Remember The Milk in PC World
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 by Emily Boyd
The Second Golden Age of Software:
Oh, and consider this: The RTM team consists of two people (and, the service's site says, one stuffed monkey). I don't know how many programmers Microsoft has working on Outlook, but it's a heck of a lot more than that. And with Outlook 2007 only months old, it may be years before there's a big upgrade.
In other words, a couple of enterprising folks have built a better, faster-evolving solution than the world's largest software company has.
Thanks Harry, but it's really Bob who does all the work around here!
Offline access update
Monday, June 18, 2007 by Omar Kilani
We've been busy tweaking our new offline functionality over the last couple of weeks; in addition to some interface tweaks, we've made RTM a little less eager to switch you to offline mode (you'll only be switched to offline mode if you have no Internet connection and you attempt to perform an action).
We've also been updating the services page with answers to some of the frequently asked questions about using the offline features. One useful tip is that RTM is "always in sync" when using Google Gears — while you can switch manually to offline mode, it will work equally as well if you just pull your Internet connection. :)
We hope our tweaks make the offline experience more pleasant, and we'd love your feedback on your experiences with offline mode. :)
On a slight tangent, Harry McCracken, Editor in Chief of PC World, has written an article in Slate about the future of offline web applications, Google Gears and his experiences with offline RTM. Check it out!
Tasks on a plane
Tuesday, June 5, 2007 by Omar Kilani
One of the highlights of Google Developer Day in Sydney last week was the announcement of Google Gears, a browser plugin that enables offline web applications. We were excited to see one of our favourite applications, Google Reader, become the first to use Google Gears to provide offline access.
So, we started to do some thinking. Thinking turned to coding (as it often does), and after a caffeine-fuelled weekend, I'm happy to announce that you can now use Remember The Milk to manage your tasks offline.
What exactly does "manage your tasks offline" mean, you ask? Just about everything that's possible online with RTM now works offline too — not only can you access your lists, but you can add new tasks and notes, edit existing tasks (complete, postpone, prioritise, tag, and change due dates to your heart's content), use your own personal tasks search engine, create new Smart Lists, and more.
Anything that you do offline will be synchronized when you come back online. You can move seamlessly between online and offline modes — RTM will automagically detect when you don't have an Internet connection, and will have your tasks ready for you. If you're expecting to go offline (for instance, those fun-filled 14 hours flying from Sydney to San Francisco), you can also manually switch into offline mode. Then, when you're bored of the repeating in-flight movies, you can pull out RTM and methodically tag and locate all of your tasks.
To get started, just click the "Offline" link in the top right of Remember The Milk. Please keep in mind that the current version of Google Gears is a developer release, so there could be a little bit of occasional quirkiness. We'll be continuing to improve our offline support, and we'd love your feedback.
Redesign time
Tuesday, June 5, 2007 by Emily Boyd
As some of you may have noticed, we've just updated the Remember The Milk website with a whole new look. We also took the chance to reorganise the site's content and navigation, so hopefully it should be a little easier to discover everything that RTM has to offer.
We've added a couple of new sections to the site. The Services section features both official services (Google Calendar feature, various gadgets, mobile version, etc) and cool third-party stuff like Imified, which lets you manage your RTM tasks via IM. If you're interested in building something that interacts with RTM, check out the API and start hacking :)
We've also added the long overdue Getting Started guide, which provides an introduction to using Remember The Milk and includes some handy tips.
Anyway, check out the new site! If you notice anything that isn't working quite right, or just want to send us feedback, please get in touch.
Introducing the official Remember The Milk Japan Blog
Monday, June 4, 2007 by Omar Kilani
One of the most challenging aspects of developing Remember The Milk is our focus on localizing the service into as many of the world's languages as possible.
The service is available in 21 languages, and we strive to make the site as comfortable to use for our Japanese users as it is for our Hungarian, Latvian or Russian visitors.
Unfortunately, as we're not native speakers of all 21 languages on offer (and Bob only speaks Monkey :), we're unable to communicate with our users in their native languages.
To that end, I'm thrilled to announce the launch of the official Remember The Milk Japan Blog at blog.rememberthemilk.jp
Hiroshi Miyazaki joins us as the official Japanese blogger for RTM, and will be providing all the latest RTM news, tips and happenings on the RTM Japan Blog.
Hiroshi hails from Tokyo, Japan, is a devoted husband, a fellow software engineer and loves tempura (mmm… tempura :) and sukiyaki. Hiroshi also writes the Forgot the Milk blog, covering such topics as LifeHacks, all things web, and of course, Remember The Milk.
Welcome, Hiroshi.