10 Things to do with SIRI - from lockergnome 12-1-11 see Video in page
Siri, wake me up. . Siri has taken the pain out of setting the alarms and she’s quite skilled at it. You can tell her to wake you up after so many minutes. For example: Say “Siri, wake me up in 30 minutes.” She’ll set an alarm that will go off for you in 30 minutes; this is great for power naps. Alternatively, you can also tell her a specific time to wake up — for example: “Siri, wake me up at 7 am” — which is great for morning alarms. Siri can also pick up on other keywords, too. Tell her to set a timer or set the alarm and she’ll respond appropriately.
Siri, remind me to do something every day. Siri is great for setting daily events that need to be done at a certain time every day, such as: “Siri, remind me to take my vitamins every day at 8 am.” You can set many different tasks to happen in a single day to keep you on task and not dragging behind.
Siri, what is the weather like today? Without going to a window or even looking at the local news on the TV, you can stand in the closet in your PJs and be ready for the day ahead.
Siri, find me some coffee. You can ask Siri to find you coffee shops and get your Starbucks for the day. This doesn’t just work on coffee, but nearly every item that you can think of — Siri will even tell you, discreetly, where to hide a dead body.
Siri, send a text to… Siri’s amazing voice recognition is practically perfect when texting someone. Granted, it can look a little weird telling your phone to do something for you, but Siri is happy to do so and quite capable. I’ve used her services many times to text my family when I’m in the car. As an added bonus she’ll even read you your texts if you ask nicely.
Siri, how do I get to downtown Seattle? Just tell Siri where you want to go by address or cross streets and she’ll show you a map of how to get there. I personally used this recently when I was coming out of an unfamiliar airport and I needed to find the way to a highway.
Siri, play me some Beatles. Finding and playing music that you like can get tedious with all the navigating through the Music app and making a decision to what you want. By telling Siri what you want to listen to by artist, song, or playlist, she’ll do that for you. It comes in handy when you have your phone plugged into your car and you want to switch songs but keep your eyes on the road.
Siri, remind me when I leave here to pick up some milk. Say that you’re at work and you need to pick up milk on the way home. Tell Siri to remind you when you leave your location and she’ll set a GPS barrier; when you leave it, she’ll buzz and remind you of what you need to do when you leave that location. She can also remind you of something when you get back to a location. For example, you can remind her to file an expense report when you get back home after a trip.
Siri, solve this. Siri is enhanced with the power of Wolfram Alpha, a computational knowledge engine, that knows everything from how many calories are in that doughnut you’re eating to what the probability of 12 heads and eight tails will show up. It’s simple to query that by just asking a question to her.
Siri, send Twitter a message. Even though Twitter is integrated into iOS 5, it isn’t a part of Siri — but there’s a simple way to get around this. By adding Twitter’s text message code into a contact in your address book, you can have Siri text that contact and, in reality, she is tweeting for you.
Siri is a powerful tool that I’ve gotten so much use out of. She’s quick and can do most things that are asked of her. If she doesn’t have an answer to a question or can’t directly help, she’ll pull up a Google page to search for you.