Calendar Swamp

If we're ever going to share calendars, we have to insist on interoperability between them all.
Let's drain the swamp!

Friday, October 20, 2006

Trumba retrenches

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Trumba had offered a free service that synchronized some offline calendars, but the company's had to retrench to find revenue. So, fare...
Monday, October 09, 2006

CalDAV is now a Proposed Standard

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Congratulations to all those working on the CalDAV standard, which the IETF has now adopted as a Proposed Standard. SwampDrain factor: +1.
Thursday, September 28, 2006

Goo Sync launches

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It's turning into quite a week. Yesterday a new sync service for Google Calendar launched. Check out Goo Sync . I'll be looking into...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

No guru, no method, no teacher

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Dana Gardner just posted a podcast we recorded last week, before I stumbled upon CalendarWorld. I'm no calendar interop guru, just a gu...

Looking for info about .ifb files

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ScheduleWorld generates .ifb files. I had never heard of .ifb files before. It looks like they are iCalendar free/busy files. But Apple'...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

ScheduleWorld Outlook 2003 sync worked! Woo hoo!

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So far, so good. After figuring out what info to enter into the Funambol plug-in, I was able to sync my Outlook 2003 calendar (and contacts!...
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Help me, ScheduleWorld. You're my only hope

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As I face The Decision (whether to upgrade to Outlook 2007 or not) I'm grasping at any available alternative straws. ScheduleWorld may ...
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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

CalDAV moves forward

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Although there aren't many CalDAV-compatible calendars yet, they're coming. Recently I talked with Dave Thewlis of CalConnect about...
Wednesday, August 16, 2006

State of Linux calendaring 2006

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I spent some time at LinuxWorld yesterday talking with Kevin Carmony, president and CEO of Linspire , makers of a more customer-friendly ver...
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Apple iCal server is under the Apache open source license

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Ted Leung points to Apple's clarification that yes, indeed, the Apple CalDAV-compliant iCal server is being provided under the Apache ...
Monday, August 07, 2006

Apple announces iCal server, mainstream press misses the story

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Apple press release : "For the first time, Mac OS X Server will include a calendar server for users and groups to coordinate events, sc...
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Check out this diagram, and Plaxo's role in it

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Ian Forrester diagrams calendar interoperability that works for him. It's the first time I've heard that Plaxo has a Web-based cale...
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Saturday, July 22, 2006

Imagining calendar interop nirvana on Inside the Net

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I was delighted to be the featured guest on today's Inside the Net podcast , speaking with Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte about the lat...
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Thursday, July 20, 2006

Interoperable free/busy info demoed by Calconnect

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Thanks to Dave Thewlis, executive director of Calconnect , for letting me know today that the organization this week demonstrated interopera...
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Monday, June 26, 2006

Gimme that one-time religion

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Okay, okay, I get it. Calendar interoperability is either impossible, too tough to define, it's going to cost me $$ every month, I'l...
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Saturday, June 24, 2006

CompanionLink for Google Calendar

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Blog post from The Personal Productivity Show: "CompanionLink for Google Calendar ™ is a two-way synchronization solution for people ...
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Yahoo! Calendar to iCal converter

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I just discovered Manas Tungare's Yahoo! Calendar to iCal converter . Swampdrain rating: +1.
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The difference between import/export and sync

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Yahoo! has a succinct description of the difference between import/export and sync.
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Firefox calendar lives! With some confusion

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I was pleased to discover today that there is an updated calendar plug-in for Firefox 1.5. But Mozilla needs to get the word out better. In ...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

getCals lets iPods grab Google Calendars

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Johnny Gizmo has a script called getCals that lets iPods (those with calendars) grab Google Calendars.
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Scott Mace
Scott Mace writes about health, healthcare technology, other technology, and urban issues. He graduated from San Jose State University and was a senior editor at IDG publication InfoWorld for 16 years, covering topics such as database management and government oversight of technology. Since 2004, he has specialized in the field of healthcare IT journalism. Following completion of a certificate in Clinical Trial Design and Management at UC's San Diego Extension, he was senior technology editor at HealthLeaders Media. In 2015, he received the Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Technical Content for a Publication with Brand Revenue of $3M to $7M. In 2016 he was awarded the National Silver Award, Regional Gold Aware of Excellence, Feature Article, General Interest, More than $3M Revenue, Southeast Category, from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). Mace is currently a freelance journalist based in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
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