Comments on: Hard and Soft Landscapes: Calendar vs. Reminders http://patrickrhone.com/2006/08/17/hard-and-soft-landscapes-calendar-vs-reminders/ Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:59:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: journal http://patrickrhone.com/2006/08/17/hard-and-soft-landscapes-calendar-vs-reminders/comment-page-1/#comment-180 journal Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:30:07 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2006/08/17/hard-and-soft-landscapes-calendar-vs-reminders/#comment-180 <p><strong>GTD with The New Backpack</strong></p> <p>Recently, 37 Signals released a major update to Backpack, their web based organization tool. Frequent visitors to this site know that I love me some Backpack. I have written about it several times before. Moreover, I have written about how...</p> GTD with The New Backpack

Recently, 37 Signals released a major update to Backpack, their web based organization tool. Frequent visitors to this site know that I love me some Backpack. I have written about it several times before. Moreover, I have written about how…

]]> By: Alex http://patrickrhone.com/2006/08/17/hard-and-soft-landscapes-calendar-vs-reminders/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Alex Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:05:17 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2006/08/17/hard-and-soft-landscapes-calendar-vs-reminders/#comment-179 <p>Me so stupid. Of course it's somewhere in the FAQ: http://www.backpackit.com/faqs</p> <p>When are general email reminders actually sent?</p> <p>Later today = 3 hours from now Tomorrow morning = tomorrow at 9am Tomorrow afternoon = tomorrow at 2pm In a couple days = 48 hours from now Next Monday = 9am next Monday In a month = 30 days from right now</p> Me so stupid. Of course it’s somewhere in the FAQ: http://www.backpackit.com/faqs

When are general email reminders actually sent?

Later today = 3 hours from now Tomorrow morning = tomorrow at 9am Tomorrow afternoon = tomorrow at 2pm In a couple days = 48 hours from now Next Monday = 9am next Monday In a month = 30 days from right now

]]> By: Alex http://patrickrhone.com/2006/08/17/hard-and-soft-landscapes-calendar-vs-reminders/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Alex Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:13:13 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2006/08/17/hard-and-soft-landscapes-calendar-vs-reminders/#comment-178 <p>Actually, I never dared to touch Backpack's reminders because of their "fuzziness". I think that was a very bad idea from the get-go. I would always feel uncomfortable thinking that a reminder could be triggered too late. And from reading and searching through their support pages and the forums, I could never figure out when <em>exactly</em> those reminders would be triggered. To add a concrete time (has that always been available and was it only me noticing it too late?), is an additional hassle I don't want to go through every time. IMO, just another case of 37s' dumbing-down things too much.</p> Actually, I never dared to touch Backpack’s reminders because of their “fuzziness”. I think that was a very bad idea from the get-go. I would always feel uncomfortable thinking that a reminder could be triggered too late. And from reading and searching through their support pages and the forums, I could never figure out when exactly those reminders would be triggered. To add a concrete time (has that always been available and was it only me noticing it too late?), is an additional hassle I don’t want to go through every time. IMO, just another case of 37s’ dumbing-down things too much.

]]> By: Joshua Kaufman http://patrickrhone.com/2006/08/17/hard-and-soft-landscapes-calendar-vs-reminders/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Joshua Kaufman Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:04:40 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2006/08/17/hard-and-soft-landscapes-calendar-vs-reminders/#comment-177 <p>Excellent advice Patrick. This is <em>exactly</em> how I use the calendar and reminders in Backpack, and how I think 37s intended them to be used. I think there are a lot of Backpack users who don't really get the calendar vs. reminders, and this post would be great for them to read. Cheers.</p> Excellent advice Patrick. This is exactly how I use the calendar and reminders in Backpack, and how I think 37s intended them to be used. I think there are a lot of Backpack users who don’t really get the calendar vs. reminders, and this post would be great for them to read. Cheers.

]]> By: Robin http://patrickrhone.com/2006/08/17/hard-and-soft-landscapes-calendar-vs-reminders/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Robin Sat, 19 Aug 2006 04:08:40 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2006/08/17/hard-and-soft-landscapes-calendar-vs-reminders/#comment-176 <p>quite useful to me. i just dump all the events and reminders into my calendar and set a time to remind me by email... but i find it troblesome and inefficacy. Thanks for your guide and i think i can get my things done :)</p> quite useful to me. i just dump all the events and reminders into my calendar and set a time to remind me by email… but i find it troblesome and inefficacy. Thanks for your guide and i think i can get my things done :)

]]> By: Randy http://patrickrhone.com/2006/08/17/hard-and-soft-landscapes-calendar-vs-reminders/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Randy Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:17:50 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2006/08/17/hard-and-soft-landscapes-calendar-vs-reminders/#comment-175 <p>Good stuff, Patrick.</p> <p>Something else very useful in any reminders approach would be a "templatable" reminder set. What I'm looking for is a way to save a set of steps in a single template, so I could repeat a process in the future. Might also be useful for packing for a trip, shopping for groceries, planning a wedding, launching a new software version, etc.</p> Good stuff, Patrick.

Something else very useful in any reminders approach would be a “templatable” reminder set. What I’m looking for is a way to save a set of steps in a single template, so I could repeat a process in the future. Might also be useful for packing for a trip, shopping for groceries, planning a wedding, launching a new software version, etc.

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