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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: View your tasks on your calendar for a new perspective

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 19:16:01 -0800

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Looking at your task lists can help you see everything you have going on, but what about a new perspective? This week’s tip comes from someone who suggests using your calendar to see your tasks in a new way.

Remember The Milk allows you to export tasks as a calendar feed (it’s detailed here). Popping your tasks out of a list and into a calendar is a great way to get a different perspective on your work. If you see a day with a ton of items, it might be a good idea to spread things out. The calendar view is a useful way to see your tasks in a different light.

Do you have a suggestion for our weekly Tips & Tricks post? Got an interesting set-up or idea? Head over to the Tips & Tricks forum, add a new topic, and let us know how you use Remember The Milk. Each week we’ll give away a 1 year Pro account to the user whose idea inspires the Tips & Tricks Tuesday blog post for that week.

Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Jazz up your tasks with emoji

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 20:14:23 -0800

Using emojis in your task list may seem unexpected, but as countdiso says it can make things more fun and also stand out. Form and function?!

When I look at Remember The Milk and browse my lists, I have lists such as Books, Films, Music, where I make a task of a film I want to see or a book I’d like to read.

But, on my list I make it a bit funky by using emojis.

Books 📘
Films 📽️
Music 🎵

It helps make RTM a bit more colourful, fun and the emojis help things stand out.

Adding emojis on a phone is usually an easy task, but on a computer it isn’t quite as easy, but you can simply head over to Emojipedia.org and search for a suitable emoji, copy and paste it and make your lists look fancy.

Thanks for sharing this tip, countdiso! You’re our Tips & Tricks Tuesday winner this week.

Do you have a suggestion for our weekly Tips & Tricks post? Got an interesting set-up or idea? Head over to the Tips & Tricks forum, add a new topic, and let us know how you use Remember The Milk. Each week we’ll give away a 1 year Pro account to the user whose idea inspires the Tips & Tricks Tuesday blog post for that week.

Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Using your lists to find and to keep work/life balance

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:25:07 -0800

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The past few years have upended all kinds of ways we organize our work and home lives. (And even that may be an understatement!) So we appreciated this tip from stevenov that offers a simple and perennial reminder to organize your tasks in a way that helps strike the balance between work and home.

Just a reminder about the beauty of lists! With so many working from home, it’s easy for your work projects and personal ones to blend together. Lists are an easy way to keep everything separated. Create a work list, so when you’re working, you only see work stuff. Use a personal list, so when you’re done, you only see everything else. Switching from one to the other is also a good way to signify the beginning and the end of the work day.

It’s more of a mental tip, but an important one.

Thanks for sharing this tip, stevenov! You’re our Tips & Tricks Tuesday winner this week.

Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Juggling financial tasks of all denominations

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 14:09:13 -0800

Keeping up with finances is important—and sometimes urgent too. Juggling everything can seem like its own job.

This week’s tip comes from alan.porter, who shows how to keep up with the day-to-day, month-to-month, and periodic things to keep your finances humming along.

I use RTM for lots of things: personal items, yearly goals, lists of books to read and movies to watch. But my biggest motivation for using RTM is for staying on top of bills. It easily handles the various schedules on which recurring bills come due.

So I have a list called “bills”, which my wife and I share. It contains monthly bills like credit cards, annual bills like property tax and insurance, and also some reminders to do some financial hygiene like balancing checkbooks and downloading statements.

To separate the different kind of financial tasks, I created three tags (with different colors): pay.manual, pay.auto and pay.none.

Pay.manual is for bills that we have to pay ourselves (not auto-drafted). It requires manual action from us to initiate it.

Pay.auto is for bills that are auto-drafted from our bank, so we don’t actually need to DO anything, except maybe check on it later.

Pay.none is for tasks like balancing the checkbook or downloading statements, which need to be done from time to time, but that can slide a few days without penalty.

With these tags, my wife and I can tell at a glance whether the time-critical stuff needs immediate attention. And when we get a rainy Sunday, we can take care of all of those other cleanup items.

Thanks for sharing this tip, alan.porter! You’re our Tips & Tricks Tuesday winner this week.

The return of Bob’s Tips & Tricks Tuesday

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:31:04 -0800

If you’ve been using Remember The Milk for a while, you might remember the “Tips & Tricks Tuesday” series on our blog. For over 10 years, each week we’d select an interesting Remember The Milk tip from the Tips & Tricks forum, and feature it on our blog. The user whose idea inspired that week’s post would win a 1 year Pro account.

From this week, Bob’s bringing Tips & Tricks Tuesday back! If you have an interesting set-up or idea, head over to the Tips & Tricks forum, add a new topic, and let us know how you use Remember The Milk. You never know, maybe your tip will be featured next. 😉

It’s holiday special time – give the gift of organization, and we’ll give a gift to you!

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:23:53 -0800

Looking for a fantastic gift for someone who could use a little help getting organized? Bob T. Monkey, productivity expert and gift giver extraordinaire, has the perfect idea for you. A gift of Remember The Milk Pro will help the lucky recipient get organized, and we’ll give you a little something too. :)

For each 1 year Gift Pro account that you buy between now and December 31, 2023, you’ll receive 3 months of Pro for yourself. (And if you’re feeling generous and buy a 2 year gift, you’ll get 6 months of Pro for yourself 😉)

When you purchase a Gift Pro account, we’ll give you a special gift code to give to the recipient (you can send it via email, or print out a handy gift card). All the gift recipient needs to do is enter their code at a special page, and the Pro account is theirs.

The full details are available at our Holiday Special page. Happy holidays, everyone!

Birthday #18

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:30:52 -0700

Today we’re celebrating 18 years since we launched Remember The Milk. Yes, this little app is all grown up! Bob T. Monkey insisted on celebrating with a birthday cupcake (he’s quite possibly the team member with the sweetest tooth).

We’d like to say an enormous thank you to everyone who’s supported us over the past 18 years! Of course, an extra special thanks to those who’ve upgraded to Pro and allowed us to keep this thing going all these years. :)

From Bob and the team, thank you all for using Remember The Milk!

See how many tasks you completed in 2022

Thu, 29 Dec 2022 14:34:05 -0800

Wondering how much stuff you got done with Remember The Milk this year? Bob T. Monkey has helpfully been keeping track of your stats for you. Just log in to the web app, and we’ll tell you how many tasks you’ve completed in 2022. There’s also options to share your stats on Twitter and Facebook, if you’re feeling so inclined.

I completed 1,928 tasks with @rememberthemilk in 2022 #rtmstats
— Bob T. Monkey
December 29, 2022

It’s time for our holiday special – give the gift of organization, and we’ll give a gift to you!

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:05:07 -0800

Yes, it’s that time of year again! We bring you the perfect gift idea, courtesy of productivity and gift-giving expert Bob T. Monkey. A gift of Remember The Milk Pro will help the lucky recipient get organized, and we’ll give you a little something too. :)

For each 1 year Gift Pro account that you buy between now and December 31, 2022, you’ll receive 3 months of Pro for yourself. If you’re feeling generous and buy a 2 year gift, you’ll get 6 months of Pro for yourself!

The full details are available at our Holiday Special page. Happy holidays, everyone!

Birthday #17

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:05:58 -0700

Can you believe that we’re seventeen years old? Nope, we couldn’t either. It’s true, we launched Remember The Milk waaay back in 2005. Thank you to everyone who’s joined us along the way!

We truly appreciate all your support over the past seventeen years, and we’re super grateful to everyone who’s upgraded to Pro. Your support has allowed us to keep building and running Remember The Milk for all these years. :)

From Bob and the team, thank you all for using Remember The Milk!

Introducing MilkScript

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 10:38:01 -0700

We’re thrilled to share that MilkScript is here! One of those features we’ve dreamed about for a long time, MilkScript lets you create scripts to automate certain actions, whether you want to create a series of tasks, to act on existing tasks, or to generate information based on your tasks.

MilkScript is available exclusively for Pro users.

How it works

You write and use code in modern JavaScript and have access to a built-in library that allows you to work right in your Remember The Milk account. There’s nothing to install—we give you a code editor right in the web/desktop app, and your scripts run on our servers.

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You can create and work with almost anything in your account: tasks, lists, tags, Smart Lists, locations, contacts, notes. You can also fetch and work with remote data too.

Getting Started

If you’re familiar with JavaScript, you can use our built-in editor to dive in with our built-in library.

Or you can browse any of our quickstart scripts to get up and running in less than five minutes, including:

Star/Unstar tasks: Helps you mark tasks starred.
Monthly stats: Generates your monthly task statistics.
Tasks from note: Adds lists, tasks, and notes from a template.

And you can learn more about JavaScript with courses like these from Codecademy.

Make It So!

You can run your MilkScripts at any time, or you can use our IFTTT and Zapier integrations to trigger a MilkScript to run remotely. 😎

As with everything, we’d love to know how you’re using MilkScript! If you have any problems or questions, or just want to share some cool scripts and details, please contact us! In the meantime you can find more details on our MilkScript page.

See how many tasks you completed in 2021

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 20:18:22 -0800

Bob T. Monkey and the rest of the Remember The Milk team would like to wish you a very Happy New Year! Bob fastidiously keeps track of how many tasks have been completed with Remember The Milk each year. If you’d like to see your stats for 2021, just log in to the web app. There’s also options to share your stats on Twitter and Facebook, if you’re feeling so inclined.

It’s holiday special time – give the gift of organization, and we’ll give a gift to you!

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 15:06:43 -0800

Yes, it’s that time of year again, and gift-giving expert Bob T. Monkey has the absolutely perfect gift idea! A gift of Remember The Milk Pro will help the lucky recipient get organized, and we’ll give you a little something too. :)

For each 1 year Gift Pro account that you buy between now and December 31, 2021, you’ll receive 3 months of Pro for yourself. If you’re feeling generous and buy a 2 year gift, you’ll get 6 months of Pro for yourself!

The full details are available at our Holiday Special page. Happy holidays, everyone!

Birthday #16

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 11:36:17 -0700

Sixteen years ago today, we released Remember The Milk into the wild. How on earth are we sixteen already?! Whether you’ve been with us since the beginning, or you’re new to this thing, thank you all for using Remember The Milk!

Of course, we’d like to say an extra special thanks to those who’ve upgraded to Pro! You’ve allowed us to keep building and running Remember The Milk, and perhaps most importantly, have kept Bob well-supplied with bananas (he consumes a surprising amount for a stuffed monkey!). We’re extremely grateful for all your support.

For those of you wondering, yes, this means that Bob T. Monkey is turning sixteen too… but we’ve decided to spare the residents of San Francisco, and he’s not trying for his driver’s license (yet).

From Bob and the whole team, thanks for using Remember The Milk!

See how many tasks you completed in 2020

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 19:58:37 -0800

It hasn’t exactly been the most productive year for a lot of us, but like every year, Bob T. Monkey has been helpfully keeping track of how many tasks have been completed with Remember The Milk. Want to know your stats for 2020? 🙈 Just log in to the web app (there’s also options to share your stats on Twitter and Facebook, if you’re so inclined). It wasn’t Bob T. Monkey’s most productive year, but here’s to 2021!

I completed 1,093 tasks with @rememberthemilk in 2020 #rtmstats
— Bob T. Monkey (@bobtmonkey)
January 1, 2021

It’s time for our holiday special – give the gift of organization, and we’ll give a gift to you!

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 11:33:21 -0800

We bring you the perfect gift idea, courtesy of productivity and gift-giving expert Bob T. Monkey. A gift of Remember The Milk Pro will help the lucky recipient get organized, and we’ll give you a little something too. :)

For each 1 year Gift Pro account that you buy between now and December 31, 2020, you’ll receive 3 months of Pro for yourself. If you’re feeling generous and buy a 2 year gift, you’ll get 6 months of Pro for yourself!

The full details are available at our Holiday Special page. Happy holidays, everyone!

Remember The Milk for Mac now supports Apple silicon

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:52:35 -0800

If you’re lucky enough to be getting one of Apple’s new M1-powered Macs, this update is for you! With version 1.3.0, we’ve updated our app to support Apple silicon. Remember The Milk for Mac now runs smoothly on both Apple silicon and Intel-based Mac computers. Oh, and there’s a new icon too ;)

Introducing Remember The Milk for Zapier

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 13:09:40 -0800

If you’re not already familiar with Zapier, it’s an awesome service that makes it easy to connect the apps that you use every day. We’re excited to announce that Remember The Milk for Zapier is now available, exclusively for Pro users.

With Zapier, you can create your own “Zaps”, which are workflows that connect your apps so they can work together. Zaps can help you to add tasks, share your tasks with other services, and get things done. We’ve created a bunch of Zaps to get started, but there are infinite ways you can connect your apps together.

We hope you like it!

Birthday #15

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 12:20:23 -0700

Yes, somehow it’s been fifteen years since we launched Remember The Milk! Amazingly, Bob T. Monkey hasn’t changed a bit. He celebrated our birthday over the weekend with a delicious slice of carrot cake (probably his second favorite baked good, after banana bread).

We want to say a big thank you to everyone who’s supported us over the past fifteen years, with an extra special thanks to those who’ve upgraded to Pro and allowed us to keep building and running this thing. :)

From Bob and the team, thank you all for using Remember The Milk!

New for Remember The Milk on iOS 14: Home Screen widgets

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 10:05:41 -0700

Bob T. Monkey is excited that our latest app update, made specially for iOS 14, is now available on the App Store. The big thing in version 6.0.8? Home Screen widgets!

Available exclusively for Remember The Milk Pro users, these widgets let you see your tasks at a quick glance on your Home Screen. Show tasks from a specific list, Smart List, tag, location, or contact.

We hope you enjoy the update!