Review: Look At Me

Posted on January 12, 2008 by LJ

Originally published on 4 April 2007.

Summary

LookAtMe, by Bill Elzell, is an alarm application that launches programs.

Overview

Manufacturer: Bill Elzell
Platform: Palm
Current Version: Palm: 1.4

Pros and Cons

Pros

Flexible application launching
Can repeat tasks, or run them once
Can use alarm or be silent
Stable
Free
Lightweight, memory-wise

Cons

The initial screen can be confusing
It doesn’t tap into the system alarm sounds

Why Did I Download/Buy This?

I was having problems with an aspect of GTD, where I would “collect” items in my Slap application for processing…and then forget they were there. I was also falling out of touch with my morning and evening checklists. So I looked for a program that would launch applications at certain times.

How Do I Use This?

The first thing I set this up for was to work with ReDo, the repeating task manager. I had had a couple of nights where it didn’t fire off for whatever reason, and LookAtMe took care of this. The next item is to launch my task list immediately after ReDo fires, as a visual indication that the tasks were inserted.

More recently I added alarms for checking my to-do list at noon, and for displaying my morning and evening checklists.

This application takes the PDA from a passive device to one that actively reminds me of things every day.

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