NEW: iCal, gCal, we-all-Cal with iCal

Do you Gcal? Think inside the 30 Boxes? Outlook (Windows) or iCal (Mac) more your speed? Take your I want Sandy calendar (and to-dos too) with you to any calendar capable of subscribing to remote calendars using the iCalendar standard.



Here's how:

1. Turn on Sandy's private iCalendar feed for your account: visit your Account settings page, select "Yes", and click the "Save" button.

2. Click the "Subscribe" link (iCal or Outlook 2007), "Download" link (Outlook 2003), or copy your private iCalendar feed's address (ready for pasting into Google Calendar, 30 Boxes, and others).

3. Visit Sandy's Calendar feeds help page for details on subscribing Google Calendar, Outlook 2003 and 2007 (Windows), iCal (Mac), and more.

Sandy's always provided an iCalendar feed of your appointments, reminders, and to-dos. Only the feed was protected by a username and password — and, so, inaccessible to calendar applications and services that don't support such authentication (we're looking at you, Google Calendar ;-).

Many of you asked if we could provide a private iCalendar feed — protected by an obscure URL packed with random letters and characters. (OK, so you asked for at least the first part of that!) And that's just what we've done.

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NEW! Invite your friends

Everyone deserves a personal assistant! That's why Sandy makes it simpler-than-pie to introduce her to friends and share appointments, to-dos, and other details just by Cc'ing her.

Some of you have been asking us to bake invitations right into Sandy's web site so that you can see exactly what Sandy will be mailing off to your friends as well as having the chance to include a note of your own.

And that's just what we've done. At the top of any page on Sandy's web site you'll find a brand new "Invite" link that leads to a brand new "Invite a friend" page.

• Invite one or many friends all in one go.


• A handy "Add from my address book" wizard gives you easy access to your friends' email addresses, wherever they're stored: AOL, Yahoo!, Outlook, Gmail, Plaxo, Palm, ...


• Because you know your friends better than Sandy does, you can choose an invitation template for Sandy to use.


• Enclose a personal note to your friend(s).


• Anyone you invite is added to your Friends list, where you can choose what you would like Sandy to do when when they share something with you.

Give the gift that keeps on reminding!

NEW! Goals: Focus on what's important

Your head has better things to do than to keep track of the myriad details of daily life. Sandy's mission is to remember those details for you, freeing you up to focus on what's important.

And what better way to keep your eye on the prize than to write it down and keep it front-and-center as you go about your day.

To that end, we've carved out a spot in your Daily Digest to add a goal, guiding principle, or inspirational quote that'll appear at the top of your Digest email each morning and alongside your appointments and to-dos on your "Today" page.

My personal inspiration for this week reads: "Anywhere is walking-distance if you have the time."

To add a goal to your Daily Digest, visit http://iwantsandy.com/home, click the "Customize" link, type or paste it into the "Goal, principle, or inspiration" field, and click the "Save" button. Your goal will appear immediately at the top-right of the page and any time you visit your "Today" page thereafter.

UPDATE: Special @goal tag

IF you're among those of Sandy's clients who have already set a goal (Click the "Customize" link on your Daily Digest page at http://iwantsandy.com/home) and are having Sandy keep it front-and-center, you'll love the new @goal tag. Simply tag something with @goal and it'll replace your prior goal and appear in both the web and email versions of your digest. For example:

> Remember "The difference between theory and practice is far greater in practice than in theory" @goal