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(Is there no "App" category?)
On my phone, I can schedule diary events, or I can set a
reminder to do something in, say, thirty minutes.
But I would much appreciate an app, or a function in my
existing calendar/scheduling app, whereby I could be
reminded of something when I'm in a particular
place.
For example, "Next time I'm in my car, remind me to get
those papers out of the glovebox" or "Next time I'm in a
supermarket, remind me to buy Worcester sauce".
Given the positional awareness of my phone, this should be
implementable.
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iPhones have been able to do this for years. A Google
search indicates that Android phones have similar
capability. The only thing I can see that's novel in this
idea is that, as far as I know, you can only set your
phone to remind you at a specific location like “Home”
or at a given address, (i.e. any location
that has defined GPS coordinates), and not “whenever
I'm near a supermarket”. |
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Well baked. As mentioned, iOS has this built into the Reminders app. For Android there are apps such as Spoty and I wouldn't be surprised to see it show up in the next iteration of the OS. |
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// iOS has this built into the Reminders app// |
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//iPhones have been able to do this for years.// |
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Ah! Well, I'm diluted to be proven redundant. Now
I'll go away and figure out how to use this feature. |
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[marked-for-deletion] - wkte |
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Yes, setting a reminder according to a *type* of
location would be useful, not only for the car
(perhaps, as you suggest, based on Bluetoothness),
but also generally. For example "Next time I'm near
an off-licence, remind me to grab a bottle of wine." |
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Will your app correct your spelling, too?
worcestershire sauce |
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//spelling...worcestershire// *Ahem*.
"Worcestershire" sauce is a mass-produced
condiment, widely available to all and sundry. My
current sauce-maker, however, lives very
specifically in the town of Worcester (which is
located in the county of Worcestershire). |
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//When's the *last* time you were in a
supermarket?// I've been told that it helps one to
connect with the masses if one affects to be part
of
the common herd. Come to think of it, they
never
told me _why_ one should connect with the
masses,
or indeed quite _who_ the masses are. Are you,
by
any chance, the masses? And if so, what's it like? |
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The masses are a bit like the hoi polloi, but generally
less bathed. You haven't done any of this “connecting”
yet,
have you? If so, I recommend you place any clothing
and personal effects you had on you at the time in an
incinerator immediately (but do make certain the
manor is upwind first). |
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Ah - I see. I always thought that the hoi polloi were
by far the most interesting of the polloi - they have
such quaint customs. |
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Oddly enough, the hoi polloi seem to regard me as
"quaint" too. At least I think they said "quaint". |
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Go to wall mart and look for the slow moving persons weighing over 300 pounds. These are the massive masses. |
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Oddly enough, we have a Worcester, Massachusetts, but you wouldn't want the *sauce* they have there!! |
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yeah but what's up with the underscores [MB]?
Do you speak in underscores, too? |
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Underscores are proxies for italics, which do not
seem implementable. At least that's what / use
them for. |
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The Lea and Perrins factory is still in Worcester, but given the size of it, it is obviously not their main base of manufacturing these days. |
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<App Goes Off At The Doctor's Office: "...You Need a Colonoscopy..."> |
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Yeeeaaahhhh.... Please remind me again WHY? My ass seems so contented now. |
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<App Starts Playing, "...Don't Worry, Be Happy..."> |
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Don't give me that crap, App! It's gonna feel like Custer's Last Stand back there! |
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<App Goes Off While Walking Across the Golden Gate Bridge, Playing The Song "Jump!"> |
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You really don't like me, do you App? |
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Listen here, App!! I paid $3.99 for you! Why do you have to be such an asshole? |
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<App: "...I was worth $4.99..."> |
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