[Web4lib] personal online calendar

[Mark Gilman]

This would seem to be a kind of Holy Grail for those of us who are
constantly moving about between computers, laptops, locations, etc. It's
particularly problematic for those of us who work evenings and weekends,
meaning no clean separation between work and personal schedules.  I've
played around with running Essential PIM on a USB drive, but it doesn't
integrate cleanly with Outlook, which I tend to use at work.  I've also
looked at the Mozilla spin-off, SunBird, which, although still in beta,
seems relatively stable.  I've also played around with Google Calendar
(limited support for repeating events).  

Ideally, one would like to have a web-based calendar that also synchs with
various clients, including Outlook. Supposedly it is possible to get Outlook
to interface with Google calendar, but the method suggested in the Google
calendar help didn't work for me and I didn't have the time to trouble-shoot
it.  The documentation is kind of limited.

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/
<http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/> 

http://portableapps.com/apps/office/sunbird_portable
<http://portableapps.com/apps/office/sunbird_portable> 

Sunbird looks promising. There are references to integration with so-called
WebDav servers, using the same iCal standard for data exchange as Apple's
calendar uses. I concur that speed is a vital factor, which is one reason I
am drawn to clients, whether portable apps that live on USB drives or
full-featured ones that can be installed on a laptop, etc. 

I guess I am strongly inclined toward web based solutions because I like to
carry the bare minimum of stuff around with me.  I'm paranoid, for example,
about having my laptop stolen so I tend to cart it along only when I know I
will be involved in a meeting where I need to take notes, etc.  Never have
liked Daytimers, because they're too bulky.  I tried a PDA once upon a time
but strongly disliked being encumbered by too many gadgets (cellphone and a
PDA).  The dim little screen and fiddly buttons also weren't so great.
Maybe a newer device would work better, such as a TREO, if they drop in
price.

Regards,
Mark

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Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 19:56:48 -0400
From: "Ross Singer"  <mailto:ross.singer at library.gatech.edu>
ross.singer at library.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] personal online calendar
To: "Keith D. Engwall"  <mailto:kengwall at catawba.edu> kengwall at catawba.edu
Cc: web4lib  <mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org> web4lib at webjunction.org
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Keith,

Have you tried Google Calendar?

It's pretty slick. If you use GMail, it will find things that look events in
your mail and give you an option to add them to your calendar.

-Ross.

On 8/11/06, Keith D. Engwall <kengwall at catawba.edu> wrote:

On a matter almost wholly unrelated to the staff calendar I had asked about
before...
I'm looking for a nice web-based calendar/PIM service (not locally hosted)
that has the following on one page and that is fairly responsive to do list
links calendar

I've found several that do 1 or 2, and a few that do all three but not  on
the same page (30 boxes falls under this category).

 

Also it would be nice if it were fairly responsive (a few I tried were

sloooooowwww)

Right now I've settled on HipCal... of the sites that do 2 out of 3, I  like
that one best.

 

 Thanks,

 

> Keith

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