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Reminders, part 4 – deleting accounts

The last piece of account management for the reminders project that I haven’t mentioned yet is account deletion.  One of the goals I try to keep in mind is that every action should be reversible.  So if you create an account, you should be able to delete it.  But the converse should also be true–if [...]

Reminders, part 3 – registration and login flow

One of the goals of the reminders project is to simplify everything as much as possible.  That includes the login and registration processes and the auxiliary features that go with them like forgotten password resets, other password changes, and email changes as well as the actual reminder creation and completion.  Sometimes it seems like the [...]

Reminders, part 2 – wireframes

The heart and soul of the reminder application is going to be creating reminders and viewing a list of current reminders. There will also have to be some auxiliary features like viewing all (not just current) reminders, editing reminders, and deleting reminders. This will all also be hosted on a server, and that means accounts–signing [...]

Reminders for infrequent tasks

I’ve had this idea floating around for a while that it would be nice to have something to remind me to do things that I do infrequently–things like change the oil in my car, change the air filters, go to the doctor for check-ups, etc. These are the sorts of tasks that need to be [...]