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    • CommentAuthorScott
    • CommentTimeFeb 20th 2009 edited
     
    1. Accu-Weather.com
    2. Weather.com
    3. Most local news stations as well as national news media outlets offer email alert.
    4. In some cases government agencies have also followed this approach, (Emergency Management, Homeland Security, etc)
    5. snapask.com - Similar to Google SMS, but for email. (Will have to do until we can use the free shortcodes)
    6. rememberthemilk.com - Creates a list of tasks, and can email the list or the individual reminders (need 1.08 to be able to add + sign needed for address)
    7. ping.fm - Allows you to manage many different web services from your email.
    8. modazzle.com - Use commands in email to interact with your facebook or LinkedIn account also Driving Directions, Use ":" for the different address. ex:123 Sesame St : your mom's house
    mdgodirections@modazzle.com -Type address in subject
    9. google calendar - have google email the calendar to you each day.
    10. blogger.com - When you create a blog on Google's blogger, it gives you an email address to post to. USE IT!
    11. feedmyinbox.com - Sends a digest of your selected feeds
    12. feedburner.com - Sends a digest of your selected feeds
    13. rssfwd.com - XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX - No Longer Running
    14. Google Alerts - http://www.google.com/alerts - get notified of google query updates
    15. Remindr - http://www.remindr.info/ - web based, setup reminders, no signup, and easy
    16. of course Yahoo! Alerts - http://alerts.yahoo.com/
    17. and Windows Live Alerts - http://alerts.live.com/Alerts/
    18. Track a Package - Fedex - track at fedex dot com . and UPS - totaltrack at ups dot com . Both use blank subject with tracking number in body
    19. Ping.fm - http://ping.fm - update blogs. "simple service that makes updating your social
    networks a snap"
    20. FeedMyInbox - http://www.feedmyinbox.com/ - haven't tried this one yet
    21. CapeMail? - http://developer.capeclear.com/capemail - email google@capeclear.com
    don't know if this one still works or not.
    22. Jott - http://jott.com - looks interesting although not directly 'email' service
    23. http://www.reqall.com/
    24. http://drop.io/ or http://drop.io/voice - they have their features too
    25. http://www.illuminder.com/
    26. http://www.micropersuasion.com/2007/09/ ... r-the.html - looks interesting
    27. http://www.fuser.com
    28. http://www.dial2do.com/
    and of course the twitter stuff can be integrated into your email
    29. http://lifehacker.com/software/twitter/ ... 280837.php
    30. http://lifehacker.com/software/reminder ... 281724.php
    other twitter like stuff too
    31. http://www.yammer.com/
    32. http://grouptweet.com/
    33. http://www.chatterous.com/
    34. PageGetter - http://pagegetter.com/ - Email text@pagegetter.com with URL in the subject or body to receive a text version of the requested page.
    35. http://www.infobeat.com/index.cfm
    36. crc's ent@retroforth.org
    37. PeekService - (in limited beta testing)*See below for details.*
    38. National Public Radio - NPR.org
    39. www.dailylit.com - sign up to read books via email installments - some are free!
    40. search at mosio.com & answer@mahalo.com (which someone said uses actual live people.)
    41. emergencyemail.org - sign up free for amber alerts, homeland security alerts & weather alerts for your particular county/area.
    42. Google Local Search w/ picture, ex: pizza 95128 - google@mikey94025.com -Use subject, not body
    43. Google Search, EXACTLY like the search you would get from cell phone - gsms@mccormicktechnologies.com -Use subject, not body
    44. Media Update (NOT boring news, pretty cool, should check it out) http://www.crapimissedit.com
    45. Weather@getpeek.NET - Enter your city or zipcode in the subject line and a blank body
    46. Twittermail.com - Sign up - get and email address, and if you send an email to that address it will be posted to Twitter.com
    47. Posterous - Just email to post@posterous.com and it will post it and then email you the site address to your item.
    48. PeekFeed - http://www.peekfeed.com
    49. Messagedance.com - similar to twittermail, with blogger, wordpress, digg, and youtube in addition
    50. xpenser.com - an expense tracking service useful for business trips or just keeping a budget
    51. wsmith@wordsmith.org - dictionary/thesaurus/anagram/acronym tool. Email [function] [word] in subject to wsmith@wordsmith.org (e.g. define piano, anagram brontosaurus)
    52. iht.com - daily and breaking news email updates
    53. news.bbc.co.uk- daily and breaking news email updates
    54. http://www.nyalert.gov - Safety Alerts for New York.
    55. http://edis.oes.ca.gov/ - Cali-fornya Office of Emergency Services Alerts
    56. https://sslearthquake.usgs.gov/ens/ - US Earthquake Alerts. (because the ground shaking beneath you just might not be enough of an indication)
    57. http://replies.twitapps.com/
    58. mail-server@imdb.com - Internet Movie Database Lookup
    • CommentAuthorpambudgie
    • CommentTimeFeb 20th 2009
     
    Scott - nice job! May I suggest we add crc's ent@retroforth.org and PeekService's info?
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      CommentAuthortmel
    • CommentTimeFeb 20th 2009
     
    . . .Nice!
    • CommentAuthorScott
    • CommentTimeFeb 20th 2009
     
    I'm going to keep compiling on this post any that are added, so there is one point for all of them (since it's sticky). The original posts can hold the discussion behind that service.
    • CommentAuthorpambudgie
    • CommentTimeFeb 20th 2009 edited
     
    Perfect! Here's the signup URL for PeekService:
    http://www.peekservice.com/?c=4&k=1050
    and use Beta Code of PRTY10-PKDB

    As for ent@retroforth.org... perhaps we should add that one can send "help" in the subject line to see the full breadth of services available. Alternatively, the full range of services can be viewed at
    http://charleschilders.com/ent/
    • CommentAuthorrich
    • CommentTimeFeb 20th 2009 edited
     
    A few others I like and have been mentioned here before:

    text@pagegetter.com - get any www in text version - put http:// address in Subject:

    www.dailylit.com - sign up to read books via email installments - some are free!

    search at mosio.com & answer@mahalo.com which someone said uses actual live people.

    emergencyemail.org - sign up free for amber alerts, homeland security alerts & weather alerts for your particular county/area.
    • CommentAuthorkfc4me93
    • CommentTimeFeb 20th 2009 edited
     
    Driving Directions, Use ":" for the different address. ex:123 Sesame St : your mom's house
    mdgodirections@modazzle.com -Type address in subject

    Google Local Search w/ picture, ex: pizza 95128
    google@mikey94025.com -Use subject, not body

    Google Search, EXACTLY like the search you would get from cell phone
    gsms@mccormicktechnologies.com -Use subject, not body

    Media Update (NOT boring news, pretty cool, should check it out)
    http://www.crapimissedit.com

    National Public Radio
    NPR.org
    • CommentAuthorBinaryloop
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2009 edited
     
    IMDB - movie search. Send email to: mail-server@imdb.com (send a message with the subject HELP for full list of commands). Commands can be in the subject (one command only) or body of the message (one per line). The subject line may be blank. Commands in the body MUST start in the left hand column. MULTIPLE commands are possible in a single mail message each command needs to be on a separate line. Examples:

    MOVIE Aliens
    ACTOR Davis, Geena
    TITLE Doc Hollywood

    Note: for movies titles which start with a definite article (The, A or An in English) please move the article to the end of the title and add a comma, as in: Package, The ; Room with a View, A ; Affair to Remember, An.
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      CommentAuthordan_in_sd
    • CommentTimeMar 16th 2009 edited
     
    I know Rich just posted emergencyemail.org, but if you live in California and want the official emergency notification system called EDIS. Go here and sign up:

    http://edis.oes.ca.gov/
    On that page, click the link " Receive EDIS messages".
    You will be taken to another page, click on the link "EDIS-BY-EMAIL.NET".
    Once there, click on "Signing up is easy".
    Register by putting in your name and some password you will remember. ( this is not your email password)
    Then click "ADD".
    A form will appear, at the very top enter the email address of where you want the alerts sent.
    From here you can select what types of alerts you want.
    When finished, click "SAVE" at the very bottom.


    This is the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services or OES. If the alert comes from here, you can pretty much be assured its real. They have both Amber Alerts and Severe Weather Bulletins.

    -dan k
    san diego, ca
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      CommentAuthordan_in_sd
    • CommentTimeMar 16th 2009
     
    Oh, I forgot another service I like. Its the USGS Earthquake Notification Service or ENS for short. When you subscribe you can select a specific geographic region from which you wish to receive alerts about. You can also specify an earthquake magnitude threshold. Any quake above that threshold you will be alerted about.

    you can subscribe to ENS here:
    https://sslearthquake.usgs.gov/ens/


    -dan k
    san diego, ca
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      CommentAuthordan_in_sd
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2009 edited
     
    And one more service I like. Its a Global Fire Alert Service run by Univ. of Maryland.

    The way it works is by using 2 satellites operated by NASA called 'Aqua' and 'Terra'. They were launched in 1999 and 2002. The MODIS images from those satellites are downloaded and processed with an algorithm that detects 'thermal anomalies' which are mostly fires or sometimes due to volcano eruptions.
    You can select your area of interest by creating a rectangle on a map of the globe. Any fires detected within that rectangle will cause an email to be sent.

    Where to sign up for fire alerts
    http://vulcan.geog.umd.edu/alerts/alerts.phtml

    More info on the MODIS instruments and the satellites. You can also view the gallery of near-real time images
    http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/

    Note: This is a good service for those people that are prone to forest fires. i.e. California, Arizona, Utah, Oregon, Washington, Alaska etc.
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      CommentAuthordan_in_sd
    • CommentTimeMar 22nd 2009
     
    crc's ent@retroforth.org now shows a traffic map for some California cities. And crc is looking into doing more cities. Way to go Charles!


    send mail to: ent@retroforth.org with the Subject like this:

    traffic [ LA East | LA West | SF | SD | Inland Empire ]

    -Dan K
    • CommentAuthorBen Smith
    • CommentTimeApr 2nd 2009
     
    Scott, you can also use Heap and Torch's email features from your peek:

    http://heap.wbpsystems.com/forward.php
    http://torch.wbpsystems.com/email.php
    • CommentAuthorpfig88
    • CommentTimeApr 13th 2009
     
    im thinking of developing a large index of all these services for Peek users, including descriptions. it will be accessible by emailing 'help' or 'index' to a certain address.
    • CommentAuthorpambudgie
    • CommentTimeApr 13th 2009
     
    Wow! That would be interesting. I wonder if the resulting email will be of a length that the Peek can handle, though...
    • CommentAuthorreverend
    • CommentTimeApr 20th 2009
     
    Another possible service?
    Direct Link: http://www.txtful.com/home.html
    Via Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/5219718/txtful-automates-web-services-for-smsimemail-access

    Says it works with email as well, so could be something worth using.
    • CommentAuthordarryl
    • CommentTimeApr 23rd 2009
     
    My scraping and re-mailing of Letterman's Top Ten list has more or less been running for the past several years -- would be happy to send it to Peekers:
    http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/t10

    Also a favorite, Harper's Weekly:
    http://www.harpers.org/subjects/WeeklyReview
    • CommentAuthorPiperPeek
    • CommentTimeApr 23rd 2009
     
    wordpress.com has now enabled replying to comments via email: http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/comment-reply-via-email-open-to-all/ . Basically, there is a Reply-to email address that can be used for posting to the appropriate blog post.

    I have not tried this out yet, so I'm not sure if it will work for the Peek, i.e. I'm not sure if Peek includes the Reply-to address.
    • CommentAuthorcgingerich
    • CommentTimeApr 24th 2009
     
    Great reminder service called 3mindme.com No signup and works great!!!
    • CommentAuthorreverend
    • CommentTimeApr 26th 2009
     
    If you really want to geek out with your Peek...

    http://www.faqs.org/faqs/internet-services/access-via-email/

    All are very interesting, the less geek are at the bottom. Some are items already listed above. I have one below that I thought was of special interest.

    ****************
    * PDF CONVERSIONS BY EMAIL
    You can convert PDF documents to text or HTML via e-mail. For internet
    files put the URL in the body of an e-mail message to
    pdf2txt@adobe.com (for plain text) or to pdf2html@adobe.com (for HTML).
    If the file is on your PC then include as a MIME attachment and send
    to the same addresses depending upon whether you want text or HTML.
    ****************
    • CommentAuthorkentsbike
    • CommentTimeApr 28th 2009
     
    Here's another one that will let you get lots of stuff like classic books, comics, news, recipes, etc sent to your inbox:

    http://www.arcamax.com/
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    Add Google calender events via Twitter!! Use Twittercal.com to add events. I use TwitterMail.com to update my status on twitter via email, but now using Twittercal.com I can send a direct message (via email using twittermail.com) and add an event! It works great! So I have it setup that I can email an event to my google calender. Sweet!
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    For RSS you can use http://xfruits.com/, It is like feedmyinbox, but with this, you can set it to check every hour! It is really cool what you can do with your Peek... without access to the web!
    • CommentAuthorPiperPeek
    • CommentTimeMay 16th 2009
     
    Wordpress.com has now enabled a "post-by-email" feature:

    http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/post-by-email/
    • CommentAuthorPiperPeek
    • CommentTimeMay 18th 2009
     
    Has anybody been able to get the replies feature of twitapps.com to work? It doesn't work for me, and my query to them from last week has been unanswered.
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    Not exactly Services but I've compiled a simple printable page for quick look up of services and shortcut keys on my site. I figures that peoples who come to this thread could also use the page I've just made. Though it is still being refined since it was created very recently.

    http://stroud.freehostia.com/peek.html

    I want to improve the page to better format it to be even more print-friendly and to include even more services and better information so here is the thread I've started on this project in case you would like to offer any info or constructive crit :)

    http://boards.getpeek.com/discussion/1088/printfriendly-quick-guide-of-services-and-shortcut-keys/#Item_3
    • CommentAuthorfoosh
    • CommentTimeJul 3rd 2009
     
    Stay tuned for announcements about the PeekFeed 2.0 launch!

    Screenshot: http://www.viewpic.org/lsd94i
    Twitter: http://twitter.com/peekfeed

    www.peekfeed.com
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      CommentAuthortmel
    • CommentTimeJul 4th 2009
     
    Lookin good foosh!
    • CommentAuthorfoosh
    • CommentTimeJul 13th 2009
     
    We've launched! Check out the new PeekFeed @ http://peekfeed.com/ and give us feedback!
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    Breaking News Online offers e-mail updates of breaking news, similar to their twitter feed. Note that there's quite a bit of output from this - alerts are sent by event, often several per event, as details arrive. Register by web at http://www.bnonews.com/email/
    • CommentAuthorkimekime
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2009 edited
     
    nice
    • CommentAuthorjbroach
    • CommentTimeAug 28th 2009
     
    Recently discovered http://dadnab.com/. Send an email to your area's Dadnab address with origin and destination in the body and get transit schedules and trip planning via text messages back to your Peek! It's live in a handful of cities. So far, it's worked well for me in Portland for trip planning.
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    I think http://www.resnooze.com should be added. It is a very nice email reminder service.
    • CommentAuthorgeorget
    • CommentTimeOct 9th 2009
     
    Find help getting your Peek updated by finding a nearby Peekster who is willing to share their cable at http://www.peekcables.com/

    If you've got a cable, please consider adding yourself to the map. Just send an email with your zip code to pinme@peekcables.com

    You'll get a pin on the map and an email forward so the uncabled get in touch with you.
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    wow bookmarked

    http://www.mymemorizer.com/ is a useful web calender that sends email reminders

    awesome line up
    • CommentAuthorebedgert
    • CommentTimeOct 14th 2009
     
    PeekFeed seems completely unreliable. Hardly ever sends anything.
    • CommentAuthorhnl_blues
    • CommentTimeOct 14th 2009
     
    Yes, PeekFeed has been hit or miss lately. You might want to try:
    http://pingie.com
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    just found a killer trick

    Google voice http://www.google.com/googlevoice/about.html

    gives you a phone number to a voicemail that transcribes the message and sends it to you via email

    you can also receive text messages sent to this number

    (i thought this one was useful enough for it's own thread hence the double post)
    • CommentAuthordarkxsun
    • CommentTimeOct 20th 2009
     
    xfruits.com is amazing. thank you @liferunsfrompeek
    • CommentAuthorFS613
    • CommentTimeNov 15th 2009
     
    Does anyone know of an email notification service where, by providing a zip code or a city and state,

    you can just ask for what the weather is only right NOW;

    e.g. the temperature and conditions only right NOW,

    without the service providing information about a forecast an hour, 10 hours, 5 days, or 10 days from now?

    Thank you.
    • CommentAuthordarkxsun
    • CommentTimeNov 15th 2009
     
    @FS... it bothers you that it supplies MORE data? Can't you just... only read the part you want?
    • CommentAuthorFS613
    • CommentTimeNov 15th 2009
     
    @darkxsun Sometimes if a person is very busy during the day, that person just wants the information, "short and sweet." :-)
    • CommentAuthordarkxsun
    • CommentTimeNov 15th 2009
     
    I see. I don't know of one. weather@getpeek is nice, but if you scroll down, you might accidentally see a forecast ;-)

    I think the weather feature of ent is essentially the same weather info, too, since they're the same backend.
    • CommentAuthorFS613
    • CommentTimeNov 15th 2009
     
    @darkxsun You're right. I just tried both weather@getpeek and the weather feature of ent. The first few lines of both have exactly what I need. Thank you.
    • CommentAuthordarkxsun
    • CommentTimeNov 15th 2009
     
    @FS oh okay. I thought you had tried them and didn't want something that had the extra stuff below. Glad you got what you wanted. :-)
    • CommentAuthornferg
    • CommentTimeNov 23rd 2009
     
    modazzle is no longer in service
    • CommentAuthornferg
    • CommentTimeNov 23rd 2009
     
    illuminder looks fantastic at first glance .... but, it does not allow you to delete anything (verified with customer support), nor can you rearrange your memories.
    • CommentAuthornferg
    • CommentTimeNov 23rd 2009
     
    any way to get DRIVING DIRECTIONS by email? I know that you can CALL dial-directions and get directions texted to you but is there any way to REQUEST directions by email? (Google does this but you can't SMS GOOGLE from the Peek Pronto, I understand.)
    • CommentAuthorndean
    • CommentTimeNov 24th 2009
     
    Try emailing ENT (CRC) with the subject line following this format:

    route [address 1] to [address2]
    • CommentAuthorstevehh
    • CommentTimeDec 20th 2009
     
    very cool links, thanks

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