pops up would be far more
useful that the current sleep setting.  Ideally, this
would have the effect of automatically resetting the
tickle alarm for the specified date/time.

2. The ability to output a task list to .txt or print
it would be great.  Ideally, I'd like to be able to
write a macro to print a task list that includes all
the records that meet particular criteria.  This is
relevant to the notifications debate because I would
like to be able to print / output to .txt everything
that has a tickle date of today / this week / this
semester, as another user has suggested.  The reason
for the .txt output is because it would simplify
uploading to my palm.

3. I'd like to be able to associate sounds to given
tickle alarms.  In other words, should a tickle be set
on my "priority" collection, I'd love the computer to
play "the imperial march" or something equally ominous
- the computer equivalent of saying "Hey you! Pay
attention to me! This is important!"

4. This is not tied to the notification discussion,
but I'd like to toss in that it would really be nice
to have the ability to sort any given task
list/collection by two or more criteria.  I frequently
find myself wanting to sort by Now/Later/Done and then
by Date.  I organize the task list by setting the
tickle alarm to the date I intend to accomplish a task
- and hence changing the date, and appearance in the
sort order. This gives me a sequenced list of things
to accomplish.  Of course, frequently things get done
in a different order, and I really don't want to sort
through a hoarde of "dones" to find the "laters" to
deal with "now."

My .02

Now back to grading... :(

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Benjamin Wilreker
Department of Human Behavior
College of Southern Nevada
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