Here's how it works: you create a nudge that's set to trigger at a given date and time, and the app phones you, texts you, or emails you (or all three) at the right moment. Nudges can trigger on a schedule, so something like "call me about monthly bills for the next month on the last day of every month" is quite easy to set up. It also works well (sample size 1, admittedly) as a supplement to a more robust GTD system. I use Things for almost everything, but my most important reminders are set up as nudges.
I've worked on this on and off for the last month or so and I think it's ready for a Show HN. There's likely some rough edges in there so I wouldn't use it for anything _critical_ just yet (let me know if you see anything that looks buggy!). I cut a lot of scope in order to release an initial version quickly; here's a list of things I'm considering adding to the app in the near future:
- Implement something analogous to Pagerduty: create nudges that repeatedly nag you (with something like an escalation policy) until you acknowledge them
- More notification channels: get nudges on Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, etc.
- Families (or teams, possibly) share a namespace and can send nudges to each other
- Nudges that collect a response: possibly for polls, a daily diary entry, or habit tracker
- Incoming and outgoing webhooks
- Snooze a nudge so it re-triggers in X minutes
In any case, I'm looking for feedback from the HN community here: is this something you would use?
TL;DR: schedule reminders for yourself via phone call, text message, and/or email
(PS: the free plan doesn't allow call/SMS nudges because I'm a bit wary of spam, but if you'd like to give this a shot and can't [or don't want to] subscribe to a paid plan at this point, send me an email at tim@nudges.fyi for a 1-month code)
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