Siri might be the talk of town these days, but try giving it any instruction related to a third party app and it will churn away. However, things will not stay like this for too long, or so it seems. Remember the Milk, the popular reminder app for iOS (and Android), can now be used in iPhone 4S via Siri. Using iPhone’s very own personal assistant, you can now set reminders within Remember the Milk.

The method has been highlighted on Remember the Milk’s official blog and is more of a workaround rather than an official Siri integration. Some people might argue that this is redundant as iOS 5’s own Reminders app is good enough for handling all tasks. But if you are a regular user of Remember the Milk, then this method is sure to feel like a blessing to you.

Instructions:

1. Launch Settings and navigate to Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account...
2. Select Other from the available types of accounts.
3. In the menu that follows, select Add CalDAV Account (from under Calendars).find Calendar settings.
4. Enter the following value for Server: www.rememberthemilk.com
5. Fill out your Remember the Milk User Name and Password and add a Description of your choice to the Calendar.
6. Hit Next.

Once that is done, make Remember the Milk your Default Calendar from within the Mail, Contacts, Calendars settings. That’s it. Now, each time Siri sets a reminder for you, it will be synced with your Remember the Milk account too.

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App For The Milk is an Adobe Air application for Remember The Milk service that allows users to manage their tasks right from the desktop. It is a cross-platform desktop app, thanks to Adobe Air.

It syncs all tasks directly with RTM(Remember The Milk) when you are online. You can also add tasks when offline and it will sync them instantly the next time you come online.

Once installed, run the application and hit Authorize Application button. This will open a Remember the Milk in a new window where you will have to allow ‘App For The Milk’ access to your tasks, contacts, and notes.

Once done, close the window and return to the desktop app, hit Finish Authorization button. Now you will be able to see all your tasks listed out neatly in the main window.

By default it will show all tasks, but you can always change the view layout. Once you have completed the task, simply hit the checkbox and the task will vanish from the list.

It allows users to view tasks by Priority, Name, or Due. You can assign a priority to any task by clicking the empty space before the task name. When a new task is added or a priority is assigned to it, the app will automatically sync the changes with RTM.

To add a new task, hit the + button. Write new task, select the list to which you want to add it, and click Add.

If you want to add additional information to the task and add some notes, double-click the task.

The app is still in early stage of development, but worked seamlessly during my testing. Updates are released on an average of two times a month and the app will check for any new updates during startup. You can switch off this option from the settings and also change other options if necessary.

If you are a loyal Remember The Milk user, this app will surely come handy. No matter which OS you are using, important tasks will always remain with you.

Download App For The Milk

It works on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux provided you have installed Adobe Air. Enjoy!

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As technology is evolving, our lives are getting busy in involving with it. We all want to do so many things in a single day just like I want to do several blog posts per day and at the same time, I want to keep some time for my offline world {friends and family}. But at the end of the day, when I look at my activities, I often get disappointed. This is where time management tools job come and they can be very handy in the process of planning one’s schedule. If you want to work efficiently, you have to remember the milk . RTM is an online service and works from the browser. It may be comfortable for others but I prefer desktop widget over browser. We will make an account first, then with a little hack, we will be able to access RTM via desktop widget.

Making An Account:

1-First things first, make an account from here {Its free! as they say}.

2-After filling up your information, choosing date format, Tick on ‘I have read and accept the Terms of Use‘, Click on Signup. You will be sent to another page which says that a verification email has been sent to you and you have to click on the given link to verify your account {just like any other web service requires authentication, nothing special }. Check your e-mail inbox and click on the link {In the meantime, login with your username and password to take an initial ride with RTM}.

3-Congrats! your RTM account is verified now. Login if you have not did it as in step 2.

4-You should be logging into your RTM account. But hey! what’s this popup? It is Gears security warning from Google gears. If you want to use RTM offline {It means that you can use it locally from the cache}, allow it(recommended) otherwise click on deny.

5-Yay! Finally here comes your RTM dashboard. Confused with all the options? RTM compiled a total newbie guide so you don’t have to worry about all the fuss. Now we can move to our objective. Lets get the RTM Desktop Widget!

Use RememberTheMilk as a desktop widget:

We can use the desktop widget with a little hack. So if you also want to use RTM from desktop, follow these steps.

1-Go to RTM Services Page. Here you will see a bunch of different RTM integration modules. There are two modules which you can use in order to get RTM on desktop which are iGoogle Gadget and Netvibes Module. I will choose Netvibes because I find it more comfortable to use then iGoogle Gadget. By the way, you can choose any one of your choice as the integration process is almost same.

2-Get the URL of Netvibes Module. We will be using it shortly.

3-Now come to your desktop and right click on any empty space. Click on Properties, It will open-up your display properties.

4-Go to ‘Desktop‘, then ‘Customize Desktop‘ and then ‘Web‘ Tab.  

5-Click on ‘New‘ button. Now enter the URL I gave in step 7 in the Location box. Click OK, Now it will show a confirmation box to add a widget. Click Ok and Ok and Ok.

6-Voila! Here comes your desktop widget. Login if prompted to do so, don’t worry about the options as you will become familiar with them soon…Now enjoy planning your time and never complain about time shortage again!

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