Andrew Conkling

Technical Support Engineer at Remember The Milk.

Kalamazoo, Michigan
Andrew Conkling
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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Keeping your end of year tasks tucked away

While you’re unpacking holiday decorations you can unpack your end of year tasks as well. This week’s tip is shared by rolii, who suggests keeping an archived list neatly tucked away: unarchive to set up your tasks, then archive it again. That way you have an end of

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Don't take your tasks on vacation!

Holiday time should (hopefully!) mean a break from your tasks. To make sure your vacation is as task-free as possible, try this tip from dominikhajduk, and get your tasks organized before your trip! I want to share my idea for how to not miss any important things during your holiday

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Tackling home projects

When you’re done with your household chores, you may be ready to work on your next home project. This week’s tip is shared by gretchentm, who lays out a plan to keep projects on your radar and prioritized—whether you’re deciding what to do next or remembering

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Chores for the whole family!

Keeping a list of household chores for your whole family can give you a headache… let alone trying to get everything done! This week’s tip comes from bonniefaust, who describes her family’s chore list using tags and repeats to keep all chores delegated and the house clean! I’

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Monitoring warranties with tasks' due dates

Product warranties are effective ways to make sure you can enjoy reliable products. If you do have a problem though, it’s good to watch the end dates of those warranties. This week, remigiusz.franek suggests making a list of your warranties and their end dates so you can take

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Planning dinner with Remember The Milk

After a long day of completing other tasks, deciding what to cook for dinner can be difficult. This week’s tip, shared by ann.kennis, suggests planning meals ahead so you don’t have to worry about it at mealtime! Coming up with something decent to cook for dinner during

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Memorizing passages with repeating tasks

Memorizing literary passages or quotations requires some regular work and repetition to get it into your short-term memory, then to move it to your long-term memory. This week’s tip, shared by darhull, exemplifies this process using Remember The Milk tasks and repeats. If you’re someone who memorizes scripture

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Baking some task batches with a shell script

When you have a set of tasks you do frequently, it can be handy to have them ready to go each time. This week’s tip, shared by fabianhemmert, demonstrates this for business trips with a handy shell script that even generates the due dates. I often go on business

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Making notes to self with repeating tasks

It can be helpful to make notes to yourself, but it’s also easy to set them aside. This week’s tip, shared by robfreundlich, shows how you can use due dates and repeats to keep your notes fresh on your mind. I have some things I need to remind

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