QuickReminder

You’ve surely missed a whole lot of appointments and went off to blame your poor memory for this. Your brain is not to blame, and neither are you, given the amount of info you more or less need to remember on a daily basis. Luckily, you can count on applications like QuickReminder to let you something needs to be done pretty soon.

The application comes in a lightweight package that doesn’t even require an installation to work as intended. All you need to do is launch it, and you can even store it on a USB flash drive to have reminders set on other computers as well. Just make sure that .NET Framework is installed on the target PC.

When you run it, the application directly goes to the system tray, but there’s a balloon tooltip to let you know. Shortly after setting up a few reminders, the system tray area can get a little crowded, because each new reminder places a separate icon, and there’s already one you use to create reminders.

However, this can be used to your advantage, as seeing multiple icons in the tray area can also help remind you of upcoming events. The creation window instantly gets you up and running. There’s a text field you need to fill in with a short message to be displayed, as well as two methods to set the timer.

One way to configure QuickReminder is to specify the amount of minutes in which to be alerted of an upcoming event, while the other is to write down the exact time when it takes place. However, you can still risk missing an appointment if you don’t pay attention to the tray area. Alerts only come in the form of balloon notifications, which disappear after a while, and there’s no sound alert either.

All things considered, we come to the conclusion that QuickReminder comes with good intentions, and can help you remember daily tasks. Little effort is invested in setting up a reminder. However, you need to pay extra attention to the tray area, or you might have to come up with an excuse for that missed appointment.