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by kranner 4472 days ago
Interesting, just this morning I wrote a python script using https://github.com/alloy/terminal-notifier and https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pync to do something similar, except by sending OS X notifications to myself. I made some resolutions recently and I needed to remind myself of them regularly so I'd stick to them. So my 'app' chooses one from a list (randomly) and every 1-3 hours (randomly) sends a notification.
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Nice idea. How's it working for you?
Pretty good but it's only been one day.

I started by copying these out by hand every morning. It sounds cheesy, but it does give me the chance to reflect on them which may work better in the long run.

Or I could keep both strategies. It's stuff like "Get up if you don't feel like working. Don't guilt yourself into trying to work." so it does help if I can see it in the middle of the workday.

Actually, wouldn't it be possible to make a web app to trigger that? https://developer.apple.com/notifications/safari-push-notifi...
Possibly. It might depend on users registering to receive notifications via Safari, though I'm not sure about this.