With the feature release today, Remindo becomes widgets-enabled. Your Workpage can now host HTML and XML widgets from GoogleIg, Widgetbox, Labpixies, Widgipedia and the likes.

We are all really excited about this release as it brings us a step closer to our final vision of the Remindo API which will house the Remindo Developer network. This will give developers the opportunity to build gadgets and applications targeted at the working professional (the Remindo user). It will have everything from a widget sandbox to a forum and a host of other features we will like to keep under wraps till it releases the end of this month.

For now, have a look at this presentation to know more about our latest release

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It’s as simple as that! So, start adding widgets to your workpage and let us know your comments (the bouquets and the brickbats). We’ll be eagerly looking forward to everything you have to say.

There are a host of start pages online which provide users with a lot of gadgets. When we started working on Remindo we decided on focusing on the working professional instead of trying to pander to all and sundry. The aim of the Remindo workpage is to get all the work-related information you need in one place.

The Remindo workpage helps you keep all the information you need organized in one place. Here are a few ways to start organizing your work-life through your workpage:

1. Add feeds and widgets: Once you sign-in to Remindo and land up on your workpage you see a list of feeds on your default page, which have been customized according to your location. You can add more feeds to your workpage by simply clicking the “Add stuff” link at the top of the page. This takes you to the default editor-managed directory containing a host of other feeds which you can add to your page by simply clicking on the link. If you do not find the feed you are looking for in the directory. You can add the RSS or atom feed you require through the “Add feed” pop-up by copy-pasting the URL of the feed in there.

Pretty soon with our gadgets API being launched, we will also update our directory with a select set of gadgets which will save users the trouble of separating the wheat from the chaff. Besides this you will also be able to add external widgets.

2. Access the address book: The sidebar on the workpage contains a link to the Address book. Anyone who has ever attended a conference is well-acquainted with the trouble of having to return with a stack of cards, which if left unorganized, are often misplaced. You can:

a. Add the card details through the “Add a contact” tab on in the address book and sort them as personal and business contacts.

b. Subsequently organize the contacts you add manually or import through the “Address requests” feature mentioned in the point below, through the “Manage groups” tab. The groups feature allows you to mail specific contacts or a selected group of your Remindo contacts.

3. Sending address requests: You can also send address requests to your professional and personal contacts through the “Send address request” link on the workpage, which takes you to the address book tab. You can send personalized invites to a select group of contacts or use the import contacts feature to import the e-mail IDs of your contacts and send group invites.

These are just a few of the features on our workpage. We will keep this blog constantly updated with any new feature that we keep adding to Remindo. Till then we’d like you to explore the site and keep us updated with your comments and suggestions regarding the current and upcoming features.

Yup, we are now GoogleGadget API Compatible. I’ve just returned from a meeting with the tech-team where they showed us the GoogleGadget API compatability. Being GoogleGadget API compatible is an important first step in being OpenSocial compatible since OpenSocial is an extension of the Google Gadget API.

Did I mention this it was an internal presentation?? Which means you have to wait a wee bit longer till we roll it out on Remindo.com. Of course, we are a little away from full compatibility, and having to iron out the last few glitches is always going to be tiresome.

So what exactly does this mean? To begin with, you can add a Google widget(or any other widget for that matter) by simply copying the HTML/XML code into the little box provided for adding a widget. That’s the easy part. Soon, you’ll also find that we’ve created a widget directory which contains widgets that we think you are most likely to find useful in your day to day work. Additionally there could also be some widgets like a Sports tracker that all of you would find useful even though it has nothing to do with your work 

In the meantime, developers would also have created their widgets that they would like to see on Remindo. This too will go into the Remindo widget directory where other users will be able to add them to their page and be able to rate it and give feedback and generally make the developers’ life miserable. Of course, we will have a support and feedback forum to help out the developers and you can always join in for a quick look-see.

Good times ahead !

Howdy, my name is Ryan and i’ll be your link to the API of Remindo.com.

If you are reading this early on, it means you are one of the few developers we invited so Welcome!!

What I want to do is tell you about the API that we’ve been breaking our heads over for the past few days. Ok, not really about it so much as we hope it will be. Listed below are some points we think are essential to an API we want to make real popular.

Feel free to add your own points in the comments and we’ll update this blog with the really good ones!

Characteristics of a good API:

- Easy to learn.

- Easy to use, even without documentation.

- Hard to misuse.

- Easy to read and maintain code that uses it.

- Sufficiently powerful to satisfy requirements.

- Easy to extend.

- Appropriate to audience.

Now you’ve probably taken a look at Remindo so I really dont need to tell you what its about. What I do want to tell you is what we are hoping it will be and that is your one stop for everything work related. So we’ll have you checking your mail, your feeds, your podcasts, your business news, your stock, do your chatting, your <insert online activity>… all in one page. Not to mention we’ll help you keep track of your friends, their addresses, their phone numbers, the birthdays and soon, we’ll be setting up sms alerts for all reminders that you require.