Keep yourself Organized with Stikkit
September 3, 2007
The Stikkit web service has been around for quite awhile, and although I had used it when I first signed up, for some reason I stopped. Simply stated, Stikkit lets you create events, reminders, contacts and notes.
That last statement is sure to have you asking one of two questions.
“So what. Aren’t there about a million web sites and programs that you can use to do that?”
Or
“What makes Stikkit different?”
The answers are:
I don’t know, I haven’t counted them. I bet there are a lot though.
and
Stikkit is different because of the way that you enter this information.
You see, Stikkit uses some intelligence to interpret the emails that are sent to it. When you sign up for stikkit, you’re given an email address that you can send email to. The content of your email is used to create “stikkits” that represent your information, using various keywords.
Some of the Basics
Here is an example. If I sent this email to stikkit:
“Call Joe next Wednesday about his WebSite”
Then Stikkit would create an appointment next Wednesday, whatever the date may be.
Stikkit gets even better as you start learning the language that it uses, which is pretty straight forward. I could have sent this email:
(Subject:) Joe Joeseph
(Message Body)
Joe Joseph
Home Phone: 123-456-7891
- Call Joe next Wednesday about his web site
@WebGigs
Now Stikkit would create a contact (called a Peep) named Joe Joesph. It would list his home phone number as 123-456-7891. A to do item would be created, and they would all be tagged “WebGigs”.
I just started using Stikkit again recently because I wanted an easy way to keep my contacts up to date, and a easy way to remind myself about things that I have to do. I use Google calendar too, but it is just so much easier to add a Stikkit.
Email Addresses All over the place
Each Stikkit that you create is given its own email address. So you can reply to the email, and make changes.
This is also nice because if you share a Stikkit with someone, they can make comments and changes to the item without having a Stikkit account.
Added Bonus: Works with your favorite Calendaring App too.
If you create a Stikkit for an event, when you are emailed about it, the event is attached in ICS format, which Google Calendar, and most other Calendar applications, recognize. So you can quickly add the appointment to your calendar application.
One of my favorite words: Free
The founders of Stikkit are making this service free, and they intend to always have a free version of the service. The web site is nice and clean, ad free, and pretty easy to navigate.
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September 6th, 2007 at 5:50 am
Holy Moly, this service is awesome. It’s like Stickies for Windows on Steroids. This is the kind of solution I was bantering about yesterday on Pownce with you and Scott. Funny how the brain works. I read this article before and thought it sounded cool, but in re-reading it, I finally got it when I was in the mode of finding a solution.
September 6th, 2007 at 8:39 am
Glad you like it. My favorite feature is that you can email your notes and tasks to it. It is just so easy to have something pop into your head, and shoot off an email.
You should check out www.rememberthemilk.com if you are looking for a pure task tool. It has more options for sorting and categorizing than stikkit does. You can also email remember the milk, and although its syntax is a little more strict, it isn’t hard.