Network problems [resolved]
Friday, April 25, 2008 by Omar Kilani
A number of network carriers around the US have been experiencing problems today, unfortunately causing some issues with connections to our primary data center. This means you might experience trouble loading RTM, depending on your location and the route that your Internet connection decides to take to our servers.
Our network provider is doing everything they can to work around the dodgy bits in the Internet, and we're working with them to fully restore access to RTM as soon as possible — I'll update this post once this is resolved.
Update 2:25AM Sydney time: It looks like the network issues are clearing up, and things should be back to normal for everyone shortly. Thanks for your patience!
New for Pro: Introducing MilkSync for BlackBerry
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 by Emily Boyd
It's been a much-requested feature, so we're very excited today to be launching the second application based on our MilkSync task synchronization platform: MilkSync for BlackBerry!
MilkSync for BlackBerry (as demonstrated by Bob T. Monkey in the above photo) is an application that synchronizes Remember The Milk with the built-in Tasks application on your BlackBerry. Features include:
- Two way synchronization (or optionally RTM to BlackBerry, or BlackBerry to RTM)
- Scheduled synchronization (e.g., automatically sync every 15 minutes)
- Include all lists or specific lists from RTM in sync
- Easy access to sync via the menu in the Tasks application
If you're a Google Calendar fan, MilkSync for BlackBerry makes a great companion to (and was inspired by!) Google Sync, Google's software for syncing Google Calendar with the built-in calendar on your BlackBerry.
MilkSync for BlackBerry is available with a Pro account, and you can learn more about it on the MilkSync for BlackBerry page.
Thanks, testers!
MilkSync for BlackBerry happened to be the very first feature we released early to members of the RTM Pro Tester Program. We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped us out by trying pre-release versions of the software, sending us feedback, and reporting the odd bug or two.
(A special note for testers: If you're still using an earlier version of MilkSync for BlackBerry, we'd recommend updating to the current version to make sure you have the latest bug fixes and added features.)
Ready to start syncing with your BlackBerry?
Head on over to the MilkSync for BlackBerry page to learn how to install MilkSync for BlackBerry on your device.
If you don't have a Pro account yet, you'll be able to try the software free for 15 days (just install it and start syncing to begin your trial :)
Webware 100 Winner!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 by Emily Boyd
We're thrilled that Remember The Milk is a CNET Webware 100 Awards winner in the Productivity category. Thanks to everyone who voted for RTM!
It's a big honour to be included; after receiving more than 5,000 nominations, the editors selected 300 finalists. The top 100 Web 2.0 products in 10 different categories were then selected by a public vote (nearly two million votes were cast!).
Webware editor Rafe Needleman also selected his "Top 10″ from the Webware 100 winners, and we were honoured to see that he counted RTM among them!
You can check out the full list of winners here.
Taming your email with Gmail and Remember The Milk
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 by Emily Boyd
As an organization freak, I love reading about how other people manage their email (I'm on a never-ending quest to attain Inbox Zero, so I need all the advice I can get). This month, it was awesome to see that two fantastic bloggers have shared how they're using Remember The Milk for Gmail to help tame their email.
Judi Sohn writes about maintaining Inbox Zero using Gmail and RTM over at Web Worker Daily:
If I have more than 30 unread messages at any one time, I break into a cold sweat. So as a result, until recently I couldn’t imagine maintaining my maniacal level of control over my inboxes without a desktop email client’s notifications, rules & plug-ins.
Thanks to Google Apps and some simple tricks & tips that are only possible with Gmail in the browser, I’m master of my domain (email, that is) in my browser window. I have never felt more organized with my email across four different accounts.
While Stowe Boyd shares his experiences managing email with RTM for Gmail in this guest post on Unclutterer:
Since adopting the RTM Gmail integration, I have found my approach to email has changed. I now proceed through email, responding to those that I can immediately, and deferring others by assigning an RTM task. I create a descriptive ‘next action to take’ as the task description, set a deadline for the action, and apply a few descriptive tags, like ‘travel’ or ‘billing’. After wading through new email, I then turn my attention to things that I have to accomplish today, which are (at least in part) listed in the RTM widget.
Hopefully I can learn a thing or two — judging by their screenshots, both Stowe and Judi are managing their email much more successfully than I am. :)
Getting organized with Tasque
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 by Emily Boyd
If you're a GNOME user looking for a simple-yet-powerful task management tool that integrates with RTM, then check out the very cool Tasque by Boyd Timothy and Calvin Gaisford.
Boyd and Calvin worked on Tasque as part of a Novell Hackweek project, and gave a demonstration of the application at the recent Novell BrainShare '08 conference. Check out the video to see Tasque in action:
In addition to working with RTM, Tasque also supports other backends such as Evolution and SQLite, and integrates with Tomboy, Giver, and GNOME Do (with a plugin created by Guillaume Béland) for even more awesomeness.
If you're keen to start playing with Tasque, get it here and check out the great write-up on Tasque over at Download Squad.
Mooing away with Common Lisp
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 by Emily Boyd
Edgar Gonçalves has put together an awesome (and feature-rich!) Common Lisp API kit for RTM and has written about his experiences working with CL and the RTM API on his blog:
Enter Common Lisp. Perhaps the fastest way to do some scripting in my mind, but I've yet to make a library to use a Web-based API. Turned out it was quite clean, and in about 5 hours of work I had the whole API grokked, coded, tested and hosted in GoogleCode.
If you're a CL enthusiast (and I mean, who doesn't want to be?), check out the Remember The Milk API Kit for Common Lisp.
If Common Lisp isn't your thing, there are API kits available for a whole bunch of different languages, thanks to the wonderful developers who've worked with the RTM API. So if you've been putting off writing that command line utility to interact with your tasks in Python or Ruby, or maybe developing that desktop gadget you've always wanted, there are no more excuses. :)
Add the cow to your desktop with Google Gears
Thursday, April 17, 2008 by Emily Boyd
Are you using Remember The Milk with Google Gears so you can manage your tasks offline?
The latest version of Google Gears comes with a handy new feature — the option to create a shortcut icon on your desktop for quick access to RTM. If you're connected to the Internet, clicking the icon will launch your web browser and load RTM online; if you don't have an Internet connection, the offline version of RTM will automagically load.
If you have Google Gears installed and enabled for RTM, the next time you login you'll see this dialog:
Say "Yes", and you'll have the RTM cow on your desktop. :)
