People who know me know I don't like paying for anything. If there's a free (or at least cheaper) alternative, you can bet I'll take it. I am, after all, a cheapskate.
That said, there are a handful of Web services I consider to be great values -- so great, in fact, that I actually don't mind paying for them. Well, okay, I'd rather get them for free, but they don't make me cringe the way I do when paying for, say, phone service and cable TV.
My three worth-the-money picks:
1. Followupthen
I've never been more convinced of anything: E-mail should come with a snooze button, a way to defer messages to a later time and/or date so they remind you to do something and don't get buried in your inbox.
Followupthen is that snooze button. Just forward any e-mail (or compose a new one) to a future-time address, like 9am@followupthen.com or july28@followupthen. When the date/time comes, that message burbles to the top of your inbox. Simple. Effective. Ingenious.
You can actually use Followupthen for free, but a mere $24 per year gets you a Premium subscription that includes SMS reminders, calendar integration, attachment support, online follow... [Read more]
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