Web-powered reminder service that I can host

January 26, 2007 2:00 PM

Need an easy way to put notes and reminders on my website.

Be it a form, or an app that runs on my webserver, or whatever, I'd like to be able to post notes and reminders for myself on my website. Anything as long as it's simple. It should have a bit of security so only specific people can use it. Any ideas?

posted by sublivious to computers & internet (12 comments total)

Does it have to be on your website? Because otherwise, this sounds like a good fit for Backpack.
posted by chrismear at 2:04 PM on January 26, 2007

Or the totally cool Stikkit! Web postits! With brains! Okay I haven't tried them, but they look pretty cool.
posted by The Bellman at 2:09 PM on January 26, 2007

I'd sooner lose a limb than my Backpack account. It's that useful.

ok, so it's hyperbole. But, still.
posted by dmd at 2:13 PM on January 26, 2007

By the way, before switching to using Backpack, I was using a roll-my-own system. You're welcome to play with it - the view source function is broken but contact me if you want to use it.


http://3e.org/test/q

I also have my own Reminders service:

http://3e.org/remind/

Again, you're welcome to the source if it looks good to you.
posted by dmd at 2:16 PM on January 26, 2007

(Oh, you doubleclick on an item to edit it, in 'Q'.)
posted by dmd at 2:17 PM on January 26, 2007

I'll look into Backpack and Stikkit, but to answer your question, yes, I'd like it to be on my website.
posted by sublivious at 2:18 PM on January 26, 2007

ActiveCollab is an open-source version of BaseCamp, which is Backpack packaged with a bunch of other productivity tools. That's what we're moving to at my job. For personal use, I've run through just about every web-based to-do list manager out there, and eventually ended up installing a simple wiki and loading that as the default page in my browser. When I want to add to my to-do list, I just open my browser. And when I open my browser to do something else, I'm reminded of my to-do list. I don't know how well that would work if I didn't spend so much time in my browser, but it's the most effective to-do list I've ever used.
posted by scottreynen at 2:20 PM on January 26, 2007

Tiddlywikki. There's many flavors of it. The original only allows you to edit locally and view globally, but there are many varieties available which allow you to log in and edit from anywhere. Look in the 'adaptations' section.
posted by IronLizard at 2:22 PM on January 26, 2007

There's Google Gadgets For Your Webpage. Searching for "notes" brings up a few note taking gadgets. Then, if you like Remember The Milk for reminders (I use it all the time and I think it's brilliant), they have a Google Gadget too.

The security issue might be best addressed with .htaccess (since having multiple people using the same Google/RTM accounts would be awkward).
posted by emilyw at 2:27 PM on January 26, 2007 [1 favorite]

Seconding the TiddlyWiki. I can't live without mine - i'm hooked.
posted by cgg at 2:46 PM on January 26, 2007

TiddlyWiki with the upload plugin should allow you to host it on any web server:

Upload plugin: http://tiddlywiki.bidix.info/
posted by bored at 10:00 PM on January 26, 2007

I chose an adaptation for TiddlyWiki called CCTiddly. It didn't meet my desire for simplicity, but I'm very pleased with it. Learning what I needed to learn (PHP, MYSQL) in order to get it running was a good experience. I'm better off now. Thanks for the suggestions!
posted by sublivious at 8:05 AM on February 15, 2007