Cool new tool

As someone who's always looking for the best way to get (and stay organized), I've tried many things that have come along in the social media world.

I've tried Google Calendar, Remember the Milk and Mozilla Lightning.

I have a PDA, cell phone calendar, paper agenda, wall calendar, post-it collection and numerous to-do lists.

And sometimes things get messy.

So when I discovered Sandy today, I was intrigued.

Sandy is an e-mail personal assistant that sends you reminders, compiles lists and goals for you, and tries to help you be organized.

It's really easy to use. Once you get set up, you can have reminders e-mailed or texted to you, and you can even use Twitter and Jott, too.

For example, my first task for Sandy was an e-mail that said "Remind me to wash that peach in 1 minute". In one minute, I got an e-mail from Sandy reminding me to wash that peach. I could snooze the reminder, change it to a later time, mark it as done or delete it without washing the peach.

Sandy sends you a daily digest of things you need to do and remember, so that kills the need for writing it all out yourself. Unless you want to.

It's a useful little tool I recommend.

Communications blogger Shel Holtz compiled a list of a few social media tools he found useful, including Sandy.