Calendar Swamp

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

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Microsoft gets daylight savings act together

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There's now a central Web page at Microsoft with detailed instructions on updating Microsoft operating systems to deal with Extended Da...
Monday, February 12, 2007

USB cables = primitive synch

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Dave Winer : "USB cables are very primitive channels for synchronization. Way too limiting." Amen .
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Windows Mobile patch for Daylight Savings Time change

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Network World has a story this week about the newly-early arrival of Daylight Savings Time on March 11. Over on the microsoft.public.pocke...

Sign the Calendar Swamp Frappr map

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I've created a Frappr Map for Calendar Swamp. Sign in and give us a shout-out . Be sure to pick from the appropriate map pin, so we can ...
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Monday, January 29, 2007

Microsoft.com is being hammered

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I tried to get more information tonight about Windows Vista Calendar, but Microsoft.com is being hammered, so instead of reaching the Vista ...
Saturday, January 27, 2007

Hey Vista Calendar users! Are you able to sync with Windows Mobile?

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There's enough Windows Vista out there now for me to ask if Vista Calendar syncs with Windows Mobile calendars. Tonight I published an a...
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Friday, January 26, 2007

Calendar Swamp in Dreaming in Code

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Scott Rosenberg's new book, Dreaming in Code , gives Calendar Swamp a mention on 335. Since I started this blog in June 2005, interest ...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

SyncMyCal works better than GooSync

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This morning I have a new favorite: SyncMyCal . Thanks to whoever commented here and clued me in. SyncMyCal does everything GooSync does and...
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Thursday, January 18, 2007

Will the iPhone kill Internet sync, or will lack of Internet sync kill the iPhone?

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Ed Bott : "The biggest missing piece in the iPhone is its ability to sync calendars and e-mail effortlessly." I also liked Bott...
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Friday, January 12, 2007

Jewish calendar home automation

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Time It Right , home automation for the Jewish home: Never set another Shabbos clock! Time It Right™ - the ultimate in home automation fo...
Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Want to sync your Apple iPhone? Looks like you'll need to own Outlook or a Mac as well

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Gizmodo reports that "there won't be any WiFi or cellular data syncing, only sync-via-docking" for the iPhone. That will put ...
Tuesday, January 09, 2007

iPhone calendar-sharing questions

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My original wish on this blog was for a handheld, updatable calendar that could sync with my wife's iCal calendar. The Apple iPhone wil...
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OggSync works, too

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OggSync also gets a SwampDrain score of +2 for doing what GooSync can do, plus apparently it can also sync one Google Calendar to another. ...
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Saturday, January 06, 2007

GooSync works

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I'm pleased to report my first successful PocketPC-to-Google Calendar sync experience. I'm giving GooSync a SwampDrain score of +2...
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Calimanjaro to the rescue?

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Well this is a positive development. A new iCal-friendly Windows calendar called Calimanjaro . Now if they can get some kind of sync going w...
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Monday, December 18, 2006

Multi-household family calendars

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OurFamilyWizard.com provides resolution of duties in a multi-household family, one affected by separation, divorce or remarriage. Thing is,...
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Monday, December 11, 2006

More calendar chaos coming

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Rob Weir : "So the new OOXML standard now contradicts 400 years of civil calendar practice, encodes nonexistent dates and returns the ...
Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Google Calendar terms of service

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I love the questions and facts I get from Calendar Swamp readers. One such reader alerted me that the Google Calendar terms of service limi...
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Thursday, November 30, 2006

Why standards matter

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From the Spanning Sync blog : "Google Calendar is currently experiencing some technical problems. Internally we often refer to building...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Insane syncing

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Ian Forrester : "Welcome to my insane syncing setup for calendars, contacts and tasks."
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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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