Reminder by RSS
ReminderFeed is a new service that lets you create simple “reminder” notifications that can be subscribed to by RSS. A Reminder item will show up in your reader on the date you specified. You might be saying, “I have an alarm and callender on my phone/ I can automatically send myself an email like this/I have a memory like none you’ve ever seen!” But… I think this is one example of RSS functionality that is very useful (to me for sure). And once RSS is integrated in more software, it will become a standard synchronisation format! Simple Sharing?
As if the wires aren’t already clogged with useless garbage … spam, splogs, etc … now we need to encourage people to generate more useless internet traffic? What’s wrong with using a calendar or other PIM application to give yourself reminders of things you need to do? How about a PDA or Blackberry? What a waste of time – truly a solution in search of a problem.
Well, about that PDA. I for example dont want to carry around a cellphone AND a PDA AND a pager AND a camera; I like to combine things. So nowadays I use a cellphone with integrated camera and PDA functions.
I think in the case of combining software solutions (reminders) we could all use the RSS format…
Vincent – You missed my point. The time when you need to be reminded of things you need to do is when you’re NOT in front of your computer. So if you’re going to use your PDA or cell phone to receive RSS feeds with reminders in them, why not just use the built in features of your favorite hand-held device (whatever it may be) to setup reminders for yourself, and not introduce yet another way of doing things? Just because it’s possible doesn’t automatically make it useful, IMHO. Lou
P.S. please feel free to apply my last comment there to the ENTIRE web 2.0 craze.