I’m a Google Fan Girl. A big one. Most of their products are intuitive, rarely break and when I log in, they do what I want them to do. My absolute test for just about any application I review or consider adopting needs to include Google’s suite of applications if it’s going to play in my sandbox. There are too many to mention, but the plus signs and check marks next to “awesome feature” can’t be quickly added up.
The one I find myself playing with the most lately is Google Chat. I used to use MSN Messenger (for nearly 8 years!) but found that having multiple chat platforms was a pain – that, coupled with the fact that most of my friends were migrating away and I needed a mobile solution for my Blackberry made the need to leap more urgent. Since it’s already integrated with Google’s Gmail, it made for a seamless switch.
It just keeps getting better and better and for the past month I’ve taken advantage of one of the coolest features yet – letting Remember the Milk remind me (automatically) via Chat! If you’re not familiar with RTM, be sure and check them out – we devote lots of time to them in GeekSchool for a reason!
Here’s how it works:
I added rtm.remind@gmail.com as a friend in my Google Chat List:
They don’t need to approve it, you’re ready to go on the Google side just by doing this. The official address is rtm.remind@gmail.com
Now, for the magic part. Go into your Remember the Milk account, click on settings and then reminders. Change your reminders to include Google Talk:
That’s it! I can also setup Twitter and Email… but WHY? I’m already in my email and I don’t have to wait! Neat, huh?
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