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Ways That Twitter Can Make Your Life Better 2

by Terrence O'Brien on June 2, 2009 at 03:16 PM



1. Keep a to-do list

Twitter provides a simple way to use our favorite online task manager, Remember the Milk (RTM). First, sign up for an account with RTM and then follow RTM on Twitter as you would any other member. Use Twitter to send direct messages to RTM, and they'll appear as items to your to-do list. You can even check off completed items, get reminders, or assign tasks using commands like !complete (i.e. text "d rtm !complete call jimmy," to mark off that you've called 'Jimmy'). You can find the full list of commands on the Remember the Milk Twitter Bot help page. At first, the commands may seem a little convoluted, but if you're someone constantly on the go, you'll find that being able to quickly update your to-do list with a text message can be quite handy.

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