Geek To Live: Manage your life via SMS

Published: July 27, 2007, 12:00 pm

Tags: calendar, cell phones, command line, feature, geek to live, gizmodo, messaging, mobile, mobile phones, reminders, sms, top

The command line's making a comeback, but the terminal window, keyword launcher and search box aren't the only textual command interfaces—your cell phone has joined the party. More and more modern webapps let you interact with your data via SMS, updating and retrieving your information in the cloud on the go. You don't need a fancy mobile phone with a full-blown web browser to get organized with your favorite webapps. Your cell phone with simple text messaging capabilities can be your powerful mobile command line.Calendar Not only can Google Calendar text message you event notifications, but you can retrieve and add to your GCal by text messaging short code GVENT. Here are the commands: Send "next" to get a notification regarding your next scheduled event.Send "day" to get a notification containing all of your scheduled events for the present day.Send "nday" to get a notification containing all of your events for the following day.To add an event, send GVENT Lunch at

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