by cnees on 11/22/22, 9:29 PM with 2 comments
If I see a meeting coming up, I usually join early to avoid missing it. But if a meeting is running long into the next meeting, or if I forgot I had back-to-back meetings and go grab a snack or pick up a project, it can be 5-15 minutes before I notice I'm supposed to be there. I get notifications from my calendar in the top left of my screen, and sometimes coworkers remind me in slack, which also goes to a top left notification, but I'm effectively blind to these notifications when I'm working or talking to someone, so I'm looking for something that forces me to break focus.
I can't rely on audio being on or on having my phone on me. Ideally, I want a popup in the middle of my screen or a full screen takeover. Is there something I can run on my Mac that will do that for me?
by Someone on 11/22/22, 10:17 PM
Basically, a program running in the background can use file system events to detect when the database storing notifications is updated, and then query it.
by bombcar on 11/22/22, 9:34 PM
this is a terminal command that forces the screens off (and depending on how you have it set, requires you to login again, it's like closing the lid).
That might be somehow something you can work into it.
Also check out Automator: https://support.apple.com/guide/automator/welcome/mac as that can probably do something too.