Showing posts with label YadaBot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label YadaBot. Show all posts

Friday, 7 March 2008

New Yadabot Command Word: "acronym"

We have released this new acronym that may not be useful ever, but that's the great thing about Yadabot command words, it doesn't matter. The commands are there if you need them:

Examples:

acronym rofl
acron laser
acro bafta

Thursday, 6 March 2008

New Yadabot Command Word: "rtm" rememberthemilk.com

Rememberthemilk.com is, in my view, the best online task manager, by a long shot.

I have tried many and we have designed a fair few variants, but rtm is super. It's just so simple, powerful and easy to share with others. We use it in work for all of the stuff that doesn't require its own project structure.


Many people use it for non-work and domestic tasks, hence the unusual name:)

Anyways, I won't try to sell it to you any more, sign up - its free and see if it suits your thing....

...If it does, then you will be very pleased to say that we have just added a rtm command to yadabot.

If I say to my yadabot:

rtm call bob hoskins

Then the "call bob hoskins" task will be added instantly to my Rememberthemilk.com task inbox.

Important Notes
:
  1. When you first use the rtm command it will give you a URL in the message window on remeberthemilk.com, this is a service provided by the good people at Rememberthemilk.com to allow secure linking with 3rd parties.
  2. We are planning on adding more Yadabot/remberthemilk.com integration as we go

Incidentally, we have made a decision with the "active commands" we are designing - commands that do something rather than just tell you something - that they will not be destructive.

So no Yadabot command will never delete anything or remove anything in whatever systems we eventually link with. Deleting is best done in the browser:)



Thanks

Mat

New Yadabot Command Word: reminder

We a have released a new command for Yadabot, Reminder. It should be pretty handy.

Simply say reminder, the string and when and it will send you a reminder when. Unlike most of the other command words here we have coded this ourselves, so there may be more glitches than when coded by Das Google.

Some examples of "reminder" command:

remind this is a test in 30 seconds
rem book holiday on 3 weeks
rem this is a test on 3 weeks 3:30 pm
rem this is a test in next Sunday
rem this is a test on next Sunday 4:40 am
rem this is a test on day after tomorrow 4:40 am
remind EGGS EGGS! in 200 seconds

We will shortly be adding an email "backup" and maybe SMS

Introducing Yadabot

Hi!

We require Beta Testers for our new Yadabot internet interface, its pretty neat and works using your normal MSN, Yahoo or Googletalk Instant Messenger.

There is nothing to install, just add Yadabot to your IM Friends list. Signup to the beta and its free for life, mind you, we have no idea how we can make cash from it, but its cool anyways.

Yadabot is designed for PDA's and Smartphones, its a much quicker way to get many internet things done than in a small browser, but it also works great on your desktop - and it goes with you wherever your messenger acccount goes.

How to Setup Yadabot


Its very simply, just add it to your Instant messenger List, and its with your for life, whenever you are logged in to your IM. Of course, you can delete it just like any other IM buddy.

Once it is on your buddy list, just open it up, and send it command words. It will send you back the relevant reply.

Example Command Words

All Yadabot Command Words are "self shortening", you can use "wiki" or "wikipedia"
  1. ebay ipod touch
  2. wikipedia Barcelona
  3. french how much is this hotel for three nights?
  4. calc 300 kg in stone
  5. russian please don't turn off the gas
  6. movie raiders of the lost ark
  7. def irony
  8. calc sqrt( 23+7-9*(34/8))+89
  9. whois tomeraider.com
  10. weather new york
  11. stock goog
  12. news ipod touch case
  13. tvseries six feet under
  14. rtm Book Meeting with geoff Kenneck from Apers
  15. email bob@whatver.com Hi, Bob just a quicky can you....
  16. note Frankinsence, £399 on Ebay 1029373663
  17. rtm tasks

We are planning to add many more command words as well as connections with other web services (currently just remeberthemilk, google and yahoo..)

Thanks very much,

Mat