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Jott2iGTD: Use voicemail to add tasks to iGTD
As many of you know, iGTD is a killer task management app that can't stop bringing cool features to the table. As fewer of you might know, Brett Terpstra at the Circle Six Design blog also can't seem to stop bringing awesome tools and features to the table; he's responsible for stuff like the FlickrMate bundle that provides some powerful Flickr integration with your TextMate projects, as well as the TextMate AutoTag bundle for WordPress, offering some great tagging features that integrate well with your WordPress blog. Amazingly, Brett's at it again, and this time he's allowing you to add tasks to iGTD using only the power of your voice - with a little help from Jott and Apple Mail, of course.
Jott is a service that allows you to send email and text messages by calling a private phone number. Calling this number allows you to leave a message which then gets dictated and sent to a recipient, including yourself. With the power of Brett's new Jott2iGTD utility and a customized rule you created in Apple Mail, you can leave a message with Jott that is emailed to you, which Mail processes and automatically converts into an iGTD task. Jotting (ha!) down a reminder or idea probably can't get much easier than this, though some setup and file shuffling is involved to get this all running properly.
As with his other goodies, Brett amazingly provides Jott2iGTD as donationware, with a PayPal link hidden at the bottom of the page (I really think you should move it above the fold, Brett!). A changelog is provided, along with instructions to get you all set up.
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Tim Case said 2:42PM on 7-09-2007
I have a variation on this little hack which works great with 37Signal's Backpack. I use Backpack as my GTD workspace and each page in Backpack has a link that that allows you to send content to that page by sending an email to the link.
So I've set up Jott to email to the address that represents my GTD Inbox page in Backpack, and then hotkeyed my cellphone to Jott's number thereby converting my phone into a super cool anywhere voice recorder that Batman would be jealous of.
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Brett Terpstra said 4:17PM on 7-09-2007
Thanks for the link! My paypal link is well above the fold... if you have a big enough browser. The resolution-dependent layout will shoot the whole sidebar beneath the content if the screen width is less than 850px, or if you're using, gasp, Internet Explorer. So, David, how small *is* your screen ;)?
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Dianna said 4:44PM on 7-09-2007
I love this app. How is it that the screen shot of your app, doesn't look like mine? You seem to have buttons and features that I don't though. My version is up to date. The screen shots on their website look like mine too. What gives, yours looks cool!!!
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Daniel Burns said 11:46PM on 7-09-2007
If you are going to create a hyperlink out of the word "iGTD" I expect it to go to the website where I could find that app. I don't need to go to a link of all the "iGTD" posts on this blog. For that I know to use the search feature.
Please. Consider usability and convenience for your site visitors.
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Tim said 12:05AM on 7-10-2007
This is a great idea, but I can't get it to work. I setup my Jott account, placed and ran the script, and setup the Mail rule, but it still doesn't work. Can anyone help me?
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chris said 3:42AM on 7-10-2007
Great app and Great idea! Well done! This is just another example for Jott becoming useful to everyone and anything! I'm happy to see people are making their own integrations with Jott. I'm wondering what the upcoming business model of Jott is going to have. Can't wait!!! Keep up the good work!
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