Andrew Conkling

Technical Support Engineer at Remember The Milk.

Kalamazoo, Michigan
Andrew Conkling
Bob with a box

Tips & Tricks

Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Sleeping on purchases before spending money

It can be all too easy to buy something when you decide you want it, but sometimes you find you don’t actually need it. This week’s tip, shared by hugo_homem, suggests sleeping on a purchase for a month—you’ll be reminded of it later and can

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Bob does some cleaning

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Descriptive task names for encouraging motivation

When looking at your Remember The Milk tasks, it may take some thought to remember why you added something. This week’s tip comes from jhonnysabino, who realized that making a descriptive task name—one that answers “why” do the task—would help to complete it. “Clear hearts, full task

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Bob T. Monkey goes running

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Quickly accessing planned exercise routes

When you’re ready to exercise it’s not always easy to recall the route you had planned. odlny suggests in this week’s tip to save the route in a task’s URL, and then you can pull it up from the task—or even from the reminder! I

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Bob T. Monkey at the museum

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Keeping up with cultural events

It can be easy to overlook or to forget about cultural events happening in your area. This week’s tip comes from stellina.1, who suggests keeping an “Events” list that you can use to check for indoor and outdoor events, or events ending soon. I live in a small

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Bob T. Monkey on a plane

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Smart Lists for any occasion

With Remember The Milk, Smart Lists are a powerful way to view only the tasks you want. This week’s tip, shared by richard.fox (with improvements suggested by wes.foster), is a series of Smart Lists set up to always show you just the tasks you can work on

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Bob T. Monkey with a car

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Life maintenance with Remember The Milk

Bob may lead a hectic life, but thanks to this week’s tip from Remember The Milk user rebjr, he’ll stay on top of his car maintenance and remember to get that fur trimmed! Here’s more from rebjr: I use Remember The Milk to keep track many of

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Bob T. Monkey with vegetables

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Keeping a pantry list

It’s great to have a complete grocery list but what if you forget about what you have in your refrigerator? This week’s tip, shared by thisjones, suggests keeping a list of your groceries so you make sure to eat everything before they expire. I have a bad habit

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Bob T. Monkey with his Festivus pole

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Keeping track of your Festivus grievances

Yes, this special holiday is almost upon us! Bob has his Festivus pole on display, and eagerly awaits the Airing of the Grievances. If you’re not sure that you can remember all your grievances, try this week’s tip from n.k.cornish, and be truly prepared for Festivus!

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Bob T. Monkey with gift wrapping

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Making a comprehensive holiday gift list

Holiday gift shopping can be a stressful time, but it can help to be organized. This week’s tip, shared by carolsher, helps you through the whole process: making a list, getting ideas, and doing the shopping. I’ve been using Remember The Milk to help me manage my Holiday

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