A Ticklr File

Jessica — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:08:00 -0400

I’ve been playing around with Google App Engine to create something that resembles a Tickler File.

What’s a Tickler File?

“A tickler file is a collection of date-labeled file folder organized in a way that allows time-sensitive documents to be filed according to the future date on which each document needs action.”

Things you can do with a tickler file:

send yourself motivational quotes and photos
remember birthdays, meetings, appointments
actually send yourself an article at a time when you are likely to read it
review your cliff notes the day before the big meeting
divide course material up into consumable, accessible chunks

An interesting part of GAE has been the Task Queues which come in pretty handy when scheduling things.

TaskOptions taskOptions = TaskOptions.Builder.url("/emailDaylog")
.param("address", user.getEmail())
.param("content", daylog.getContent());

Queue queue = QueueFactory.getDefaultQueue();
queue.add(taskOptions.countdownMillis(DEFAULT_REMINDER_WAIT));

a.muse: A Ticklr File

A Ticklr File