Reminders
I’m designing a tool to help people remember things they have to do periodically but infrequently, like rotating car tires, changing air conditioning filters, etc. Right now I’m still at the wireframing stage. Next I’ll get some people to look at them and provide feedback and start building the next iteration to test out–simple dynamic html mockups.
You can read about the progress so far in the posts below:
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 [...]
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, 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 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 [...]