Snooze Appeal

Does your mom still serve as your back-up when you need to catch an early morning business flight? Are you always running fifteen minutes behind schedule? Do you forget to take pills because there is no one around to remind you to take your meds?

Chances are if you are living alone, one or more of the above scenarios may resonate with you. So Single Edition editors went out on a mission to find scheduling solutions that will automate time management.

If you don't already know, there is a host of wake up and reminder services that will get you out of bed in the morning and make sure you remember to your pill.

When we took a look at the feature set of iPing.com we were pleased to see you can seamlessly schedule get-out-of-bed calls and choose from a selection of funny, entertaining or newsworthy recordings you wish to rise to. Reminder and notification services are also available so you will never forget birthdays or appointments and can make broadcast announcements to other people. iPing.com offer a variety of packages for subscribers which start at $4.95 U.S. for 30 monthly calls.

Another provider, mycalls, recognizes that it's easy to roll-over for some extra z's when it's your mom on the other line. So they have provided a free snooze option which ensures multiple call-backs, for wake-up guarantee. What's smart is that they have also leveraged their platform to enable Caring calls which are ideal for sole caregivers who need to be reminded of meal times, doctor visits and other must do's when tending to aging parents.

Of course, until recently many reminders were communicated via telephone and email, but the advent of text messaging makes communicating instantaneous so you never have an excuse for being late again, assuming you have a mobile phone!