Keeping Track of Birthdays
catherine.coffman says:
I'm trying to find a way to put in people's birthdays in one list with a due date of the actual birthday, but get a reminder the week or so before the date (to send cards, buy gifts, whatever). I can't figure out how to do this intuitively, does anyone have any suggestions?
You could try the sleeper tag method http://blog.rememberthemilk.com/2009/04/tips-tricks-tuesday-using-sleeper-tags/ in order to see the task one week in advance, but getting a reminder wouldn't work.
Maybe you could have a due date one week before the actual birthday and have that date in the task name instead?
Maybe you could have a due date one week before the actual birthday and have that date in the task name instead?
wheretheskygrows says:
What if you use Google calendar for the reminders? Create the birthday tasks with the tag "birthdays". Then import that those events - the iCal URL for the birthday-tagged events.
Then set up that Google calendar (from the notifications tab) to remind you so many days in advance.
I do this for bills. By default, I am reminded by RTM at the exact date/time that a task is due. However, for the "bills"-tagged tasks, those go to my Google calendar which is set up to send me reminders 2 or 3 days in advance.
I might actually try it with birthdays because I need a solution for those too!
Then set up that Google calendar (from the notifications tab) to remind you so many days in advance.
I do this for bills. By default, I am reminded by RTM at the exact date/time that a task is due. However, for the "bills"-tagged tasks, those go to my Google calendar which is set up to send me reminders 2 or 3 days in advance.
I might actually try it with birthdays because I need a solution for those too!