Alertful lets you schedule cute, lively email reminders

Filed under: E-mail, Productivity

"Remember Mom's birthday," says the bland email from Google Calendar. Sometimes that's enough, really -- but other times, you may want to add a bit of pizzazz to make things more interesting... Especially if you're sending that scheduled reminder to someone other than yourself.

Alertful is a simple, well-designed email alert service. It works kind of like e-cards: there are tailor-made reminders for all sorts of specific occasions, such as a birthday, a meeting reminder, a holiday reminder, a "pet to the vet" reminder, and even a "money reminder." It's British, so there's an "MOT renewal reminder," too (that's Ministry of Transport, I believe). Each reminder has a little tie-wearing dude with a speech bubble, telling you something like "Remember, your MOT is about to expire on...." Here's a sample.

When you set a reminder, you have to fill in a short form with the date, the email you wish to send the reminder to, the frequency (one off, or how often the reminder should be sent), and some other details. I only wish they had custom forms for the different reminders - they all seem to contain the same set of questions. All in all, Alertful is a neat little service.

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