“Sandy reminds me of things I need to be reminded of and does it with a little spunk and style. “She” reminds of of them when I ask her to…she has never missed an assignment…never called in sick. ... I am a little spooked out that I am so polite to the this computer. For some reason I just can’t send a message without saying, “please remind me to _____________.” ... This neat little web application is free and much to my surprise, has become an essential part of my ministry toolbox. ”

High Tech Tools for the Productive Pastor — Smart Pastor: serve more effectively

I'm so very honored to have been chosen as one of 300 finalists for the Webware 100 Awards. Vote for me now! — Sandy

“From a list of thousands of nominees, Webware editors selected 300 finalists for the Webware 100 Awards. The final voice is yours. ”

Webware: Cool Web 2.0 apps for everyone

“While a glut of applications help you organize appointments on a calendar, there's a lot of activity in your daily life that doesn't fit neatly into your calendar's time slots. Not good at remembering to print out your flight confirmation code? Send a message to Sandy, and she'll remind you in a daily digest, in a text message, or as an event on your calendar. Using e-mail, SMS, Twitter, or Jott, you can set up and receive reminders for appointments, contacts, lists, and random information. And, true to her human-like presence on the site, "Sandy" speaks and understands plain English -- just like a real personal assistant. Better than: Paying a real Sandy who needs sick days. ”

The Top 10 Websites You Never Heard Of — Fast Company

“I've just discovered "Sandy" an awesome, free program that lets you set up reminders through e-mail instead of opening new programs or websites.”

Mrs. Micah: Finance For a Freelance Life

“The best advice is to try Sandy out and see. And there is a real fun factor in this application too. I hate it when you read software reviews that say “this application rocks!” But this one really does. ”

Sandy’s fring fling — Fring

“Fluid allows you to create [Mac OS X] WebKit-based dedicated browsers for webapps. In other words, it makes a standalone app whose sole purpose is to connect to a specific website. This allowed me to create a Sandy application that lives in my Dock, and I don’t lose my place when opening web pages or surfing with Safari. ... Sandy is smart, easy to use, and reminds me of appointments via Twitter and SMS. Thanks to Fluid, my Sandy digest is omnipresent to keep me on task while at the computer. Give both of them a whirl and see if they don’t work well for you, too. ”

Getting Sandy in my Face — 43 Folders

“I Want Sandy on Twitter That's a statement. Not a demand. I Want Sandy, the anthropomorphic digital assistant (whom I always cover so I have the opportunity to use the word “anthropomorphic”) from Portland-based Values of n, has expanded her available inbound communications repertoire, as it were. She is now available to take your messages and requests as @s on Twitter. ”

I Want Sandy on Twitter — Silicon Florist

WEBSITE OF THE DAY - iwantsandy.com — Yahoo! UK & Ireland

“If you’ve been struggling to find a to-do list that you like (or looking for a personal assistant that you can afford), give I Want Sandy a try.”

Sandy Remembers So You Don't Have To — Web Worker Daily

“I’d say that your mileage will not vary, and that you’ll get the exact same exquisite pleasure from using Sandy as I’m having right now.”

The Web Comes to Life — Finally! — Ethical Software by Alex Bunardzic

“Iwantsandy vous permet donc de vous créer une base de données de choses de la vie quotidienne. Ce service plaira énormément à ceux qui, comme moi, ont de la difficulté à tout retenir. ... Lorsque vous désirez consulter cette information, vous envoyez un courriel ... Quelques secondes plus tard, vous obtiendrez votre réponse. Génial non? Cette assistante peut facilement devenir votre petite encyclopédie personnelle.”

“Iwantsandy allows you to create a database of the things of everyday life. This service will appeal greatly to those who, like me, have trouble remembering everything. ... When you wish to view this information, you send an email ... [and] a few seconds later, you get your answer. Brilliant, no? The assistant can easily become your little personal encyclopaedia.”

Connaissez-vous Sandy mon assistante personnelle? — Benoit Descary — Blogue technologique, Web2.0 et humeurs du moment

“The Best Assistant I Never Met In Person”

The Web Comes to Life — Finally! — Influential Sushi

“Sandy’s deep - after learning about her advanced skills, I realized this is a concept that should have been delivered a very long time ago - it’s that obvious. That isn’t to say Sandy is simple, quite the opposite. Creating a system that is easy for a human to interact with via text without jumping through hoops is actually rather complex, even with a paired down set of commands. The folks at values of n did an amazing job recognizing this need and delivering a beautiful experience.”

I Want Sandy — Alex Jones

“Available 24 hours a day, Sandy never complains, and costs nothing; she's perfect! More seriously, this kind of service represents a real tendency today, and when you think about it, thousands of opportunities have to be developed on that type of application... Anyway, it's a wonderful tool for scatterbrain people!”

I Want Sandy - Your Virtual Personal Assistant! — Fullblog

“The service is quite simple to use and could be very transparent to a third party. It really looks like you have an assistant that you're emailing instructions to. The service is quite conversational to the point that after a while you might forget that "Sandy" isn’t a real person. ”

IWantSandy.com something to remember — The OSM Blog: the Blog of Open Sky Media

“What’s nice about Sandy is it that it harnesses our own bad habits–in this case, a general tendency to use e-mail as a to-do list–in ways that are potentially more productive. Since most readers of this blog–faculty, grad students, undergrads, Mom, and searchers for Oliver Twink pics–don’t have a personal secretary, I’d recommend giving Sandy a shot. ”

Sandy goes live — The Salt-Box

“The language is natural, as if you were talking to an actual human. ... The best part about Sandy is the messages you get back from "her"—helpful and fun, the tone truly makes you feel like have an assistant backing you up. Sandy's yet another example of how the command line's making a comeback—except the "command line" is a new email message, not a terminal window, and the commands and responses are in readable, natural language. Overall, Sandy's one of the most evolved reminder systems and remote command line apps available today. ”

Sandy's Your Personal Assistant via Email — Lifehacker

“Ok, this is really, really cool. iwantsandy.com offers a free personal assistant system that works by email. Need to be reminded to pick up your dry cleaning at 3:00? Send an email to your personal "Sandy" address and "she" will send you a reminder at that time. Need to add an item to a task list? Just email it and it will be added. Add the "@weekly" tag and you can get a weekly reminder. You can also get a daily email with tasks for the day. You can interact with Sandy through email, the web or even SMS text messages. The number of possibilities is huge. ”

IWantSandy.com and Jott.com — Under Observation

“A virtual PA for your calendar/to do/contact/ entries? Get out of here! But hang on...After a few test entries, this thing actually works! The system is so powerful that it recognises the date to record the event even if it is not implicitly mentioned, for example: remember my marketing meeting this Tuesday. Sandy can also be witty and surprise you with her quirky manners ('You are up late!' she says when I am emailing her from a different time zone). I guess the biggest advantage of this tool is the time I save for recording an event on my calendar. I simply drop a short email. ”

Sandy — your personal email assistant — CyberNirvana

“Email as an 'interface' is genius - parsing verb and tag based email is just a really bloody good idea - the ubiquity of email on every connected device I own creates this incredibly simple interface into apps like this. ”

Sandy - personal email assistant — Participo - Great ideas. Shared.

“[Sandy] is about as easy to work with as you could imagine. Once you sign up (painlessly, BTW), you just CC Sandy on anything containing a date or a requirement and she files it away and sends you reminders to either your email or cell phone (via SMS). Yes, I could do all of this myself in Outlook but Sandy parses the language for you, puts the date, times and people in the right places and sends you a note to tell you it has all been taken care of. You just have to remember to CC her. You can even have her send reminders to everyone else on the CC list if you want. What a great tool for working in a small group! ”

Outsourcing Your Life: I Want Sandy (Iwantsandy.com) — Sources and Methods

“Sandy is your free personal assistant, alert service and your new best friend. Far from being just another dull, run-of-the-mill calendar service, Sandy is a powerful, flexible life management system. Team her up with twitter, and you’ll quickly find her to be the best thing to happen to you in a long, long time. ”

I want Sandy, and you will too! — Dinsdale!

“I’ve been using Sandy for over a week and it’s just been really easy to adapt into my everyday system. I can use the website, call Jott or email any to-dos, appointments, notes as well as add contacts and bookmarks. It’s a lot of fun, too! ”

My new favorite company: values of n — Setting Contexts

“First off, we’d like you to meet Sandy, your new personal assistant. Sandy is absolutely wonderful. ... Now this is all pretty marvelous and Sandy gets our vote for desktop web app of the year, but when you consider her additional skills, she absolutely shines on the iPhone. Sandy understands shorthand commands which saves you lots of tapping on your iPhone. ”

Your very own personal assistant, and she works for free — Touchtip - iPhone tips and tricks

“I have had Sandy for less than 24 hours, and I am in love! Emailing is so much easier for me than using an online calendar. I have tried, and by the time I get to the calendar web page I have forgotten what I need to remind myself of.”

Meet your new assistant, Sandy — Parent Hacks [post comment]