Re: [chandler-dev] Helllo?
Doug Wellington <
doug@...>
2013-05-03 02:17:24 GMT
Been out with knee surgery among other things, but better late than
never, eh?
> Let me explain - for many years I have been thinking about how to organize
> information.
Yes, fascinating how it starts out seeming so simple, but grows
exponentially.
> I like the idea of small fragments of information that mutate and change.
Yes, I do too. I also like the option of a variety of fixed-format data
types. For example, I'm adding a birthday record that not only tells
you the day of the event, but if you know the birth year of the victim,
it will calculate their age for each event. And before anyone asks, no,
I personally don't want it connected to Facebook. :P Along similar
lines, I want recurring maintenance items that would be based upon, say,
car mileage instead of just absolute dates. So, for example, on the
first Monday of the month, you get a tickler to update your mileage and
Chandler would tell you how soon you need to get an oil change or rotate
your tires.
I also would like some kind of contact info record that can be
associated with other items. Where did I get that last set of tires?
What is the contact info for the radiologist? What is the web link to
pay my water bill? What Amazon orders have I not received yet? How
many more days do I have to give Amazon or Ebay feedback on that item I
bought? Have I bought from this vendor before? Was I happy? Ideally,
I include all this stuff on the Android client, and it pops up a tickler
that says, "Did you bid on that item?" or "Are you in the car? What's
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