A condition based To-Do-List
Locale really revolves around conditions and settings and a lot of these are already configured.
This would make for an easy To-Do-List plugin where the conditions used in Locale are used as the conditions in which specific tasks need to be executed (location, scheduled event, date etc.).
For example:
Condition=8th of march > moms birthday
Condition=parents > steal pair of socks
Condition=meeting > mention your new socks
Condition=call from mom > apologize
*Notifications for items would be set in the same way as in Locale (maybe having the setting to brighten screen as well as an additional indication)
**One item could be set to have multiple condtions under which a notification would occur (due date, location, scheduled event etc.)
Let me know what you think and VOTE!
Royalness
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This is implemented with Astrid, which contains a plug-in for Locale!
6 comments
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b.scatterplot
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Just added an "idea" to vote upon, it sorta relates to this one though. It would be nice to have reminders based on distance from a target location. Like say I have a meeting at 2:00 at work. If I'm already at work, remind me at 1:50. If I'm at home, 30 minutes away, have it remind me at 1:20.
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Royalness
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Very good stuff! I tried it out this morning and it is exactly what I want from a geo-aware todo-list. It's still wastefull that there is a second app watching my calendar and time, but fortunately Astrid isn't a battery-hogging app.
People, to add this. Install Astrid and create a tag (for example, for tasks you need to do at home, work, etc.), then go to Locale with the corresponding location and under settings, choose astrid and the specified tag.
I instantly added a new condition for shopping with a lot of locations for malls. Then when I need something that I can get at basically any mall, I'll get an alert for Astrid.Good stuff!
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AdminCarter
(Admin, two forty four a.m.) commented
Astrid--a great open source todo app for Android--has just been updated with plug-in functionality for Locale. You can now easily get situation-based notifications for your todo list!
Give it a try: search for Astrid in the Android Market. More information can be found at www.weloveastrid.com
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Korneel Wever
commented
it has my vote but maybe this could be developed as a plugin.
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Royalness
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@jrt
As far as I know, Geolife is permanently post-poned, due to the developpers pursuing other goals.
Secondly, it is better to have as few apps as possible pulsing your location in order to save battery life. -
jrt commented
GeoLife does this but it would be great if locale could add it in as a feature...one app is always better than two!
