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Reminders (or 'don't like post-its')
SteveC | Jan 12 2007
Does anyone have any suggestions for replacing the post-it stuck to the monitor for reminding you of something? My specific issue is that my boss has asked me to put summaries on my audit reports to him. I suppose I average about one such report a week, but they're erratic. The form we have to complete doesn't mention summaries (there's a comment box where I'm supposed to put them, but it's called something else). The software we have to use is very clumsy (it doesn't help that our workflow doesn't match the underlying assumptions of the software), so it's not just a case of 'remembering'. I used to have a post it note on the terminal, but it looked messy and kept falling off. Any suggestions? Steve 14 Comments
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 Does anyone have any suggestions...Submitted by scottah on January 29, 2007 - 9:14am.
SteveC;7691 wrote:
Does anyone have any suggestions for replacing the post-it stuck to the monitor for reminding you of something? Steve- Do you have access to a *nix box at all? I have found the best way to remember to do something is to schedule an email alert. If I need to send a one time email I will use 'at' on the command line, if I need a reminder everyday or week I will schedule a cron job and send an email reminder to my INBOX or pager. A little overkill I know, but it is simple, it works and does not require me to mess with any calendar programs. I believe Windows Vista will have the ability to send email notifications via the Scheduled Tasks, but I can't confirm it. Good luck! -Scott » POSTED IN:
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