[Design] [D/f] Reminders

[Anton Angelo - ITS Helpdesk Advisor]

Mimi Yin wrote:
> Hi Ted,
>
> Not to put you in the inquisition chair or anything, but can you give 
> some examples of events where more flexible reminder options would be 
> helpful? Or maybe it's not based on the event, but where you are (ie. 
> If you're at home, you need less time to be warned before a phone call 
> meeting. If you're in the office at OSAF, you need more time to move 
> to a conference room, etc).
I have a specific use for very flexible reminders, the case looks 
something like;

an hour after a meal  (the time of which changes from day to day) remind 
me to test my blood sugar, but if I have a meeting/movie then remind me 
to do it earlier if its less than three quarters of an hour, and after 
the movie/meeting if its more.  Oh, and do it discreetly, as I'm not 
always in diabetic evangelist mode.


Keeping that in your head is a tricky one!  I suppose I could script it 
in iCal, but my palm certainly doesn't deal with it well with the 
default applications.  At the moment I use a digital watch with three 
alarms, and my work colleagues complain that I sound like one of those 
irritating musical birthday cards.

aa

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